Events
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06 December 2005
Seminar Series 2 Lecture 2 - Prof Tom Devine
Location: Glasgow
Professor Tom Devine, Glucksman Professor of Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen: 'The Transformation of Scotland: 1980 - 2005'
Key ideas:
- Change over the past twenty five years in Scotland and its roots.
- History - particularly the earlier roots of recent change.
- Economy - especially shifts in employment structure and its consequences.
- Society - especially shifts in social structure over the past twenty five years.
- Scots identity, and the shift from dual to predominantly Scottish identity.
- Public discourse and the absence of comment about recent change in Scotland.