The 2010/11 series of The Edinburgh Lectures is entitled ‘Talking
Cities’. Over the last few years the world’s population has tipped
from a rural to an urban society with more people now living and
working in cities than the countryside.

We ask the question; Do cities do more than generate economic income for the region and the nation?

The 19th Series of the Edinburgh Lectures will explore how cities also have the potential to provide solutions to our cultural, social and environmental challenges, so come to The Edinburgh Lectures to listen to a selection of influential thinkers talk and debate many of the issues around this fascinating subject.

Full details, including how to book, are available at
www.edinburghlectures.wordpress.com

2010/11 – Talking Cities

Professor Alberto Magnaghi
The Urban Bioregion
Friday 01 October 2010 6.30pm
Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, Weston Link, National Galleries of Scotland
(Princes St Gardens Entrance)

Greg Clark
What are British Cities good at? Does it matter?
Wednesday 17 November 2010 6.00pm
Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, Weston Link, National Galleries of Scotland
(Princes St Gardens Entrance)

Andrew Dixon
Shining the spotlight on Scotland’s creative cities
Thursday 2 December 2010 6.30pm
The Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, EH3 9BZ

Professor Bruce J Katz
The Next Economy
Wednesday 15 December 2010 6.00pm
The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, EH2 2PQ

The New Years Day Conversation
Saturday 1 January 2011
A new year, a new decade,
Edinburgh: the festival city, what makes the city work? And what does the future hold?
Details to be advised in October.

Deyan Sudjic OBE
Designing the State
Thursday 13 January 2011 6.30pm
Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, Weston Link, National Galleries of Scotland
(Princes St Gardens Entrance)

Nicholas Phillipson
Edinburgh – then and now: A modern Athens?
Tuesday 1 February 2011 6.00pm
Playfair Library Hall, Old College, EH8 9YL

James Robertson
The City in Scottish Literature
Wednesday 9 February 2011 6.30pm
Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre, Craiglockhart Campus, 219 Colinton
Road, EH14 1DJ

Rick Mather
Creative Cities
Thursday 24 February 2011 6.30pm
The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, EH2 2PQ

Andy Brydon
Never Let the Facts Get in The Way of a Good Story:Memory, History, Authenticity and Truth
Thursday 24 March 2011 6.00pm
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR