Professor Graham Crow, Professor of Sociology and Methodology, delivers his inaugural lecture entitled, "Community Research: A Field Full of Methods". In this lecture Professor Crow considers the field of community research as one in which a wide range of different research methods have been used. He argues that this methodological diversity - ranging from surveys to ethnographies, from network mapping to the use of photography, from oral histories to policy analyses, and from interviews to...

Professor Urs Zachmann, Handa Chair in Japanese-Chinese Relations, delivers an inaugural lecture entitled "The Meaning of Asia in Japanese-Chinese Relations". This lecture is an inquiry into the political changes and cultural constants of the concept of "Asia" in the history of Japanese-Chinese relations and their implications for East Asia and the study of its relations today. Recorded 28 January 2014 at the University of Edinburgh's Old College.

Professor Fiona McLachlan, Personal Chair in Architectural Practice, presents her inaugural lecture entitled "Practice, Practice, Practise: Illustrated in Colour". This lecture will focus on two recent research projects on colour in architectural design, both of which were stimulated and informed by Professor McLachlan's own architectural practice and began with an intuitive process of observation, experimentation and an experiential methodology. Whether inherent in material or applied,...

Professor Nanette Mutrie, Chair in Physical Activity for Health, presents her inaugural lecture entitled "Encouraging People to 'Sit Less and Walk More': The Story so far and Future Plans". Professor Mutrie explains why 'sit less and walk more' is the byline of the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre and demonstrates what has been learned so far about encouraging people in related behaviour change. For over a decade Professor Mutrie has been working to determine the best ways to...

Professor John W Cairns, Professor of Civil Law, presents his inaugural lecture entitled "An Uncommon Law?". The first discipline in law taught in the University of Edinburgh was the Civil Law. It has been taught continuously for the past 303 years. Comparative lawyers have traditionally seen the "Civil Law" as something opposed to the "Common Law". The lecture will explore the founding of the chair of Civil Law in 1710 against the intellectual and political background before considering the...

Professor Rob Dunbar, Chair of Celtic Languages, Literature, History and Antiquities, presents his inaugural lecture entitled "Canada, the Gaelic Imagination, and the Future of the Celtic Languages / Canada, am Mac-meanmna Gàidhlig, agus na Cànanan Ceilteach san Àm ri Teachd". Territories that are now part of Canada received more Gaelic-speaking emigrants than any other in the world and, unsurprisingly, the links between the Scottish Highlands and Canada are profound. This lecture will first...

Professor Susan Hardman Moore, Professor of Early Modern Religion, delivers her inaugural lecture, entitled "Time". Recorded on Thursday 12 September 2013 at Martin Hall in the University of Edinburgh's New College.

Professor Christina Boswell, Professor of Politics, delivers her inaugural lecture, entitled "Against 'Interests' in Political Science: Public Policy and Political Motivation". Recorded on Tuesday 21 May 2013, at the University of Edinburgh's Business School.

Professor Matthias Schwannauer, Professor of Clinical Psychology, delivers his inaugural lecture, entitled "From Cradle to Grave: The Development of Relationships, Emotions and Mental Health". Recorded on Tuesday 14 May 2013, at the University of Edinburgh's Business School.

Professor Ewen A Cameron, Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography, delivers his inaugural lecture, entitled "The Political Histories of Modern Scotland". Recorded on Tuesday 7 May 2013, at the University of Edinburgh's Business School.

Professor Charlotte Clarke, Professor of Health in Social Science, delivers her inaugural lecture, entitled "Phew! For a Minute There I lost Myself - The Experience of Living With Dementia". Recorded on Tuesday 23 April 2013, at the University of Edinburgh's Business School.

Professor Josephine Fawcett, Professor of Student Learning in Nurse Education, delivers her inaugural lecture, entitled "A Career for Nursing: Passions, Privileges, Pains and Purpose". Recorded on Tuesday 30 April 2013 at the University of Edinburgh's Business School.

Professor Philipp Koehn, Personal Chair in Machine Translation, delivers his inaugural lecture, entitled "Open Problems in Machine Translation". Recorded on Thursday 21 March 2013 at the University of Edinburgh's Informatics Forum.

Professor Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies, delivers her inaugural lecture, entitled "Love and Law in Christianity and Islam". Recorded on Monday 4 March 2013 at the University of Edinburgh's St Cecilia's Hall.

Professor J Douglas Armstrong, Deputy Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Bioinformatics and Personal Chair of Systems Neurobiology, delivers his inaugural lecture, entitled "Systems Neuroscience". Recorded on Tuesday 5 February 2013 at the University of Edinburgh's Informatics Forum.

Professor Catharine Ward Thompson, Professor of Landscape Architecture, delivers her inaugural lecture, entitled "You Really Should Get Out More! Landscape Quality and Quality of Life". Recorded on Tuesday 11 December 2012 at the University of Edinburgh's Business School.

Professor Ronnie Cann, Personal Chair in Linguistic Semantics, delivers his inaugural lecture, entitled "Doing Language". Recorded on Tuesday 27 November 2012 at the University of Edinburgh's Appleton Tower lecture theatre.

Professor Stephen Gilmore, Chair of Software Systems Modelling, delivers his inaugural lecture, entitled "Is Informatics an Indiscrete Science?". Recorded on 19 November 2012.

Professor Niamh Nic Shuibhne, Chair of European Union Law, delivers her inaugural lecture, entitled "The Lawless Science of EU Law: Constitutional Responsibility and the Court of Justice". Recorded on Friday 9 November 2012 at Old College, the University of Edinburgh.

Professor Federica G Pedriali, Professor of Literary Metatheory and Modern Italian Studies, delivers her inaugural lecture, entitled "Gadda Goes to War: On Becoming Militant in the Name of the Militance of Literature". Recorded on Thursday 20 September 2012 at the University of Edinburgh's Appleton Tower.

Professor Kenneth Reid, Chair of Scots Law, delivers his inaugural lecture, entitled "Smoothing The Rugged Parts of the Passage: Scots Law and its Edinburgh Chair". Recorded on Tuesday 18 September 2012 at the University of Edinburgh's Old College.

Professor Alex Simpson, Personal Chair in Foundations of Computer Science, delivers his inaugural lecture, entitled "The Intertwined Foundations of Mathematics and Computer Science". Recorded on Thursday 17 May 2012 at the Informatics Forum, The University of Edinburgh.

Professor Tony Lynch, Personal Chair of Student Learning (English for Academic Purposes), delivers his inaugural lecture, entitled "The Importance of Listening to International Students". Recorded on Wednesday 16 May 2012 at the Auditorium lecture theatre, Business School, The University of Edinburgh.

Professor Ian Campbell, Chair of Architectural History & Theory (ECA), delivers his inaugural lecture, entitled "Planning for Pilgrims: St Andrews as the Second Rome". Recorded on Monday 7 May 2012 at the Auditorium lecture theatre, Business School, The University of Edinburgh.

Professor Andrew Patrizio, Chair of Scottish Visual Culture at the University of Edinburgh, delivers his inaugural lecture, entitled "Steps to an Ecology of Scottish Art". Recorded on Wednesday 4 April 2012 at the Auditorium lecture theatre, Business School, The University of Edinburgh.