Tom Devine - An Empire of Commerce: Three Centuries of Scottish Enterprise in the East
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The General Council Lecture, presented by Professor Tom Devine on Saturday 12 June in Hong Kong. The lecture explores the historical links between Scotland and China. Tom Devine is Director of the Scottish Centre of Diaspora Studies and the Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography. He is considered the pre-eminent authority on the history of modern Scotland.
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