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Adam Ferguson Workshop
FERGUSON AFTER THE ESSAY
Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies
University of Aberdeen
(Humanity Manse, 19 College Bounds)
Friday and Saturday, 28 February-1 March
For Further Information Contact:
Xandra Bello r01xb12@abdn.ac.uk
PROGRAMME
Friday 28 February
2:00—2:30 pm Welcome and Opening Remarks
Cairns Craig—Glucksman Professor of Irish and Scottish Studies, Head of the School of Language & Literature, & Director of the Centre of Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen
Michael Brown—Senior Lecturer in Irish and Scottish History and Acting Director, Centre of Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen
2:30—3:30 pm Opening Keynote Speaker
(Chair: James Harris—Reader, Philosophy, University of St. Andrews)
Alexander Broadie, FRSE—Professor, School of Humanities/Sgoil nan Daonnachan, University of Glasgow
“Adam Ferguson on Greece, Rome and the Fragility of Civil Liberties”
3:30—4:00 pm Tea and Coffee
4:00—5:30 pm Session 1: Philosophy, Literature and the Science of Man
(Chair: David Allan—Reader, School of History [Scottish], University of St. Andrews)
Craig Smith—Adam Smith Lecturer in the Scottish Enlightenment, School of Social and Political Science, University of Glasgow
“Adam Ferguson: Moral Science and Moralising”
Xandra Bello—Postgraduate Researcher, Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen
“‘We are happily exempted from ever beholding such horrible examples repeated:’ Chronologies and Historical Distance in Adam Ferguson’s The Progress and the Termination”
5:30 pm Wine Reception
7:00 pm Dinner
(Those not listed on the programme should contact Xandra Bello r01xb12@abdn.ac.uk if desirous of attending the meal.)
Saturday 1 March
9:30-11:00 am Session 2: Religion and Pedagogy
(Chair: Alexander Broadie)
Jack Hill—Visiting Fulbright-Scotland Professor (Distinguished Chair) and Research Fellow, Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen
“The Stoic-Calvinist Strand of Ferguson’s Project of Moral Instruction”
Michael Brown
“Politics in the Classroom: Ferguson as a Professor in the Age of Revolution”
11:00-11:30 am Tea and Coffee
11:30-1:00 pm Session 3: History and Politics
(Chair: Michael Brown)
Anna Plassart—Junior Research Fellow in Modern History, Christchurch, University of Oxford
“Adam Ferguson on War and Empire, 1789-1815.”
Glen Doris—Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies, Alumnus
TBA
1:00-2:00 pm Lunch
2:00-3:00 pm Closing Keynote Speaker
(Chair: Jack Hill)
(David Allan—Reader, School of History [Scottish], University of St. Andrews)
“‘People who live long like me must be content to be last’: Multiple Fergusons beyond the Essay”
- Hosted by
- RIISS, University of Aberdeen
- Venue
- HMG1, Humanity Manse, 19 College Bounds
- Contact
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Xandra Bello r01xb12@abdn.ac.uk