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Gifford Lectures 2008 — University of Glasgow
Information on the April 2008 lectures to be held at the University of Glasgow. [More…]
Recent Gifford Lectures
An update on lectures given in 2007. [More…]
Multimedia
Videos of programs inaugurating the Gifford Lectures Web site are now available online. [More…]
New Books Based on Gifford Lectures
Three new books derived from the Gifford lectures are available. [More…]
Video of Noam Chomsky's 2005 Lecture at Edinburgh
A video of Professor Chomsky's 2005 lecture entitled “Illegal but Legitimate: a Dubious Doctrine for the Times” is available on the Web. Click here for details.
Gifford Lecture Online Project “Kick-off” Events Held August 15th
Two events were held in Edinburgh on August 15, 2005 signaling the official opening of the Gifford Lectures Online Project. [More…]
Brochure on the Gifford Lectures Online Project
A PDF brochure highlighting the launch of the Gifford Lectures Online Project is now available.
New Book on the Gifford Lectures
The Measure of God: Our Century-Long Struggle to Reconcile Science & Religion has been written by Larry Witham. [More…]
Forthcoming Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh
The great tradition of the Gifford lectures continues at the University of Edinburgh. [More…]
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• University of Glasgow |
In 1451, the Scottish King James II persuaded Pope Nicholas V to grant a bull authorizing Bishop Turnbull of Glasgow to establish a university. Modeled on the University of Bologna, Glasgow was, and has remained, a university in the great European tradition. The University fostered research and inquiry preparing the way for the Industrial Revolution which played such an important role in the development of Glasgow. Among its many illustrious former students are William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Adam Smith, and Nobel laureates, John Boyd Orr (Peace Prize, 1949), Sir Alexander Robertus Todd (Chemistry, 1957), Sir Derek Barton (Chemistry, 1969), and Sir James Black (Chemistry, 1988).
 Today the university is one of the UK's leading universities with an international reputation for its research and teaching. There are almost 16,000 undergraduate and 4,000 postgraduate students. The University of Glasgow has sought to broaden access to university education for all sectors of society. There are ten faculties: Arts; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Mathematics and Statistics; Physical Sciences; Medicine; Social Sciences; Engineering; Law and Financial Studies; Veterinary Medicine; and Education.
Some of the notable Gifford lecturers at the University of Glasgow include: Friedrich Max Mueller, Arthur James Balfour, William Temple, Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker, Herbert Butterfield, Carl Sagan, Keith Ward, and Ralph McInerny.
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