Book launch and Reception: Linda Andersson Burnett and Bruce Buchan, Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750 - 1820.

Join authors Bruce Buchan and Linda Andersson Burnett to celebrate "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820” (Yale UP, 2025).

Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh. 29 October, 4.45 - 6 pm.

Programme:

Moderator: Prof. Thomas Ahnert

16.45-17.15: Prof. Bruce Buchan and Dr Linda Andersson Burnett, Race & the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820. Presentation of book

17.15- 17.35: Prof. Colin Kidd, ‘Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Reflection’

17.35-17.45: Short break/Refreshments

17.45-18.00: Dr Rosi Carr, ‘Thomas Mitchell, Turandurey, and the violence of stadial theory’

18.00-18.15: Dr Ian Stewart, ‘Racial Theory in the Scottish Enlightenment'

18.15-18.30: Prof. Matthew D. Eddy, ‘Dr James McCune Smith, Moral Statistics and the Afterlife of the Scottish Enlightenment'

General Discussion: 18.30-19.00

Reception: 19.00-20.00

Please contact Thomas Ahnert at Thomas.ahnert@ed.ac.uk if you would like to attend.