Details of the 2007-2008 series of Northern Scholars Lectures. Jan Erik Rekdal: 'Scandinavian-Celtic Encounters' Lecture title: Scandinavian-Celtic Encounters. Jan Erik Rekdal is from the Institute for Linguistics and Nordic Studies at the University of Oslo.Tuesday 20 May 2008, 5.15pm Professor Mart Kalm: 'Modernist Mass Housing in the Soviet Union: a Troubled Heritage' Lecture title: Modernist Mass Housing in the Soviet Union: a Troubled Heritage.Tuesday 13 May 2008, 5.15pmNeuroscience Lecture Theatre, 1 George Square, EdinburghRead the abstract for Professor Kalm's lecture. Professor Anssi Paasi: 'Finnish Landscape as Social Practice: Mapping Identity and Scale' Lecture title: Finnish Landscape as Social Practice: Mapping Identity and Scale.Thursday 1 May 2008, 5.15pmThe Old Library, Institute of Geography, Drummond Street, EdinburghRead the abstract for Professor Paasi's lecture. Dr Peter Stadius: 'The Mental Mapping of the North' Lecture title: The Mental Mapping of the NorthThursday 6 March 2008, 6.15pmFaculty Room South, David Hume Tower, George Square, EdinburghRead the abstract for Professor Stadius's lecture. Professor Birger Løvlie: 'Norwegians Studying Education in Nineteenth Century Scotland' Lecture title: Norwegians Studying Education in Nineteenth Century Scotland.Thursday 17 January 2008, 6.15pmFaculty Room South, David Hume Tower, George Square, EdinburghRead the abstract for Professor Løvlie's lecture. Dr Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson: 'The Independent Northerner: Ideas of the Nordic Element in Icelandic Culture' Lecture title: The Independent Northerner: Ideas of the Nordic element in Icelandic Culture.Thursday 22 November 2007, 5.15pmLocation: To be confirmed Dr Jutta Jokiranta: 'Sociological Approaches to the Dead Sea Scrolls' Lecture title: Sociological Approaches to the Dead Sea Scrolls.Thursday 18 October 2007, 5.15pmMartin Hall, New College, EdinburghRead the abstract for Professor Jokiranta's lecture. Professor Knut Andreas Bergsvik: 'The Importance of Landscape and Landscape Perceptions to In-group and Between-group Relations among Hunter-Fishers of Neolithic Western Norway' Lecture title: The Importance of Landscape and Landscape Perceptions to In-group and Between-group Relations among Hunter-Fishers of Neolithic Western Norway.Thursday 11 October 2007, 5.15pmArchaeology Lecture Theatre, High School Yards, Infirmary Street, EdinburghRead the abstract for Professor Bergsvik's lecture. Professor Valdis Muktupavels: 'Latvian ethnic music: myths and traditional instruments' Lecture title: Latvian ethnic music: myths and traditional instruments.Thursday 4 October 2007, 5.15pmFaculty Room North, David Hume Tower, EdinburghRead the abstract for Professor Muktupavels's lecture. This article was published on 2025-07-22
