Details of the 2008-2009 series of Northern Scholars Lectures. Dr Tommy Wasserman: 'Earth Accuses Earth: Tracing What Jesus Wrote on the Ground' Monday 9 March 2009, 2.00pmMartin Hall, School of Divinity, EdinburghRead the abstract for Dr Wasserman's lecture Dr Laimute Balode: 'Street-Names and Place-Names of Latvia' Dr Laimute Balode (Riga – Helsinki), presents two lectures: "Street-Names of Riga (Latvia) in Historical and Multicultural Context", and "Place-Names in Latvia: An Overview."Thursday 6 November 2008, 6.15pmConference Room, 27 George Square, EdinburghRead the abstracts for Dr Balode's lectures Professor Åge Johnsen: 'Performance Information and Public Policy: Why do Bad Results get all Attention?' Åge Johnsen is Professor of Public Policy at Oslo University College. The lecture title is: "Performance Information and Public Policy: Why do Bad Results get all Attention?"Wednesday 5 November 2008, 7.30pmLecture Theatre 1, Business School and Economics, Bristo Square, EdinburghRead the abstract for Professor Johnsen's lecture This article was published on 2025-07-22