On 7 May 2013, the Centre was pleased to welcome Professor Christopher Harvie, who discussed ‘Remembering 1979’ as part of the ongoing Vox Populi seminar series. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. On the run up to the 1979 devolution referendum, Scottish public opinion was around sixty per cent in favour, twenty against.… Continue reading →
On 23 April 2013, as part of the on-going Vox Populi series, the Centre was pleased to welcome Irene Maver, who discussed ‘The Voice of the ‘Wee Society’: the referenda experience in Scottish local government since 1868’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Dr Maver framed her lecture with a discussion of the key focus of… Continue reading →
On 30 October 2012, the Centre was pleased to welcome the University of Glasgow’s own Dr. Karin Bowie, who discussed ‘National Opinion and the Union Question in the Union of the Crowns’. This lecture was part of the ongoing ‘Vox Populi’ series and below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Between the Union of the Crowns of 1603… Continue reading →
