Video, Audio and Interactive Material

26 April 2010	Thomas Reid and the Art of Philosophy
19 April 2010	A question of chemistry? The role of the composer and librettist in the creation of opera
16 March 2010	Renewable energy, sustainable engineering, Ian Irvine
1 March 2010	The Importance of being red, Professor Jonathan Rees
16 February 2010	Energy, Professor Jim McDonald FREng FRSE
26 January 2010	Science and Society Book Discussion, The Invisible Enemy: A Natural History of Viruses, Professor Dorothy Crawford FRSE OBE
2009
10 December 2009	The technology - policy challenges to address climate changes and biodiversity loss, Professor Bob Watson
7 December 2009	BP Prize Lecture, The Apocryphal Gospels - Then and Now, Dr Paul Foster
5 October 2009	Annual Statutory Meeting. (Fellows only)
11 August 2009	The RSE - 100 years in George Street. A talk by Professor Duncan Macmillan, RSE Curator.
26 May 2009	MacCormick European Lecture. Today's EU : all passion spent. Lord John Kerr of Kinlochard GCMG HonFRSE (mp3)
24 April 2009	Science, Politics and Drama. The Drama of Nuclear Weapons. Panel Discussion. Sir Michael Atiyah, HonFRSE, Chair; Prof. John Finney; Michael Frayn; Richard Holloway, FRSE ; Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne. (mp3 file)
	Michael Frayn talking before the reading of the Farm Hall transcripts (mp3)
	Science, Politics and Drama. Operation Epsilon: Reading of the Farm Hall transcripts (mp3 file)
	Science, Politics and Drama Programme (pdf)
21 April 2009	The Higgs boson: what, why, how?. A panel discussion organised jointly by the RSE and the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS), with Professor Peter Higgs, FRSE, Professor David Saxon, FRSE and Professor Edward Witten.
11 March 2009	The i-Limb Hand. Hugh Gill, Director of Technology and Operations, Touch Bionics and Philip Newman, Director of Marketing, Touch Bionics (mp3)
2 March 2009	The Gannochy Trust Innovation Award Lecture. Dr Colin Urquhart, CEO, Dimensional Imaging Ltd (mp3)
17 February 2009	Global Challenges In A Changing World, Professor John Beddington, Chief Scientific Advisor To HM Government
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	Click here to listen to lecture (mp3)
12 February 2009	Islam and the Day of Judgement. Professor Mona Siddiqui (mp3)
11 February 2009	Cultural Flagships: Being a ‘National’ - Museums and Galleries
22 January 2009	The Royalty of Man. How the World Read Burns. Mr Neal Ascherson (mp3)
19 January 2008	Scotland's Hill and Island Areas. Oban Public Meeting
14 January 2009	Reflections on Islamic Art. Professor Robert Hillenbrand FRSE, University of Edinburgh (mp3)
2008 events
10 December 2008	Images of Saladin: Past and Present. Professor Carole Hillenbrand FRSA FRSE, University of Edinburgh.
3 December 2008	Edinburgh Lecture - Taxation without Representation! – The Rise of China’s Middle Class. James Kynge, Journalist and Author
7 November 2008	Jihad and the Surge in Iraq. Major General Simon Mayall, Assistant Chief of the General Staff, Ministry of Defence
6 October 2008	Annual Statutory Meeting (Fellows only - password required)
2 October 2008	Presidential Address - Mind, Matter and Mathematics. Sir Michael Atiyah OM FRS HonFREng HonFMedSci HonFRSE PPRSE
22 September 2008	Challenges of Road Pricing. Professor Frank Kelly FRS, Master, Christ’s College, Cambridge
8 September 2008	Launch of Hill and Island Areas Inquiry Report. Professsor Gavin McCrone.
1 September 2008	Does God Play Dice? Professor Miles Padgett FRSE, University of Glasgow
30 June 2008	Structures and Granular Solids. Professor J. Michael Rotter, FREng, FRSE, FICE, FIStructE, FASCE, FIEAust (mp3)
26 June 2008	National Cultural Flagships. Film
23 June 2008	Maps, Mapping and Map History. Professor Charles W J Withers FBA FRSE, Professor of Historical Geography, University of Edinburgh (mp3)
16 June 2008	The Black Hole War: The War That Made the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics. Leonard Susskind, Felix Bloch Professor of Theoretical Physics at Stanford University (mp3)
12 May 2008	Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe with the Large Hadron Collider. Professor Fabiola Gianotti, Research Physicist, Deputy Spokesperson of the Atlas Experiment
28 April 2008	100 Years of Radio Astronomy: Past, Present and Future. Professor Michael Garrett, General Director, ASTRON. (mp3)
8 May 2008	The European Union: Does it have a Future?. Sir John D K Grant, KCMG Former UK Permanent Representative (Ambassador) to the EU (mp3)
21 April 2008	Architectural Politics in Renaissance Venice. Professor Deborah Howard, University of Cambridge
31 March 2008	Global Horizons for UK Universities
10 March 2008	Lecture - Optos: The Design Challenges and Business Tribulations. Mr Douglas Anderson, Executive Director, Optos plc (mp3 file)
3 March 2008	Gannochy Trust Innovation Award Prize Lecture - New Antibiotics from the Sea Bed to the Hospital Bed. Dr Andrew Mearns Spragg, CEO, Aquapharm Bio-Discovery Ltd
21 February 2008	National Cultural Flagships. Music and Opera. Speakers included; Mr Jonathan Mills, Festival Director and Chief Executive, Edinburgh International Festival and Mr Roy McEwan, Managing Director, Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
12 February 2008	Science, Innovation, Education: The Challenge to Society - ECRR Peter Wilson Lecture. Professor Geoffrey Boulton.
4 February 2008	Security, Insecurity, Paranoia and Quantum Mechanics. Professor Stephen Barnett. (video)
2007 events
3 December 2007	Cellular Clocks. Professor Ole Laerum. (video)
19 November 2007.	Mock Trial. Are our Civil Liberties being eroded? (video)
12 November 2007	Classical Music and the Subject of Modernity. Professor John Butt, FRSE. (MP3)
1 November 2007	The Science of Improvement: Why Scotland Needs its Public Intellectuals. Professor C Duncan Rice FRSE, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Aberdeen. (MP3)
8 October 2007	A Discussion and Illustrated Lecture on the exhibition, "Plant Memory". Victoria Crowe.
1 October 2007	Annual Statutory Meeting.
1 October 2007	Reflections on the Amazing and Ubiquitous Cellphone. Dr Irwin Jacobs.
19 September 2007	Edinburgh Lecture.
3 September 2007	Henry Duncan Prize Lecture - The Highlands: Scotland’s Great Success Story. Professor James Hunter CBE FRSE, Director, UHI Centre for History. (MP3).
28 June 2007	Commissioner Jan Figel' - Reforming Europe's Universities: why and how? (MP3)
20 June 2007	Professor Sir Harry Kroto - Architecture in Nano-Space .
31 May 2007	Professor Paul Jowitt. Engineering Civilisation from the Shadows.
14 May 2007	Inquiry into the Future of Scotland's Hill and Island Areas. Press Conference.
1 May 2007	Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland Annual Forum. The Ageing Population
30 April 2007	The Unpredictability of Science. Sir John Meurig Thomas.
	Debating Scotland's Energy Choices
12 March 2007	Protein Coated Microcrystals: Drug Delivery of biologics. The Gannochy Trust Innovation Award Lecture. Dr Marie Clair Parker. Video playing audio with powerpoint.
8 March 2007	Philology in a New Key: Humane Studies in Digital Space. Professor Jerome McGann. (MP3 file)
13 February 2007	Does Science Matter. Professor Anne Glover. . (Video plays audio with powerpoint)
5 February 2007	Cultural Policy and National Identity in Post Devolution Scotland.
2006 events
9 October 2006	RSE Annual Statutory Meeting. Fellows only. Password required
19 June 2006	Issues for Scotland's Energy Supply. Inquiry Report launch.
26 April 2006	Lloyds TSB Forum. Presentations on Ageing.
2005 events
11 July 2005	John Mitchell, Chief Scientist, The Met Office, on climate change