‘If a landscape ‘speaks’, can we hear it?’ with Aonghus Mackechnie
10 November 2025, 6.30pm | Professor Aonghus MacKechnie will take us on a tour of Scotland, geographically, over time, and across political and cultural movements.
Mon, 10 November 2025 | 6:30 -8:30pm | Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
In this joint lecture with Scotland’s Garden and Landscape Heritage, Professor Aonghus MacKechnie will take us on a tour of Scotland, geographically, over time, and across political and cultural movements.
From the medieval West Highlands and Gaelic society, the talk ranges through Early Modern Scotland, the exploitation of history and the ‘signage’ used by the Stewart monarchy, through to post-1660s classicism; moving then on to the Ages of Romanticism and Improvement, and that of militarism after the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715.
AHSS Forth & Borders Group Winter Lecture Series
£6 online/in-person | £2 students
- All of our events are hybrid with options to attend either in-person or online via Zoom.
- Online ticket sales end at 5 pm on the day of the event.
- The venue is wheelchair accessible.
