Lecture Series
The inaugural Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Lecture was delivered in 1990 by eminent author and historian, Dr James Hunter, the first in a lengthening line of distinguished contributors to this important lecture series.
The impressive list of eminent previous lectures, drawn from across a wide and varied spectrum of Scottish and international public life, has enabled the College to bring forward, for public debate, the thoughts and ideas of some of our most gifted thinkers from the worlds of politics, education, economics and the arts.
1990 Dr James Hunter, Author, Historian and Academic
1991 Lord Gus MacDonald, Minister of State in Scotland Office and DTI
1992 John Goodlad, Secretary of Shetland Fishermans Association
1993 Dr Una MacLean, Physician and Community Health Researcher
1994 Dr John Purser, Writer, Composer and Musicologist
1995 Alastair Moffat, Author and Director of STV
1996 Donnie Munro, Musician, Artist and former Rector of the University of Edinburgh and UHI Millennium Institute
1997 President Mary Robinson, Irish President
1998 Calum MacDonald MP, Minister of State in Scottish Office; Èamon Ó Cuív TD, Irish Minister for the Gaeltacht
1999 Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
2000 Donald Dewar MSP, First Minister of Scotland
2002 Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Musician, Writer, Composer and Director of the Irish World Music Centre, University of Limerick
2004 Jack McConnell MSP, First Minister of Scotland
2005 Professor C. Duncan Rice, Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen
2007 Alex Salmond MSP, First Minister of Scotland
2009 Micheal Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning
2010 Andrew Dixon, Chief Executive, Creative Scotland
2012 Ken MacQuarrie, Director, BBC Scotland