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
2014
Rita Izsák, UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues