We are delighted to announce details of the 2025 Annual Lecture, to be delivered by Prof Angela Esterhammer. Following the success of last year, the event will take place at the Wellwood Burns Centre in Irvine. There will be a buffet supper and drinks. Tickets are priced at £10 per person. You can pay on the day,…

Details of the new round of the John Galt Society Research Grant, awarding up to £500 to defray expenses in connection with research into Galt, are now available. Please see our Grants page here.

We are delighted to announce details of the 2024 Lecture, to be delivered by Prof Caroline McCracken-Flesher. The event will take place at the Wellwood Burns Centre in Irvine. There will be a buffet supper and drinks. Tickets are priced at £10 per person. You can pay on the day, or you can pay the…

Ian McGhee (1946-2023) Members of the John Galt Society will be saddened to hear of the death of our long-term Secretary, Treasurer and friend John ‘Ian’ McGhee, on 6 August 2023. Ian was born in Irvine in September 1946 and grew up in Cumnock. He was an only child until the age of nine, when…

We are delighted to announce details of our inaugural Research Grant, which will allow the successful applicant to use up to £300 to defray expenses incurred in connection with research into the works, life or influence of John Galt. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2024. For more details, including eligibility and application requirements,…

A “wrong resenting” race? Characterising Popular Protest in John Galt’s Scotland Location: Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, KA12 8PZ Date/time: Fri 5th May 2023 A lecture by Professor Christopher Whatley, followed by a buffet supper with a glass of wine. Born in 1779, John Galt was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commentator. He…

We were sorry to hear of the death of the Galt scholar Joyce Wilson and attach the following obituary written by her colleague David Jago: Patricia Joyce Wilson, or Joyce, as she was always known, was on the staff of the Scottish College of Commerce, when it merged with the Royal College of Science and…