The John Galt Society is proud to host the annual John Galt Lecture. Our series of Annual Lectures began in 2017, reviving the tradition established by the Greenock Philosophical Society. Details of upcoming and past events can be found below. It should be noted that we were unable to host the Lecture in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions, though we continued to meet online and host papers and presentations as part of our AGM. Our 2021 Annual Lecture was held online. Occasional papers can also be found on this site, where available.
2025
Prof. Angela Esterhammer (University of Toronto)
‘Discovering the Transatlantic Galt’
2 May 2025 @ Wellwood Burns Centre and Museum, Irvine
2024
Prof. Caroline McCracken-Flesher (University of Wyoming)
‘The Strange Temporalities of Provost Pawkie: John Galt and The Provost‘s Travels in Time’
3 May 2024 @ Wellwood Burns Centre and Museum, Irvine
2023
Prof. Christopher Whatley
‘A “wrong resenting” race? Characterising Popular Protest in John Galt’s Scotland’
5 May 2023 @ Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine
2022
Prof. Colin Kidd (University of St. Andrews)
‘Galt and Burns’
6 May 2022 @ Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine
2021
Prof. Kenneth McNeil (Eastern Connecticut State University)
‘John Galt and Circum-Atlantic Memory’
7 May 2021 on Zoom [watch Zoom presentation here].
2019
Prof. Ian Campbell (University of Edinburgh)
3 May 2019 @ Irvine Townhouse, Irvine
2018
Dr. James Robertson
‘History, Narrative and Language in the Fiction of John Galt’ [download]
4 May 2018 @ The University of Glasgow
2017
Professor Sir Tom Devine (University of Edinburgh)
6 May 2017 @ Irvine Townhouse, Irvine
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