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Julia Marton-Lefèvre, environmentalist and academic, delivers the final lecture in the 2015 Our Changing World series. This lecture is also part of our Enlightenment Lecture series. In this lecture Julia Marton-Lefèvre will compare the profound changes that took place in the 18th century European Enlightenment, emphasizing reason rather than tradition, with the need for a new enlightenment to face the stark challenges posed by an unprecedented loss of biodiversity, a rapidly changing climate and increasing inequality among nations and individuals. Recorded on 24 November 2015 at the University of Edinburgh's George Square Lecture Theatre.

Jack Matlock, former US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, delivers the 2015 Fulbright Lecture, entitled The Ukrainian Crisis: Reflections on Power in Today's World. In this lecture, Jack Matlock suggests that Western policies have exacerbated Ukraine's internal problems and estranged Russia. The lecture is part of an initiative by the Fulbright Commission and the University to enhance mutual cultural understanding between the UK and US through educational exchange. http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2015/fulbright-lecture-220515

Professor Sir John Beddington, Former Government Chief Scientific Adviser, and Edinburgh alumnus, delivers the Enlightenment Lecture entitled Legacies of the 20th Century and Challenges for the 21st.

This lecture also forms part of the 2014 Our Changing World lecture series.

Recorded 19 November 2014 at the University of Edinburgh's McEwan Hall.

The Edinburgh India Institute is delighted to present the inaugural India Day lecture by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.

Mr Gandhi's lecture begins at 36:48.

www.ed.ac.uk/news/2014/india-week-240914

Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at the School of Divinity, will in conversation with Mike Russell MSP, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning.

The discussion covers the constitutional changes Scottish independence could bring and what it could mean to the church in Scotland and other faith communities.

Find more information on this event at http://edin.ac/1gb1Sf7

February 2014 marks ten years of the University of Edinburgh supporting fair trade, following a student vote to become a Fairtrade University. February 25th also marks one year of Scotland becoming a Fair Trade Nation.

In this lecture, Paul Chandler, former Chief Executive of leading fair trade organisation Traidcraft, examines the history and impact of fair trade, discuss critiques of fair trade, and offer ideas on what is next for the movement.

Recorded on 25 February 2014, at the University of Edinburgh's Playfair Library Hall.