18-21 July 2023

UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND

A conference to celebrate the 300th birthdays of Adam Smith, Adam Ferguson, and John Witherspoon,

and the 250th anniversary of Johnson and Boswell’s tour of the Highlands and Western Isles

PLENARY SPEAKERS

JENG-GUO CHEN (ACADEMIA SINICA, TAIPEI)

LISA HILL (ADELAIDE)

NIGEL LEASK (GLASGOW)

GIDEON MAILER (MINNESOTA DULUTH)

Hosted by

The Institute of Intellectual History

and

The Department of Philosophy, University of St. Andrews

with 

The Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society,

The Institute for the Study of Scottish Philosophy,

and

The International Adam Smith Society

For their generous financial support of this conference we are grateful to

The Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Scottish Philosophical Association

The Aristotelian Society

University of Sioux Falls

The School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies, University of St Andrews

REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE IS NOW CLOSED


General enquiries should be sent to [email protected]