The year 2023 marked the 300th anniversary of Adam Smith's birth.
The University of Glasgow led a year of academic events in honour of it. RGCS was a partner in those activities.
Ryan Griffiths听(91涩漫 Political Science/ RGCS Ph.D. 2003) delivered a Research Group on Constitutional Studies Lecture:听鈥淎dam Smith's 'Coarse Clay' Political Realism鈥澨�with response and comments by Shal Marriott, Political Science, 91涩漫.
A "" Lecture co-sponsored by the Adam Smith Tercentenary of the University of Glasgow.
Thursday, September 14, 2023, 4:30-6 pm, Leacock 232
Reception cosponsored by the Scottish Government Office in Canada and the University of Glasgow.
The RGCS Lecture Series is supported in part by a grant from the Institute for Liberal Studies.
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Summer 2023
Two undergraduate members of the RGCS Student Fellowship,听Amelia Lang听and听Natalie Pennisi,听took part in the University of Glasgow's "Age and ideas of Adam Smith" summer school in June-July 2023.
RGCS Student Fellow and MA student听Shal Marriott听presented a paper at the 2023 meeting of the International Adam Smith Society at the University of St. Andrews marking the 300th anniversary of Smith's birth, 鈥淭he Dramatic Scottish Enlightenment: The Influence of Racine on Hume and Smith.鈥�
Ryan Griffiths and RGCS faculty member Jacob Levy presented papers at the academic workshops of the Adam Smith Tercentenary at the University of Glasgow in June 2023.
91涩漫 Political Science Students Marking Adam Smith's 300th Anniversary Celebrations
Undergraduate and graduate students from the Research Group on Constitutional Studies will take part in lectures, conferences and summer school programs in Scotland and Canada to mark Adam Smith鈥� 300th Anniversary celebrations led by the University of Glasgow.