Annual Lectures 2025

Dr Juanita Cox presenting her lecture 'Precarious Privilege: Women of Mixed Heritage in Post-Emancipation British Guiana and Their Scottish Connections' at the 2025 Annual Lectures. Her husband, Rod Westmaas, presented on 'Colonial Legacies and Hidden Lives: Sir David Patrick Chalmers, Joanna Herbert, and the Lorimer Connection in British Guiana'. Many thanks to both speakers and the pupils of St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh, for their contributions to a splendid morning of talks and music at Kellie Castle on 4 October 2025.