2014-2024: Scottish Independence And The British State Ten Years On

The provisional programme inside!

2014-2024: Scottish Independence And The British State Ten Years On…

We are pleased to release the provisional sessions at the upcoming 2014-2014: Scottish Independence and the British State Ten Years On conference which takes place on September 14th in Glasgow. We advise early registration to guarantee your place (s). Stay tuned for more updates on speakers, panels and the final line-up. And, we will bring you commentary and analyisis from a range of the participants in the weeks ahead.

You can listen to an interview with Dr James Foley, a member of the Conter Editorial Board and lead organiser of the conference, here.

The 2014 Generation: Insurgents to Governing Class?

Jim Sillars – Former SNP deputy leader and author Laura Webster – Editor, The National Liam McLaughlin – Leading youth independence campaigner in 2014, Scottish Socialist Party Cat Boyd – Trade Unionist, author and co-founder Radical Independence Campaign Gerry Hassan - Honorary Professor of Social Change at Glasgow Caledonian University and Author

Party Transformation: Sturgeon's SNP and its Aftermath

Isobel Lindsay – Common Weal Board Member, Vice-President of SCND and Convenor of the Campaign for Scottish Parliament Kenny Macaskill – Former Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Justice, MP and MSP Dr. Tom Montgomery – Lecturer in Work and Organisations in the Stirling University Management School

Capitalism, Class & Power in the Nationalist Era

George Kerevan – Economist, columnist and former MP Dr. Jenny Morrison – Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Glasgow Dr. Philipp Ruckheim – Associate Fellow at the Forum Internationale Wissenchaft Bonn, author of Scotland’s Democratic Nationalism

Keynotes: Sovereignty, Nationalism and the crisis of Globalisation

Costas Lapavitsas – Professor of economics at SOAS University, author The State of Capitalism: Economy, Society, and Hegemony Prof. David McCrone – Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Edinburgh University, co-founder of the Institute of Governance and author of The New Sociology of Scotland

Independence From? Debating Britain, "Europe" and America

Dr. Scott Lavery – Lecturer in Economic and Social History, University of Glasgow David Jamieson – Doctoral researcher on the Middle East and statehood, Glasgow Caledonian University Sophie Johnson – Stop the War Coalition Scotland

Identity Crisis: Race, Nation & Constitution

Dr. Maureen McBride – Lecturer in Sociology University of Glasgow, co-editor of No Problem Here Dr. James Foley – Lecturer in Politics Glasgow Caledonian University, author of Scotland after Britain Layla-Roxanne Hill – Activist and author of Black Oot Here

Keynote: Public Opinion in Transition

Professor John Curtice - University of Strathclyde

Debate: Is Independence Over?

Jonathon Shafi – Columnist for The National and author of the Independence Captured newsletter Alyn Smith – former SNP MP, MEP and Spokesperson for Europe and EU Accession