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Academic panels

Following the installation ceremony, the University will stage Academic Panels in the Science, Humanities and Social Sciences in Parliament Hall, South Street in Dr Richardson's honour.

Panels comprising leading academics and thinkers from the UK and the United States will address the challenges facing Science, Humanities and Social Sciences in the 21st Century.  These events - which are open to the public - begin at 2 p.m. and conclude at 6.15 p.m.

Science: 2 p.m. to 3.15 p.m.

J. C. Séamus Davis
J. G. White Distinguished Professor of Physical Science, Cornell University

Naomi E. Pierce
Hessel Professor of Biology & Curator of Lepidoptera, Harvard University

Peter Bruce
Professor of Chemistry, University of St Andrews

Dr Ineke De Moortel
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews

Humanities: 3.30 p.m. to 4.45 p.m.

Eileen Cheng-yin Chow
Associate Professor of Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies, Harvard University

Gish Jen
Author of The Love Wife (Knopf, 2004), Mona in the Promised Land (Knopf, 1996), and Typical American (Houghton Mifflin, 1991).

Stanley Hoffmann
Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor, Harvard University

Michael Bentley
Professor of History, University of St Andrews

Social Sciences: 5 p.m. to 6.15 p.m.

Robert Keohane
Professor of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Peter Hall
Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University

Jessica Stern
Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, and author of Terror in the Name of God and The Ultimate Terrorists.

Jan Bebbington
Professor of Accounting and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews and Director, St Andrews Sustainability Institute

Biographies of panel members