PRevious Events

On September 22, 2022, at 1 p.m., Professor Wendell McConnaha led an online seminar as part of the INS Public Seminar Series, titled "How Edinburgh Doctors Led the British Imperial Century." McConnaha explored how, despite Scotland's smaller population compared to England, over half of the British explorers during the British Imperial Century (1815-1915) were Scottish.

On November 10th, Wendell McConnaha signed and discussed his book *The King of Lokoja: William Balfour Baikie, the Forgotten Man of Africa* at The Bookworm. McConnaha, a retired University of Chicago professor, explored the fascinating life of William Balfour Baikie, a Scottish explorer, naturalist, and linguist whose remarkable contributions to West African history have remained largely overlooked.