The Scotland Conversations is an open-to-the public series created and presented by the internationally renowned universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in association with prestigious American partners.

Supported by The Scottish Executive, The Scotland Conversations aim to deepen the cultural and scholarly ties that exist between Scotland and America, and strengthen that powerful relationship through creative and intellectual collaboration.

The Scotland Conversations is a meeting of minds across the Atlantic and the centuries.It brings together some of the finest thinkers, commentators and performers from Scotland and America to discuss, debate, and challenge the ideas that have shaped our nations.

The series makes its US debut in New York in April 2006 to celebrate Tartan Day in America.