Upcoming Talks & Debates

Ethical Matters:
Disagreeing Without Hate
Ethical Matters:
Disagreeing Without Hate
Do you avoid people who are strongly against immigration? Or strongly for trans rights? Against abortion? For drug legalisation? We're falling victim to Beliefism: discrimination against those with different beliefs to us. Behavioural scientist Paul Dolan shows how tolerance is only possible "by design".
Brockway Room | Virtual event

Voices and Minds: Creative Responses to Dementia
Voices and Minds: Creative Responses to Dementia
In honour of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, join Songhaven and Electric Voice Theatre at Conway Hall for an afternoon’s exploration of science, music, ethics, and activism.
Brockway Room | Bertrand Russell Room

Ethical Matters:
Trans Joy Matters
Ethical Matters:
Trans Joy Matters
Trans people deserve to hear stories of joy and hope, where being trans doesn't have to be defined by fear and dysphoria, but can be experienced through courage, freedom, and love. Caroline Litman and T. C. Oakes-Monger invite us to explore how trans lives, and trans joy, matter.
Brockway Room | Virtual event

Fashion Declares:
Crafting Fashion Futures
Fashion Declares:
Crafting Fashion Futures
Join Fashion Declares and Indilisi at Conway Hall for a special evening event, bringing together sustainable fashion champions to discuss how we create a new well-being economy respecting all species and our natural world.
In person | No Option

London Fortean Society:
Chasing the Dark: Encounters with the Supernatural
London Fortean Society:
Chasing the Dark: Encounters with the Supernatural
Ben Machelluncovers the archives of psychic researcher Tony Cornell and his investigations into ghosts, poltergeists and psychic powers. Between 1950 and 2010 he became perhaps the world's most prolific investigator of psychic phenomena and paranormal events. Ben will be in conversation with artist and researcher Sarah Sparkes.
Brockway Room | Virtual event

Ethical Matters:
The Migration Question
Ethical Matters:
The Migration Question
Who are the migrants? Do they steal our jobs? Do border controls improve security? Are open borders desirable? Through empirical research including original surveys and interviews, Leila Simona Talani and Matilde Rosina suggest new thinking to the migration question.
Brockway Room | Virtual event

London Fortean Society:
How to Build A Haunted House
London Fortean Society:
How to Build A Haunted House
Whether a sceptic or paranormal enthusiast, we all know a haunted house when we see one. From Medieval Scotland to Enlightenment-era London; Victorian suburbs to pre-Civil War Louisiana, Caitlin Blackwell-Baines will explore the particular features, contexts and histories that lend a building the dreaded identity of a haunted house.
Brockway Room | Virtual event

Ethical Matters:
Disability Rights and Dignities
Ethical Matters:
Disability Rights and Dignities
A powerful examination of changing attitudes towards people with disabilities of all kinds and their fight for human rights and dignities. Join campaigners, and authors, Rachel Charlton-Dailey and Stephen Unwin in conversation on disability rights in history and today.
Brockway Room | Virtual event

Ethical Matters:
Why Horror has a Hold on Us
Ethical Matters:
Why Horror has a Hold on Us
Horror has been embraced by mainstream pop culture, with horror characters and aesthetics infecting TV, music videos and TikTok trends. Anna Bogutskaya dispels the notion that there is something wrong with enjoying horror by examining how horror responds to, and fuels, our feelings of fear, anxiety, pain and power.
Brockway Room | Virtual event

Ethical Matters:
Lessons from a Real-Life Romcom
Ethical Matters:
Lessons from a Real-Life Romcom
For years, the romcom has been defined by its reinforcement of patriarchal notions of love and relationships. Author and journalist Lizzie Frainier asks whether romcoms can prepare us for the good, the bad and the disconcerting of navigating relationships today.
Brockway Room | Virtual event

Ethical Matters:
Changing Power Imbalances at Home
Ethical Matters:
Changing Power Imbalances at Home
Why do women who outearn their male partners still do more housework and childcare? Science journalist Melissa Hogenboom interviewed dozens of female breadwinners, stay-at-home dads and same-sex couples, to show how the closer we look, the easier it is to see the influence of power structures all around us.
Brockway Room | Virtual event

Ethical Matters:
The Extraordinary Lives of Ancient & Medieval Women
Ethical Matters:
The Extraordinary Lives of Ancient & Medieval Women
What was life really like for women in the ancient and medieval periods? How did they think about sex, death and God? Could they live independent lives? And how can we hear their stories? Join historians Hetta Howes and Daisy Dunn as they reveal some extraordinary women of the past.
Brockway Room | Virtual event

London Fortean Society:
The Haunted Landscape: Ghosts, Magic and Lore
London Fortean Society:
The Haunted Landscape: Ghosts, Magic and Lore
Whose claws are scratching at the church door? What’s that ghost tumbling over the moor? Who’s that figure cut into the earth? What can I do to lift this curse? Join us for a lengendary trip through the Haunted Landscape at London Fortean Society’s day of expert talks on British ghosts, magic and folklore.
In person | Virtual event

Ethical Matters:
Reading Between the Lines of the Regency Novel
Ethical Matters:
Reading Between the Lines of the Regency Novel
What do #MeToo and Jane Austen have in common? More than you might think. Dr Zoë McGee reveals how Jane Austen, Frances Burney and their now-overlooked contemporaries used their stories to try to change society's mind about sexual coercion - and to reassure survivors they were not alone.
Brockway Room | Virtual event

Ethical Matters:
The Pleasures and Perils of Fandom
Ethical Matters:
The Pleasures and Perils of Fandom
How does the pop culture machine both mirror and magnify the worst aspects of human nature? As debates rage on about abusive public figures, Vanessa Kisuule asks how this moral conundrum informs the way we shape our relationships, families and notions of social justice.
Brockway Room | Virtual event