Thinking on Monday: Vagina – A Re-Education
We urgently need to talk about women’s sexual and reproductive health, about our experiences of sex and pregnancy and pain and pleasure. Lynn Enright, author of Vagina: A Re-Education, does just that. From earliest childhood, girls are misled about their bodies, encouraged to describe their genitalia with cute and silly names rather than anatomically correct terms. In […]
Incendiary Words and Rebellious Campaigns: 1840-1890 and 1940-1990
A 6-week course, 6:30-8:30pm every Thursday 25 April – 30 May As part of the HLF-funded Victorian Blogging project, Conway Hall will be running an interactive 6-part evening course focusing on London’s radical and rebellious writers, pamphleteers, journalists and activists whose words challenged the status quo in several arenas between 1840-1890 – whether on women’s rights, […]
Malaysian Night 2019 | Shallow
City, University of London’s Malaysian Night: Shallow 1900-2015: Shallow: Act 1 2015-2030: Intermission 2030-2040: Performance by Yasmin Arisa (City’s Malaysian Singing Icon) 2040-2050: A raffle organised by the Malaysian Society 2050-2215: Shallow: Act 2 2215-2230: Curtain Call City, University of London’s Malaysian Night: Shallow. Harry, the prodigy violinist pushed in to a life of fame […]
There’s More to Reading Than Words
Unless you have some futuristic dictating technology or someone is reading aloud, if you’re reading this right now, it’s likely that you can read. Reading is part of our society, we read to learn, we read to stay connected, to keep updated with the world around us – to broaden our horizons. Reading empowers us. […]
Ending Conversion Therapy: A Panel of Diverse Voices Opposing Abuse
A dialogue event between LGBT people from different faith and belief backgrounds. LGBT Humanists have organised a panel discussion where LGBT people with different religions and beliefs will engage in a dialogue in which the central question is ‘can we agree a course of action on conversion therapy?’ The panel speakers have been self-selected as […]
Making Life Happier – With Dr Mark Williamson
Join us for an inspiring event with Dr Mark Williamson about how to make life happier – for ourselves and others around us too. How can we overcome pain? What is our purpose in life? Can we improve our relationships? What transforms our mental and physical health? How can we contribute to a happier world? […]
Fundamentalism Rising: Humanism Under Threat in India and Bangladesh
There may be a long-term global trend toward humanism, but in some regions of the world, we are witnessing a reverse trend, with an alarming rise of religious and nationalist fundamentalist groups. India and Bangladesh are one theatre of a backlash of violence and discrimination against the rationalist and atheist community. These are countries with […]
I is for Insult: questioning “Borderline Personality Disorder”
Workshop This one-day workshop will cover both practical and theoretical approaches to the disputed diagnosis of “Borderline Personality Disorder”, facilitated by someone with lived / living experience of these issues. It aims to strike a balance between questioning the construct and discussing practical approaches to some of the difficulties associated with it. This is to […]
Women of Colour Against The Sex Trade
SPACE International proudly presents ‘Women of Colour Against the Sex Trade’, the very first event of its kind in Britain. The event will bring together women of colour from across the globe to discuss their experiences in prostitution and/or of frontline service provision to women in prostitution, and their collective opposition to the global sex […]