Chapman Cohen: The People’s Philosopher
A talk by Bob Forder “Explaining the world by God is like trying to cross a hole in two jumps”. Chapman Cohen In this talk celebrating the 150th anniversary of Chapman Cohen’s birth, Bob Forder will outline Cohen’s fascinating career and provide an insight into his work. Chapman Cohen served as President of the National Secular […]
LSP Summer School 2018
The 4th London School of Philosophy Summer School is being held at Conway Hall over three days between Wednesday 11th of July and Friday 13th July 2018. This year’s theme is ‘Philosophy Past, Present and Future’ with: Wednesday 11th devoted to the Past Thursday 12th the Present and Friday 13th, the Future. You can buy […]
No Asylum with Eva Schloss and Paula Fouce
Alternatives presents a screening of the No Asylum movie and talks by its director Paula Fouce and Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, step-sister of Anne Frank. Anne Frank is an icon of courage for people everywhere and has become the face of the Holocaust. In No Asylum, the most iconic story of the Holocaust has new light shed on […]
BME Community Assets: People, Places and Next Generation Leadership
The Ubele Initiative in Partnership with Conway Hall Ethical Society invites you to join us for lunch followed by presentations and a conversation! During the afternoon we will: Share the main areas of learning from the Mali Enterprising Leaders project (London and Manchester) Celebrate the project’s achievements Launch the first national Community Business Toolkit for […]
how to: An Evening with former President of Pakistan General Musharraf in conversation with Yalda Hakim
An unmissable discussion of the recent past and long-term future of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan : Pakistan’s geopolitical role as a strategic ally in fighting terrorism, conflicts in Afghanistan, rapprochement with India, the foreign policy challenges presented by the Trump presidency, and the role of the West in conflict resolution and in socioeconomic uplift for […]
Prostitution, Pimping and Trafficking
Speakers: Dr Stacy Banwell, Dr Kevin Brown, Dr Jane Jordan, Dr Julia Laite, Dr Siobhán Hearne and Prof Roger Matthews. Presented by Conway Hall Ethical Society and curated by Deborah Lavin. It seems more likely that the priesthood or medicine are the world’s “oldest professions”, even so prostitution has a very long history, mostly hidden and […]
Marx, Morris and Utopia
This talk by Dr Gregory Claeys is third in the series Writing Wrongs, curated by Deborah Lavin as part of the Heritage Lottery funded project Victorian Blogging. This talk considers whether, despite Marxism’s well know rejection of earlier Utopian socialism, Karl Marx might be termed a Utopian thinker, and how some of his ideas were adapted but also built […]
The First Resort: Pamphleteering and Politics in Early Modern Britain
This talk by Prof Joad Raymond is first in the series Writing Wrongs, curated by Deborah Lavin as part of the Heritage Lottery funded project Victorian Blogging. Before printing, governments got their message out from the church pulpit. Maverick, alternative ideas were only spread with difficulty by word of mouth. There were riots when times were bad, but no […]
They Always Blame the Woman! Syphilis and Fallen Women 1495-1945
This talk by Dr Kevin Brown is second in the series Prostitution, Pimping and Trafficking, curated by Deborah Lavin. From the time syphilis was first recognised in 1485, the medical consensus believed women were the vector of infection; and that they suffered syphilis in a milder form than men. While symptoms were treated, prevention centred on controlling prostitution. […]