What is the lasting legacy of the Balfour Declaration in the Middle East?
With political tensions in the Middle East at an all time high, the two state solution offered by the international community looks as far away as ever. Join our distinguished panellists in exploring the imprint left by the Balfour Declaration and the direction needed to achieve peace. Speakers: Professor Ghada Karmi – Author and Lecturer […]
Ten years on: The aftermath of the global financial crisis
A decade on from the global financial crisis, the UK remains in the slow lane, with its growth forecast significantly lowered in the most recent budget. Although regulation and supervision of banks has been strengthened to avoid future crises, fundamentally there has been little reform in the financial system, and austerity still rules the lives […]
Positive Psychology and Life Coaching: their potential relationship to the Adlerian Model?
In recent years, Counselling and Therapy have begun to respond to the challenges of traditionally ignoring the encouragement of positive emotions – wellbeing & flourishing – while the pursuit of Positive Psychology has been accused of ignoring the role of negative emotions. The Adlerian model has, of course, always embraced elements of both. The practice […]
Thinking on Sunday: Back to the Future for a Real Democracy
Democracy, like all powerful terms, is a slippery word to get a grip on. What is the essence of democracy? What are the ideals? Brett Hennig will take us on a voyage revealing democracy’s intriguing and complicated history to explore these questions and discover how we got to where we are. This trip will lead […]
Thinking on Sunday: Electromagnetism – May the Force be with You
***EVENT CANCELLED *** THE SPEAKER IS SNOWBOUND IN THE WEST OF UK Dr Peter Ford MBE asks: Is there any other form of intelligent life out there? We spend a lot of money trying to answer this question and our tool to do this is invisible stuff called electromagnetism. It fills the whole of space, indeed is […]
Thinking on Sunday: Is The Universe a Simulation?
This talk from Bill Turner will explain in an easy-to-understand way “The Simulation Argument’ by Nick Bostrom (Oxford University) which is an argument to say that we are probably living in a computer simulation. After trying to convince you that this could well be the case we will look at the metaphysical arguments of space, […]
Thinking on Sunday: Is Physicalism the correct world view?
The GREAT debate: Is Physicalism the correct world view? Ian Buxton will argue that Physicalism, the thesis that nothing other than physical laws are needed to account for everything in the universe, is the only game in town. All physical laws can be discovered by scientific means. Raymond Tallis will challenge this claim – irrespective of whether this is […]
White Is Not A Neutral Colour
In the UK having white skin means something. In this workshop we’ll explore different issues related to race and whiteness through discussion and exercises. We take the approach that white people, no matter how well intentioned or anti-racist, sometimes lack awareness of their whiteness. It doesn’t mean white people are “bad”, but it does mean […]
The First Stuart Hall Public Conversation
Stuart Hall Foundation invites you to the First Stuart Hall Public Conversation, an afternoon of stimulating talks, readings and performances focusing on the profound political and economic changes taking place in different parts of the globe and the forms of popular resistance to those changes. The afternoon will start with award-winning poet Mona Arshi reading new […]