Understand Contemporary Society – Insights from the World Expert in Evolutionary Biology
What can evolutionary biology tell us about gender? Can it provide a better understanding of sexuality? And how can it explain violent and abhorrent cultural practices, such as ‘honour killings’? Robert Trivers, ‘arguably today’s most original thinker in evolutionary theory’ (Richard Dawkins) joins the how to: Academy to apply the theories of evolutionary biology to […]
Kick out the Tories
How do we kick out the Tories? We need our own ‘political revolution’. Fight for Socialist World. Cameron’s weak government is on the ropes. Over the EU referendum, there is a brutal power struggle in the Tory party. An anti-austerity, socialist campaign for Exit could finish it off. Come to our meeting to discuss ideas – and join the Socialist […]
Show Up and Be Seen – Learn How to Connect Deeply with Others and Yourself
We’re Esther and Leah and we can’t wait to welcome you to this workshop to explore these questions. How often do you hold back on telling someone what you really want to say? How often do you come away from events or gatherings annoyed with yourself for not really being YOU? How often do you feel misunderstood […]
Ladybird Books and Constructing the Future Past of Modern Britain
Never mind the fairy stories, the much loved Ladybird Books of the 1950s to 1980s reflect much about post war aspirations and reality in new architecture, urban planning, social attitudes and the world of work. In this lovingly illustrated evening, social and architectural historian and lover of postwar modernism John Grindrod (author of Concretopia) talks us through the dreams […]
Street Epistemology Training – How to talk to Religious People
London Black Atheists will be at Conway Hall for a Street Epistemology training event conducted by Bill Flavell, who has recently been to several West African countries teaching Street Epistemology. Street Epistemology is based on Socratic principles (you simply ask very gentle questions) and it was developed by Professor Peter Boghossian. The purpose of Street Epistemology […]
London Thinks – Is Addiction a Disease?
Marc Lewis and Johann Hari discuss the stories of addiction and the war on drugs. Does the disease model do more harm than good – both to the research enterprise and to the lives of addicts themselves? He also will argue that recovery from addiction is indeed possible. Prof Marc Lewis is Professor of Development […]
Economics As If People Mattered
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How To Persist With Your Goals
At this meet-up Professor Windy Dryden will present on “How to persist with your goals” (especially when the going gets tough)” and demonstrate some live CBT sessions with volunteers so that you can see CBT in action and ask questions. Setting and attaining goals gives us purpose and meaning in life. Achieving our goals adds to […]
Purpose
The keynote speaker for Sunday Assembly London on the 19th June is the fantastic Ernesto Moreno. Ernesto was 9 years old when his mother tragically died in a car accident in which he was also travelling along with his younger brother and sister. However, that was only the beginning of what was to be a […]