Slavery and the Shaping of British Culture
SOLD OUT The past 40 years have yielded an astonishingly rich and varied archive and historiography about slavery. Much less impressive however has been the efforts to locate slavery as an integral feature of Western cultural life itself. Too often, slavery is seen as an exotic, discreet subject which belongs outside Western culture. This talk takes a different approach, arguing that […]
The Law’s Ambiguous Struggle with Slavery
This talk considers the ambiguity that the law faced in the eighteenth century in its struggle with slavery. In this century, several English judges upheld the rights of slave owners to claim property in their “Negroes”, either on the grounds that they were not Christians, or by appealing to the legal concept of jus gentium (law of […]
The Inequality Debate
Income inequality has been rising for 30 years. Executive pay is sky high, with the top 1% taking an ever increasing share of GDP while average real wages have fallen. Politicians on the left bemoan the ‘cost of living crisis’, others blame immigration and the EU for lower salaries. The consequences are wide-ranging, on poverty, […]
God and the Bible
A day conference presented by The Centre for Inquiry UK, Conway Hall Ethical Society and the British Humanist Association. Join Professors Francesca Stavrakopoulou and Keith Ward and atheist philosopher of religion Stephen Law in debate and discussion of God and the Bible. 10.30 Registration Organised and presented by Dr Stephen Law (Heythrop College, University of […]
War, Terror and Community – an Islamic Perspective
Can you “bomb an ideology”? How do we work with different religions together so that there is understanding between our communities and what common values can we identify that will create cohesion? We are hosting this meeting in collaboration with GlobalNet21 and we hope this will be the first of many such meetings we hold with them. […]
When Britain leaves the EU
Over the past 70 years, Britain’s ruling class, supported by parliamentary parties of all hues, have sought to enmesh Britain in the European Union. Their vision of Europe is one of backwardness and the dead ideas of the “freedoms” of capitalism – the freedom to exploit, the freedom to oppress, and the freedom to move capital and labour as they […]
Disenfranchising Mourning of Eelam Tamils
To mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the “Eelam Research Organisation” (1975-2015), a special lecture will be delivered by Prof. Peter Schalk, Sweden titled “Disenfranchising Mourning of Eelam Tamils”. Prof. Peter Schalk was the Chair Professor of History of Religions, especially Hinduism and Buddhism, at Uppsala University until December 2011. He is now retired, […]
Let’s Make Greater London a National Park City!
Join us for this inspiring gathering that could lead to London becoming the world’s first National Park City. At this very special event you will be invited to reimagine the future of the capital as we share our proposal for a Greater London National Park City. One vision to inspire a million projects, this big idea has […]
Unsilencing Pakistan — a Tribute to Sabeen Mahmud
Join Index on Censorship in commemorating and celebrating an extraordinary woman who lost her life working fearlessly for free expression, human rights and social change. In May 2007 Sabeen Mahmud founded The Second Floor (now known as T2F), a coffee house and “community space for open dialogue” in Karachi, Pakistan. In April 2015, Mahmud was shot dead by […]