Sunday Lecture – The Invention of Jesus
The Conway Hall Ethical Society presents; After the Romans adopted Christianity in the fourth century the Church had an unrivalled opportunity to spread its message – and a big problem how to make the texts to conform with what it then wanted people to believe.; In effect it chose to forge its own records.; Peter […]
What Does Europe Want?
Istros Books & Philosophy Now presents; A discussion between Srecko Horvat (the co-author) and Costas Douzinas Professor of Law and Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities.; ‘’The Slovenian madman and a charismatic Croatian philosopher joined by the most dangerous Greek Politician offer an analysis of the European deadlock in a way that is […]
Common Sense in the Material World
The Adlerian Society UK presents; ‘Common Sense in the Material World’ (or Too Many Ghosts in the Machine) presented by Paul Lindeman; Our society our culture in fact the world is changing so rapidly that what was once reliable and predictable and reassuringly consistent is no longer so. Those people who are regular observers of […]
Sunday Lecture – The Need to Offend
Nick Cohen speaks on freedom of speech censorship and the need to offend.; From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the advert of the Web everywhere you turn you are told that we live in age of unparalleled freedom. From the revolution in Iran that wasn’t to the Great Firewall of China and the […]
Britain’s Sexual Revolution
THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA. (IDAHO).; The period commonly associated with sexual revolution in Britain – roughly between 1965 and 1970 – saw what the historian Hera Cook calls an “astonishing pace of change”. This talk will underscore the significance of this half of the decade […]
101 People To Meet Before You (Or They) Die
Hosted by Dan Schreiber co-creator of BBC Radio 4’s The Museum of Curiosity long serving QI Elf and author of the infamous but unpublished book “Brian Blessed For Beginners”.; Welcome to “101 People To Meet Before You (Or They) Die” the first in a brand new series of live comedy nights that introduces you in […]
Sunday Lecture – Understanding Human
The Conway Hall Ethical Society presents; Omar has been in touch with human pain and suffering since very early in life. After being in two wars and one violent uprising in Iraq he finally escaped to London in 1996 as a refugee. He now works in London as a physician and a trainee psychiatrist. Murad […]
Sunday Lecture: Is philosophy relevant in a scientific age?
Clio Bellenis argues for the use of philosophy in science which should not be discarded as an irrelevance.; Having been initially sceptical of the value of philosophy in an age of empiricism Clio changed her mind after some years studying the subject.; When Prof. Brian Cox dismissed philosophy (as he actually does with everything but […]