Sunday Lecture – The History and Future of Bioethics
Since the late 1960s a new field of inquiry has grown up bioethics which examines the ethical social legal and policy issues arising in the life sciences and medicine. While several of the topics which are central to bioethics have a long history (notably abortion euthanasia and the ethical nature of the doctor-patient relationship) bioethics […]
Ulster Altruism: Hazlitt and Hutcheson
The Hazlitt Society Presents; The Annual Lecture: Ulster Altruism: Hazlitt and Hutcheson given by Terry Eagleton The eighth annual Hazlitt Society lecture at Conway Hall is given this year by Terry Eagleton the leading Marxist practitioner of literary theory and cultural studies.; He is a prolific writer whose output is a highly individual combination of […]
Sunday Lecture – Free Speech! Libel Reform in the last chance saloon
After 3 years and support from 100 civil society organisations and 60000 people the Libel Reform Campaign has secured a parliamentary bill to reform the law of libel. This huge achievement spurred on by the cause célèbre of Simon Singh Hardeep Singh and Dr. Pete Wilmshurst is testament to the ability of campaigns to make […]
Sunday Lecture – Pharmageddon
David’s main areas of research are clinical trials in psychopharmacology the history of psychopharmacology and the impact of both trials and psychotropic drugs on our culture.; He has been involved as an expert witness in homicide and suicide trials involving psychotropic drugs and in bringing problems with these drugs to the attention of American and […]
School of Life Sunday Sermon: Tony Buzan on Daydreaming
In dismissing daydreaming are we in fact under a collective delusion about how the brain works?; “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift.” —Albert Einstein; At school we’re taught that daydreaming is a […]
The Pod Delusion’s Big Birthday Bash!
Conway Hall & The Pod Delusion Presents… The Pod Delusion’s Big Third Birthday Do! To celebrate the radio show and podcast’s third birthday on September 15th – we’re hosting a big event after the Secular Europe March in London – and we’d love it if you could join us! Expect an evening of interesting things […]
Power to the People – Philosophical Societies and Societal Change
The London Philosophy Club Presents.; Jonathan Rée: Power to the People – Philosophical Societies and Societal Change; Philosophy is often dismissed as an elitist indulgence but it can also be seen as an element of genuine democracy and a motor of radical social change. In this talk Jonathan Rée will explore these issues with reference […]
Conway Memorial Lecture 2012 – Seeing Signals from Before the Big Bang; SOLD OUT
Prof. Sir Roger Penrose University of Oxford. Chair: Prof. Michael Rowan-Robinson Imperial College London. In this year’s Conway Memorial Lecture Sir Roger Penrose Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University will put forward an alternate view of the history and origin of the universe. The annual Conway Memorial Lectures are given in honour of Moncure […]
The Leveson Debate
Soho Skeptics and Conway Hall present The Leveson Debate What are we to make of the Leveson Report? Does the state have a role to play in regulating the press? Join the Soho Skeptics and Conway Hall to debate these issues and more. On the panel we have: Nick Cohen – British journalist author and […]