University Salon

Name: Crumbling of the ivory towers: what is the purpose of a university?
Start: 2025-05-07T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-05-07T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Gillis Lecture Theatre, Balliol College

March 2024
From hate speech to misinformation: why social media is not the problem

Featured Tuesday 12 March 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Trinity College, University of Dublin College Green, Dublin

Lecture and Q&A with broadcaster and author Timandra Harkness.

Free
What can we learn from… the radical universalism of CLR James?

Tuesday 19 March 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

'Beaver's Retreat, George IV Pub, London School of Economics 28 Portugal Street, London, United Kingdom

Ceri Dingle and Ralph Leonard introduce a discussion on the Trinidadian Marxist, author and campaigner.
Utopia and freedom

Wednesday 20 March 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Bateman Lecture Theatre, University of Exeter Building One, Rennes Drive, Exeter, United Kingdom

Alastair Donald introduces a discussion on why utopias are doomed to fail - and why we might need a revival of utopian thinking today.

Free
Religious freedom: toleration or discrimination?

Monday 25 March 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Violet Laidlaw Room, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh

Dolan Cummings introduces a discussion of the past and present of religious freedom.
May 2025
Crumbling of the ivory towers: what is the purpose of a university?

Wednesday 7 May 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Gillis Lecture Theatre, Balliol College University of Oxford, Broad Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

Join the discussion at this Living Freedom university salon at Balliol College Oxford. How have universities changed and how can we promote an atmosphere of open intellectual endeavour?

Free

March 2024

May 2025