Renewing freedom through education and debate
THIS EVENT IS FREE OF CHARGE BUT PLEASE REGISTER VIA EVENTBRITE. Living Freedom ‘University Salons’ are for all students keen to explore and debate ideas on the past, present and future of freedom. Our ‘What can we learn from…?’ events explore important thinkers and the emergence of key ideas. A short, accessible talk is followed by plenty of …
THIS SALON IS THE OPENING SESSION AT CRITICAL SUBJECTS: SPRING ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN SCHOOL 2024. IT IS OPEN TO ATTENDEES ONLY Since the publication of Thomas More’s Utopia marked the dawn of modernity, utopian thinking has been a means to imagine how society might, in the future, be radically, wholly different. Successive revolutionary moments in …
Lecture and Q&A with broadcaster and author Timandra Harkness.
Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert introduces a discussion of the 19th century American abolitionist.
Rob Lyons introduces a discussion of Mill's approach to freedom and autonomy - and the problems it faces today.
Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert introduces a discussion on the 19th-century American abolitionist.
Lecture and Q&A with broadcaster and author Timandra Harkness.
Ceri Dingle and Ralph Leonard introduce a discussion on the Trinidadian Marxist, author and campaigner.
Alastair Donald introduces a discussion on why utopias are doomed to fail - and why we might need a revival of utopian thinking today.
Dolan Cummings introduces a discussion of the past and present of religious freedom.
A special Living Freedom forum, introduced by Alexandra Hudson, author of the recently published The Soul of Civility.
A three-day residential school in London on 11 to 13 July, open to anyone aged 18 to 30 interested in getting to grips with issues of freedom and free speech.