Renewing freedom through education and debate
The recently launched BBC Verify promises to combat the proliferation of fake news and deep-faked images and videos online. We live in the age of the fact-checkers: groups and individuals who take on the responsibility of determining what is true, what is false, and what is fake online. With all of the dis-, mis- and …
This event is free but please book a place in advance via Eventbrite. The new Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act passed in May puts more responsibility on universities to ensure students are able to speak freely in and out of the classroom. But since then, the refusal to show the film Birthgap in Cambridge …
FREEDOM THEN AND NOW: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM…? MARTIN LUTHER: FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE Living in accordance with our deeply held moral beliefs throws up tricky dilemmas. Should health professionals be forced to assist with abortion provision or with assisted-suicide services that go against their religious principles? Should lawyers concerned about climate change be able …
A special session at the Battle of Ideas festival in London. Students can come to the whole festival weekend (Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 October) for £27.50. Buy tickets here. LIVING FREEDOM will be represented at the Battle of Ideas festival at this session on what can be done to revitalise free speech on campus. Along …
The event is free but please register via Ticket Tailor. Hannah Arendt and Totalitarianism Whether prompted by concerns over draconian lockdowns, new authoritarian political leaders, policing of speech or outlawing demonstrations, there’s been a revival of interest in Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism. And today, in the wake of seemingly resurgent anti-Semitism in Europe, …
On behalf of Living Freedom we would like to invite you to join us for a drink, some good company and a fun Xmas balloon debate. This invitation only gathering will take place at The Sekforde, the historic Clerkenwell pub now thriving on the back of an award winning restoration. Join us for drinks at the pay bar from 7pm. What: Living …
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.