Renewing freedom through education and debate
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.
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.