LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival: Off the Edge Thursday 11- Saturday 13 February 2010
We were delighted to hold a second Literary Festival at LSE this year.
Half a century after C. P. Snow's two cultures, the arts and sciences remain distinct domains. While the social sciences might have built bridges, they each continue to occupy a space of their own. This festival aims to push those boundaries, exploring the edges of social science and asking what can be learnt in the borderlands between social science, natural science and the humanities about mind, self and society.
*New* Podcasts of many of the events in the LSE Literary Festival are now available online.
Highlights included events withWill Alsop, Giles Foden, Susie Orbach, Lionel Shriver, Ben Okri, Colin Thubronand A S Byatt; an afternoon of events for children; a morning of creative writing workshops; and a collective recitation of the Declaration of Human Rights with artist Monica Ross.
Other events at LSE inspired by the Literary Festival included an open-mic night and performance of Sweeney Agonistes organised by the Language Centre, and an exhibition and series of talks in the LSE Arts programme.
