Summer Term Events 2012
Monday 30 April, 6.30-8pm; Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE
Consilience: Genesis – The Origins of Humanity
Speakers: Ruth Mace, Catherine Rowett and Volker Sommer
Tuesday 8 May, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
On Guilt
Speakers: Robert Eaglestone and Edward Harcourt
Tuesday 15 May, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Hayek on the Wisdom of Prices
Speaker: Richard Bronk
Tuesday 22 May, 10.30am-6.30pm; Senate House - Room 349, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
International Conference on the Politics of Secession in the European Union
Speakers: Montserrat Guibernau, Xavier Solano, Philippe Van Parijs, Rik Van Cauwelaert, Iain McLean and Stephen Noon
Tuesday 22 May, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Singing Neanderthals? The Evolution of Music and Language
Speaker: Steven Mithen
Wednesday 30 May, 6.30–8pm; Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
Immortality
Speakers: Stephen Cave and John Gray
Wednesday 6 June, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Freud on Translation
Speaker: Robert J. C. Young
Tuesday 12 June, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Republicanism, Representation and Demoi-cracy in the EU
Speaker: Richard Bellamy
Tuesday 19 June, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Philosophy and European Union
Speaker: Simon Glendinning
Monday 25 June, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
How to Watch the Olympics
Speakers: David Goldblatt and Simon Glendinning
Lent Term Events 2012
Wednesday 11 January, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized
Speaker: Owen Flanagan
Tuesday 17 January, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Beyond the Eye of the Beholder
Speaker: Guy Dammann
Tuesday 24 January, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
Speaker: Foad Dizadji-Bahmani
Thursday 2 February, 6.30-8pm; Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
Religion for Atheists
Speaker: Alain de Botton
Wednesday 8 February, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Freedom of Speech on Campus
Speakers: Nicola Dandridge and Sue Mendus
Chair: Janet Hartley
Tuesday 14 February, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Consilience: Neuroscience, Responsibility and the Law
Speakers: Roger Brownsword, Neil Levy and
Sir Michael Rutter
Chair: Kristina Musholt
Tuesday 21 February, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
On Friendship
Speakers: Mark Vernon and Simon Glendinning
Tuesday 28 February, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
European Questions - Turkish Angles: Europe's Unemployment
Speakers: Sean Sayers, Marco Simoni and İnsan Tunali
Chair: Simon Glendinning
Tuesday 6 March, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Secession, Legitimacy, and Territorial Justification
Speaker: Amandine Catala
Tuesday 13 March, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Re-Thinking Alienation
Speaker: Rahel Jaeggi
Michaelmas Term Events 2011
Tuesday 4 October, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Personal Autonomy and Public Authority
Speaker: Katrin Flikschuh
Thursday 6 October, 6.30-8pm; Old Theatre, LSE
Architecture and Happiness
Speakers: Ben Rogers and Roger Scruton
Monday 10 October, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Extended Selves
Speaker: Katalin Farkas
Tuesday 18 October, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Chaos, Unpredictability and the Evolution of Mathematical Ideas
Speakers: Paul Glendinning and Charlotte Werndl
Thursday 20 October, 7-8.30pm; Institut Français, London SW7
Marie NDiaye on Blackness, Blankness and Recognition
Speaker: Andrew Asibong
Monday 24 October, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
European Questions - Turkish Angles: Europe's Banking System
Speakers: Philip Goodchild, Şevket Pamuk and Waltraud Schelkle
Chair: Simon Glendinning
Tuesday 1 November, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Predicting if Your Policy will Work for You: Doing it Better
Speaker: Nancy Cartwright
Thursday 3 November, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Derrida and (the) English
Speakers: Rachel Bowlby, Robert Eaglestone and Sarah Wood
Chair: Simon Glendinning
Thursday 10 November, 7-8.30pm; Institut Français, London SW7
Hannah Arendt on Political Action
Speaker: Uta Staiger
Monday 14 November, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
European Questions - Turkish Angles: Europe's Nation States
Speakers: John Breuilly, Sir Francis Jacobs and Umut Özkirimli
Chair: Simon Glendinning
Tuesday 22 November, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
The Evolution of Morality
Speakers: Jason McKenzie Alexander, Andrew Pinsent and Keith Jensen
Chair: Kristina Musholt
Thursday 24 November, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Democracy in the Workplace
Speakers: Axel Gosseries and Paul Loach
Tuesday 29 November, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
On Love
Speakers: David Bell and Simon May
Thursday 1 December, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Perspectives on Taste: Philosophy and Neuroscience
The Nature of Tastes and Tasting
Speaker: Barry Smith
Tuesday 6 December, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Rules and Representations: Desire from an Evolutionary Point of View
Speaker: Armin Schulz
Thursday 8 December, 6.00-7.30pm; Room ST274/275, Second Floor, Steward House, London WC1
Perspectives on Taste: Philosophy and Neuroscience
The Philosophy of Wine
Speaker: Barry Smith