Battle of Ideas 2009 31 October & 1 November, London

The Battle of Ideas 2009 will be a two-day festival of high-level, thought-provoking debate organised by the Institute of Ideas and hosted by the Royal College of Art.

2009 Ticket Information

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Battle News

Session timetable now online

Pre-Conference Economy Press Coverage

Sci-Fi London Festival:
Dystopia - Are we Doomed?

The Battle for the Economy

IoI

Speakers include: Frank Furedi, Paul Mason, Erik Reinert and many more - 16 May 2009 London

Event info & tickets

Reading for Battle

Giving the green light to suicide, Kevin Yuill

Neither euthanasia nor suicide, but end-of-life choice, Sarah Wootton

America will still rule the post-crisis world, Anatole Kaletsky


Battles in Print

Pitch Report: Cricket and Identity in India , Debanjan Chakrabarti

The Truth? - you must be making it up!, Sarah Boyes

Radicalism then and now: what’s changed since 1968?, Maria Grasso


Festival Buzz

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"It is truly rare to encounter such seriousness about ideas and willingness to use difference of opinion as the very basis for thought."
Leela Ghandi, professor of english, University of Chicago

Partners
The Battle of Ideas is produced by
Institute of Ideas