Programme: Festival weekend overview

 Saturday 1 November 2008

9.30am to 11.00am Lecture Theatre 2 In Conversation Salons
Irish History: don't mention the war?
9.30am to 11.00am Café Café Controversies
The EU: humdrum technocracy or European dream?
 Sunday 2 November 2008

11.00am to 12.30pm Lecture Theatre 2 In Conversation Salons
A Brave New World
11.00am to 12.30pm Café Café Controversies
Israel at 60
12.45pm to 1.45pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery Lunchtime Debates
Malthus’ return
2.00pm to 3.30pm Seminar Space Battle for America
Is America still the world’s policeman?
2.00pm to 3.30pm Henry Moore Gallery Frame Debates
Eco-imperialism?
4.00pm to 5.30pm Henry Moore Gallery Frame Debates
What is China thinking?

 Festival Buzz

"The audience were the stars of the Battle of Ideas - engaged, informed and enthusiastic. As a panellist, I felt both ashamed and educated. Exactly as it should be."
John Street, professor of politics, University of East Anglia