Festival Attractions 2008
Festival Attractions 2008
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
12.45pm
to 1.45pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Flush it!
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
5.15pm
to 6.15pm
Café
Debating Matters Competition showcase debate on space travel
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
5.15pm
to 6.15pm
Lecture Theatre 2
The Future of Community: Reports of a Death Greatly Exaggerated
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
5.15pm
to 6.15pm
Lecture Theatre 1
What is it to be educated?
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
5.15pm
to 6.15pm
Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Immigration: the more the scarier?
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
5.45pm
to 6.45pm
Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
From Fatwa to Jihad
5.45pm
to 6.45pm
Café
Nuclear fusion and the future of energy
5.45pm
to 6.45pm
Seminar Space
Free speech on campus
5.45pm
to 6.45pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Consuming children
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
10.30am
to 12.00pm
Lecture Theatre 2
Irish History: don't mention the war?
1.30pm
to 3.00pm
Lecture Theatre 2
Are we what we eat?
3.30pm
to 5.00pm
Lecture Theatre 2
Can GM crops feed the world?
5.15pm
to 6.15pm
Seminar Space
Health promotion: improving children's lives or demonising parents?
11.00am
to 12.30pm
Lecture Theatre 2
A Brave New World
2.00pm
to 3.30pm
Lecture Theatre 2
Trust me - I'm a professional
4.00pm
to 5.30pm
Lecture Theatre 2
Evidence based education
5.45pm
to 6.45pm
Henry Moore Gallery
Too many laws?
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
10.30am
to 12.00pm
Café
The EU: humdrum technocracy or European dream?
1.30pm
to 3.00pm
Café
The Battle for Intelligence
3.30pm
to 5.00pm
Café
Can philosophy save your life?
11.00am
to 12.30pm
Café
Israel at 60
2.00pm
to 3.30pm
Café
Building the future
4.00pm
to 5.30pm
Café
Scared of the Kids
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
10.30am
to 12.00pm
Seminar Space
Professionalising parenting
1.30pm
to 3.00pm
Seminar Space
The problem with families
3.30pm
to 5.00pm
Seminar Space
Is 'poor parenting' a class issue?
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
11.00am
to 12.30pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Whose data is it anyway?
2.00pm
to 3.30pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Boozy Britain
4.00pm
to 5.30pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Hypochondriac Nation
11.00am
to 12.30pm
Seminar Space
Election USA
2.00pm
to 3.30pm
Seminar Space
Is America still the world’s policeman?
4.00pm
to 5.30pm
Seminar Space
What does it mean to be American?
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
10.30am
to 12.00pm
Student Union
Caught in the Web
1.30pm
to 3.00pm
Student Union
Candid camera
3.30pm
to 5.00pm
Student Union
Stealing Picasso?
11.00am
to 12.30pm
Student Union
Staging ourselves
2.00pm
to 3.30pm
Student Union
Poetry and Place
4.00pm
to 5.30pm
Student Union
We are the world: what is world music?
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
10.30am
to 12.00pm
Henry Moore Gallery
The Battle for the Reader
1.30pm
to 3.00pm
Henry Moore Gallery
From the classroom to the voting booth
3.30pm
to 5.00pm
Henry Moore Gallery
CSI mania
11.00am
to 12.30pm
Henry Moore Gallery
Adopting orthodoxies
2.00pm
to 3.30pm
Henry Moore Gallery
Eco-imperialism?
4.00pm
to 5.30pm
Henry Moore Gallery
What is China thinking?
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
10.30am
to 12.00pm
Lecture Theatre 1
China and India: catching up with the West?
1.30pm
to 3.00pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Growing pains: the pros and cons of economic dynamism
3.30pm
to 5.00pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Emerging Economies – Question Time
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
10.00am
to 11.15am
Norton Rose LLP
The growth of China - threat or opportunity?
11.15am
to 12.00pm
Norton Rose LLP
The China and human rights controversy
12.15pm
to 1.15pm
Norton Rose LLP
China’s new cultural revolution
12.15pm
to 1.15pm
Norton Rose LLP
Choking on growth - from Yellow Peril to Green Menace!
2.15pm
to 3.00pm
Norton Rose LLP
China’s intellectual renaissance
3.15pm
to 4.15pm
Norton Rose LLP
Is China the economic saviour of the 21st century?
3.15pm
to 4.15pm
Norton Rose LLP
Dammed if you do and damned if you don’t
4.45pm
to 6.00pm
Norton Rose LLP
Should we all learn Mandarin? China’s role in the new world order
10.30am
to 12.00pm
Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
The Battle for Truth
1.30pm
to 3.00pm
Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Your culture or mine? The arts and identity
3.30pm
to 5.00pm
Upper Gulbenkian
Capitalism – what is it good for?
11.00am
to 12.30pm
Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
The Battle for Progress
2.00pm
to 3.30pm
Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Radicalism then and now: the legacy of 1968
4.00pm
to 5.30pm
Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
The Battle for Leadership
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
10.00am
to 10.45am
Lecture Theatre 1
Fifty ways to improve private transport
10.00am
to 10.45am
Henry Moore Gallery
Learning Jargonese
10.00am
to 10.45am
Café
You’re not singing anymore!
10.00am
to 10.45am
Seminar Space
The Battle over Homework
10.00am
to 10.45am
Lecture Theatre 2
No laughing matter! Has political comedy lost its edge?
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
12.15pm
to 1.15pm
Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
The credit crunch demystified
12.15pm
to 1.15pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Abortion: the hard arguments
12.15pm
to 1.15pm
Student Union
Cricket: more than a game?
12.15pm
to 1.15pm
Henry Moore Gallery
Bring in the consultants?
12.15pm
to 1.15pm
Seminar Space
Social workers – PC do-gooders or progressive radicals?
12.45pm
to 1.45pm
Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Is our behaviour determined by our evolution?
12.45pm
to 1.45pm
Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Malthus’ return
12.45pm
to 1.45pm
Student Union
Are drugs ruining sport?
12.45pm
to 1.45pm
Henry Moore Gallery
Picking on The Apprentice
12.45pm
to 1.45pm
Lecture Theatre 2
RCA Exhibition Q&A
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
"...invigorating, absorbing, and highly educative - delicious and nourishing food for thought..."
Prof AC Grayling, philosopher
6.00pm
to 7.30pm
The Lift, Southbank Centre Square, London
7.00pm to 9.00pm Vibe Live
7.00pm to 10.00pm Vibe Live
7.00pm to 9.00pm London South Bank University
7.30pm to 9.00pm Manchester Salon Pre-Battle discussion
7.00pm to 9.00pm Vibe Live
7.00pm to 8.30pm King's College, London
7.00pm to 9.00pm Vibe Live
7.00pm to 9.00pm Belfast Salon Pre-Battle discussion
Wednesday 22 October 2008
6.00pm to 7.30pm Young Vic Theatre, London
7.30pm to 9.00pm Brighton Salon Pre-Battle discussion
7.00pm to 9.00pm Foyles Charing Cross Road
Saturday 15 November 2008
6.00pm to 8.00pm NOVO Argumente Magazin event, Frankfurt
7.30pm to 9.00pm New York Salon discussion
