At A Glance...
London Philosophy Club - Philosophy and Psychology: a new synthesis?
9 May 2012
The new synthesis of ancient philosophy with modern empirical psychology raises fascinating questions for philosophers and psychologists alike. Can psychology provide an evidence base for virtue ethics? Can science prove that a certain model (or models) of the good life really do lead to flourishing, as the ancients claimed? If so, do governments have a role, or even an obligation, to teach their citizens how to live well? Does philosophy still have a role to play or has psychology taken over its most important function - telling us how to live well?
This event brings together a great panel of thinkers who are trying to figure out what philosophy and psychology have to say to each other, and how they can work together.
Kristjan Kristjansson is professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland, and the author of 'Aristotle, education and the emotions', and several other books and papers looking at ancient philosophy and its place in modern psychology and theories of education. He has a book out later this year looking at Positive Psychology from a philosophical perspective.
Donald Robertson is the principal of the UK College of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy and the director of Solutions London Cognitive Therapy Centre. He is the author of The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (2010), which looks at the ancient philosophical roots of CBT - the image above comes from his book.
Tim LeBon is a cognitive therapist and philosophical counsellor, and the author of Wise Therapy: Philosophy for Counsellors (2003). He has organised philosophical workshops within the framework of the NHS.
Jules Evans is policy director at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London, and the author of Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations, out in May 2012, which explores how people use philosophy to cope with life's challenges.
1900 start, £1 entrance fee.
Tomax Talks: Observing War, with Aernout Van Lynden
9 May 2012
ToMax Talks offer refreshing perspective. They juxtapose different angles and engage young and old. The below talk is part of the Current Affairs stream, the last of which featured the former ambassador to Afghanistan, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles on the subject of US democracy. ToMax is designed to be accessible to all, and the reasonable booking prices reflect this.
ToMax Talks juxtapose two kinds of war-observation. Veteran video journalist Aernout Van Lynden flies in from Holland to reflect on his unrivalled reportage experience. He will be joined by social anthropologist Dr. Mark de Rond.
Aernout Van Lynden flies in from Holland to reflect on his career as one of the foremost video-journalists and war reporters of his generation. Aernout was one of the few Western journalists in Iraq when Saddam Hussein's attack on Iran opened. He has worked in many war zones, more recently for Sky; His coverage of the civil war in Sarajevo is perhaps his most well-known and can be viewed here
Dr. Mark de Rond, from Cambridge’s Judge Business School, is an expert in how people organise themselves in difficult situations – and he studies how they do so by living among them under the same conditions. He was given permission to work alongside medical teams at Camp Bastion, the Army base in the province of Helmand in Afghanistan, and will expand on his astonishing work there.
19.15 start, £7/£10 tickets from the link below.
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Carablanca Tango Club
11 May 2012
19.30 - 00.00
Carablanca is London's longest-running tango club. The friendly, informal atmosphere ensures that beginners and visitors mix easily with the regular dancers.
The dance evening is an Argentine milonga, preceded by a class. There are also classes for beginners in a separate room. Music is traditional Argentine tango, milonga and vals, played in tandas with cortinas by guest DJs.
TICKETS: price £10 for a class or dancing, £12 for both, paid on entry.
Sunday Lecture - The Neurobiology and Ethics of Voluntary Amputation
13 May 2012
Mo Costandi details the neurological origins and ethical issues arising from Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID), an extremely rare condition in which sufferers feel an overwhelming urge to amputate an otherwise perfectly healthy limb.
11.00, £3 on the door/free to members.
Revolutionary Drawing Room
13 May 2012, 18.30
- Adrian Butterfield violin
- Kathyrn Parry violin
- Rachel Stott viola
- Ruth Alford 'celllo
- Haydn: Quartet in G Op. 77/1
- Haydn: Quartet in F Op. 77/2
- Beethoven: Quartet in D Op. 18/3
£8 tickets on the door, £4 for full-time students (free entry for under-16s), box office opens at 17.30.
Pexava Salsa
12 July, 30 Aug
Gil and Shelley’s Pexava Salsa Social, with international championship competitors and professional teachers and performers. Salsa lessons, shows, club dancing and more!
The last Thursday of the month, your salsa weekend starts early! Experience an amazing central salsa venue with great salsa people.
Fantastic, spacious wooden dancefloor, special touches provided by dancers for dancers, the best salsa DJs on rotation, regular shows, cheap soft drinks.
19.15-20.15 Intermediate/Advanced class: with Gil & Shelley (please note: classes are suitable for experienced salsa dancers only; please see our Pexava website for our beginners courses in other locations)
20.15-23.30 Salsa Social: Dance your socks off on a wonderful floor with lovely people! Shows at 22.30 for “Showtime events”.
TICKETS: £8 on the door including FREE CLASS.
GALHA: Fighting Homo/Transphobia In and Through Education
18 May 2012
A special meeting for the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), which is marked by over 90 countries on or around May 17th.
Key speakers from the world of education and LGBT Rights will discuss the many issues affecting LGBT school pupils, from the prevention and resolution of bullying, to the need for curriculum development and the role of faith schools.
Illustrated by short films made for a pan European tool kit to combat homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools.
The panel will include:
Tony Fenwick - Co chair of Schools Out and LGBT History Month. Tony has been using educational tools to encourage LGBT issues to be taught in schools around the globe.
Elly Barnes - Music teacher and Diversity Course Leader at Stoke Newington School recently voted NO1 on the Independent's "Pink List" for 2011. Elly has raised the profile of LGBT issues in her school to the extent that the rates of all bullying, including homophobic, have decreased.
Janet Palmer - HM Inspector, Ofstead, National Advisor for Personal Social, Health and Ecomomic Education. Janet is closely involved in ensuring that the new Ofsted frameworks for all aspects of education and care include LGBT issues.
1930 start, all welcome.
Carablanca Tango Club
18 May 2012
19.30 - 00.00
Carablanca is London's longest-running tango club. The friendly, informal atmosphere ensures that beginners and visitors mix easily with the regular dancers.
The dance evening is an Argentine milonga, preceded by a class. There are also classes for beginners in a separate room. Music is traditional Argentine tango, milonga and vals, played in tandas with cortinas by guest DJs.
TICKETS: price £10 for a class or dancing, £12 for both, paid on entry.
Sunday Lecture - Apes Like Us: Towards an Evolutionary Humanism
20 May 2012
Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology Volker Sommer illustrates how studies of great apes challenge our deep-rooted tendency to distinguish "humans" from "animals" - as well as the dualism of "mind" and "body" - and asks whether evolutionary theory must always lend itself to worldviews that embrace materialism and atheism.
11.00, £3 on the door/free to members.
Piatti Quartet
20 May, 2012, 18.30
- Charlottle Scott violin
- Michael Trainor violin
- David Wigram viola
- Jessie Ann Richardson 'cello
- Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat Op. 44/3
- Bartok: Quartet No.3
- Beethoven: Quartet in A minor Op. 132
£8 tickets on the door, £4 for full-time students (free entry for under-16s), box office opens at 17.30.
