At A Glance...
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.
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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.
Can Schools get through to Muslim Boys?
24 May 2012
Philosophy for Educational Renewal Event
Dr Matthew Wilkinson won scholarships to Eton and Cambridge specialising in theology, but then converted to Islam. He is concerned that schools are not making the effort to relate to Muslim boys.
1800 start, please register by emailing Sheila Richards: sheilarichards@aol.com
Carablanca Tango Club
25 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.
Looking Back at Bernard Shaw
25 May 2012
Join theatre director Richard Digby Day, who has produced most of Shaw’s plays during his long career, and Toni Kanal, who has acted in them, as they discuss the Shaw and his impact on their working lives.
Richard Digby Day is a British stage director and international professor and lecturer. He is particularly well-known for his work in the classical theatre, and is considered to have a special penchant for the plays of William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. He is Vice President of the Shaw Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has staged more productions of Shaw's work than any other living director. His productions of Stephen Sondheim musicals have also been notable. Toni Kanal is also Vice President of the Shaw Society, and for many years organised the open air theatre at Shaw’s Corner.
£4 pay at the door (or £2 for members of the Shaw Society or Ethical Society members)
Health, Disease & Bioethics: a theological perspective
26 May 2012
Philosophical Society of England Annual Lecture
Presented by Professor Neil Messer, University of Winchester.
1430 start - all welcome.
Conway Hall Ensemble
27 May 2012
Pre-concert recital, 17.30:
- James Barralet 'cello
- Simon Callaghan piano
- Brahms 'Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99
Main concert, 18.30:
Conway Hall Ensemble
- Ilya Movchan violin
- Eniko Magyar viola
- James Barralet 'cello
- William Stafford clarinet
- Emma Whitney horn
- Simon Callaghan piano
- Brahms: Trio in E flat Op. 40
- Bartok: Contrasts
- Dohnanyi: Sextet in C Op. 37
£8 tickets on the door, £4 for full-time students (free entry for under-16s), box office opens at 17.30.
Sunday Lecture: The Value and Values of Science
27 May 2012
Imran Khan, director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering, speaks about science communication and policy development.
Using real-world examples, ranging from drug policy, nuclear energy, and research funding, Imran will ask whether we can have a more enlightened debate about the place of science in our society - and what the consequences of not doing so might be.
11.00, £3 on the door/free to members
