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Ethical Matters:
Why is Tomorrow’s Technology Still Not Here?
Ethical Matters:
Why is Tomorrow’s Technology Still Not Here?
We dream about a sci-fi utopia, with flying cars and bionic humans. Why are we living in a future that is more flat-pack than jet-pack? Nicole Kobie shows how history always proves us wrong and how what lies ahead may not be what we imagine, but so much better.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Reweirding:
A Mudlarking Year: Finding Treasure in Every Season
Reweirding:
A Mudlarking Year: Finding Treasure in Every Season
Through the changing seasons, Lara Maiklem scours the banks of the tidal Thames looking for the objects – lost or discarded – that tell forgotten stories of the people of London. Join Lara and poet Tom Chivers as they discuss mudlarking through the year; uncovering the river's treasures and aligning with the changing elements.
In person | No Option
Explaining Atheism:
Between Beliefs: Film Screening and Q&A
Explaining Atheism:
Between Beliefs: Film Screening and Q&A
Sunday Sessions presents an exclusive screening of two new short films exploring belief and dialogue between religious believers and non-believers in the UK today.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
Battle for the Museums: Fighting Back Against Cultural Colonialism
Ethical Matters:
Battle for the Museums: Fighting Back Against Cultural Colonialism
Museums can be both a valuable educational and cultural resource, and perpetrators of cultural colonialism, gatekeeping, and theft. In this Ethical Matters talk, journalist Rachel Spence and digital activist Chidi Nwaubani explore the underlying dark nexus of capital, art and power―and radical resistance movements fighting fiercely for exhibition spaces that serve today’s public.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Conway Hall Open House Tour
Conway Hall Open House Tour
Discover Conway Hall in a series of exclusive tours around our Grade II listed building, featuring both Art Deco and Arts and Crafts styles. Experience the Main Hall’s sublime acoustics, home to Europe’s longest-running Chamber music series; delve into the Library and Archives; and learn how Conway Hall makes ethics matter today.
Conway Hall | No Option
September Songs: Celebrating Eliza Flower
September Songs: Celebrating Eliza Flower
Join Electric Voice Theatre and music historian Oskar Jensen in Conway Hall's historic Library, as we celebrate the launch of our new website dedicated to Eliza Flower, Conway Hall’s most important radical feminist composer.
Library | No Option
Sunday Concerts:
Patrick Hemmerlé
Sunday Concerts:
Patrick Hemmerlé
Join Patrick Hemmerlé at Conway Hall for an evening of Bach, Beethoven and an exploration of Spanish music. Hear renditions of Debussy, Albeniz's Iberia, Séverac and Granada's' El Pelele for his Conway Hall début.
In person | No Option
Ethical Matters:
The Invention of Good and Evil
Ethical Matters:
The Invention of Good and Evil
For almost five million years, humans have been locked in a relationship with morality, inventing and reinventing the concepts of 'Good' and 'Evil'. Hanno Sauer traces humanity's fundamental moral transformations from our earliest ancestors through to the present day. Hanno asks: where will the evolution of morality take us next?
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Sunday Concerts:
Heath Quartet & Ben Goldscheider
Sunday Concerts:
Heath Quartet & Ben Goldscheider
The Heath Quartet formed in 2002 at the Royal Northern College of Music. For their long-awaited return to Conway Hall, they are joined by horn player Ben Goldscheider, who has recently given recitals at major concert halls across Europe including at the Concertgebouw, Köln Philharmonie and Wigmore Hall, among others.
In person | No Option
Explaining Atheism:
What Does the First Atheist Age Mean for the UK?
Explaining Atheism:
What Does the First Atheist Age Mean for the UK?
For the first time in our history atheists have begun to outnumber theists in the UK. Are we entering the first ‘atheist age’? What might this mean for our political and civic lives? Join us for a panel discussion exploring what it means to live in an atheist society.
In person | No Option