Upcoming Talks & Debates
Ethical Matters:
Useful Art
Ethical Matters:
Useful Art
Does art have to be beautiful? What if it can be useful instead? For over a decade Professor John Byrne has been working with artists and curators to explore how art can resist, engage with or offer alternatives to the current conditions of global neoliberalism.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
How to Think Like a Poet
Ethical Matters:
How to Think Like a Poet
From Homer, Sappho and Rumi, to Shakespeare and Sylvia Plath, how did poets make the world anew? What can we learn from the magic, wisdom and humour of their poetry? Poet and writer Dai George asks how poetry can help us to understand justice, dreams or anger.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
London Fortean Society:
Strange Central: Mysteries, Monsters, Ghosts and UFOs
London Fortean Society:
Strange Central: Mysteries, Monsters, Ghosts and UFOs
Are you ready for the strangest day? Join the London Fortean Society for a day of deep-dives into the paranormal world. Hosting expert talks on ghost hunting, flying saucers, sea monsters and sasquatches and more. Speakers include Darren Naish, Mark Pilkington, David Clarke, Alice Vernon and Dominic Chorney.
In person | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
A History of Protest and Public Space in England
Ethical Matters:
A History of Protest and Public Space in England
Investigating both famous and less well-known demonstrations, from early democracy and the Suffragettes to Black rights and environmental campaigners in more recent times, Katrina Navickas offers positive as well as troubling lessons on how we protect the right to protest.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
Gay Players: LGBTQ+ Gaming
Ethical Matters:
Gay Players: LGBTQ+ Gaming
What do videogames mean to their LGBTQ+ players? Videogames can be a safe space and a place to find community but, as with the IRL world, homophobia and transphobia is still lurking in many corners. Join LGBTQ+ historian Sacha Coward and journalist Mahin Kesore in conversation about all things gay and gaming.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Electric Voice Theatre:
The Eliza Flower Recital 2026
Electric Voice Theatre:
The Eliza Flower Recital 2026
Join Electric Voice Theatre and friends for an informal hour of free-thinking discussion, music, and readings at the fireside of the historic Conway Hall Library in celebration of our cherished composer, Eliza Flower.
In person | No Option
London Fortean Society:
Hoax: A Ghost, a Witch and a Princess in the Age of Enlightenment
London Fortean Society:
Hoax: A Ghost, a Witch and a Princess in the Age of Enlightenment
Join History Hit’s Madeleine Pelling and Anthony Delaney as they discuss Madeline’s new book Hoax: A ghost, a witch and a princess in the Age of Enlightenment.
In person | No Option
Intelligence Squared:
Chasing Aliens, with Jon Ronson and Daniel Lavelle
Intelligence Squared:
Chasing Aliens, with Jon Ronson and Daniel Lavelle
Join Orwell Prize-winning journalist Daniel Lavelle and acclaimed filmmaker and podcaster Jon Ronson to discuss why humans, and Americans in particular, are so obsessed with encountering aliens.
In person | No Option
9th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation with Fred Moten
9th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation with Fred Moten
The Stuart Hall Foundation invites you to the first event of their 2026 programme, building on the theme In Search of Common Ground. They welcome cultural theorist, poet, and teacher of performance studies, Fred Moten, to Conway Hall as its keynote speaker.
In person | Virtual event
Intelligence Squared:
Life and Death in the KGB, with The Rest is Classified’s Gordon Corera
Intelligence Squared:
Life and Death in the KGB, with The Rest is Classified’s Gordon Corera
The Rest is Classified’s Gordon Corera joins us to unveil the inner workings of the KGB and the hidden power struggles that shaped modern Russia. Corera will explore the real-life stories of those on the inside; from the spies who enforced its rule, to those brave enough to resist it.
In person | No Option
Ethical Matters:
Wage Theft
Ethical Matters:
Wage Theft
There are as many ways to steal wages as there are to pay them. Wage theft has been described as a silent epidemic blighting the global workforce. But what if wage theft, rather than being a modern bug, is a feature of capitalism itself? Political economist Matthew Cole uncovers the long history of wage theft and how to overcome it.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
UnMasked:
An Undiagnosed Autistic Adolescence
UnMasked:
An Undiagnosed Autistic Adolescence
Eliza Fricker spent her adolescence being told, “You should be able to manage. You could try harder.” - until her autism diagnosis as an adult revealed why she may not have met others' expectations so easily. In this UnMasked talk, Eliza encourages neurodivergent folks to take an empathetic look back at their experiences.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
We Are Not Machines
Ethical Matters:
We Are Not Machines
Change, we are told, is sweeping the economy as robots and AI threaten to take over tasks done by humans. But while we worry that we’re robotizing our work, what if the real risk is that we’re robotizing ourselves? Journalist Sarah O’Connor explores the complex and often surprising stories from the front lines of technological change.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
Can Superheroes Save the World?
Ethical Matters:
Can Superheroes Save the World?
Superheroes have been saving the world for nearly ninety-years, with social justice at their roots. Join us for a conversation on superheroes, ethics, identity (secret or otherwise) and social justice with comedian, writer, presenter and mental health activist Juliette Burton and freelance journalist, author and academic specialising in Film & Comics Danny Graydon, founder of The Superhero Project.
Brockway Room | Virtual event