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![Carpe Diem Regained]()
Carpe Diem Regained
Carpe Diem Regained
We're welcoming the popular philosopher Roman Krznaric to our gathering to talk about this big old life topic. He will base his talk on his new book 'Carpe Diem Regained: The Vanishing Art of Seizing the Day', which explores the life-changing potential of carpe diem. He says that he will "delve into its many interpretations, from the grasping of opportunities to wild hedonism and calm living in the moment, and examines its hijacking by consumer and digital culture."
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![Prospects for a solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict]()
Prospects for a solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict
Prospects for a solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict
This talk will review the origins of the Israel/Palestine conflict and the reasons why the international effort for a two-state solution based on the Oslo parameters has failed and seems likely to continue to fail.
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![Space is Fabulous]()
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![The Green Children of Woolpit]()
The Green Children of Woolpit
The Green Children of Woolpit
One summer in the 12th century harvesters in the fields of the Suffolk village of Woolpit were amazed when two children suddenly appeared, as if out of the ground. Their skin was green, and they spoke an unintelligible language. Later, when they had learnt enough English to communicate, they said they came from a land called St Martin’s Land, where the sun never shone.
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![President Trump: 100 days Debate]()
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![Radicals – Outsiders Changing the World]()
Radicals – Outsiders Changing the World
Radicals – Outsiders Changing the World
The world is changing in unexpected ways. The power of radical ideas and groups is growing. What was once considered extreme is now the mainstream. But what is the real power of radicals? And what does the future hold? Jamie Bartlett discusses these areas in his new book.
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![Gildas Quartet]()
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![Children’s Workshop with Darren Moore (trumpet)]()
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![Morality as Cooperation: How Evolution Explains Ethics]()
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![John Gray on Mars and Venus]()
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![Friday Club – May 2017]()
Friday Club – May 2017
Friday Club – May 2017
Friday Club meets on a Friday. Our goal is to help you to work on whatever it is that makes you nervous about what lies ahead. We want to help you re-frame how you feel so that you can approach whatever it is that is making you fearful with curiosity, playfulness, and interest, and, with the help of the group, enjoy the thing that part of you wishes you could avoid!
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![N scale: living memorial and inoperative association]()
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![Campaigning with Dr Peter Draper: Public Health Policy and Inspiration]()
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![Psychologically Informed Environments: Therapeutic Regeneration]()
Psychologically Informed Environments: Therapeutic Regeneration
Psychologically Informed Environments: Therapeutic Regeneration
In this provocative talk Dr. Dean Whittington, author of Wrenching Open the Doors of Perception, Beaten into Violence and Psychologically Informed Environments (amongst others), talks about how to generate therapeutic regeneration of those groups previously written off.
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![Making Sense of Complex Trauma and Dissociation]()
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![The Voltaire Lecture 2017, with Nick Cohen]()
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![Ducasse Trio]()
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![Beating the hell out of Fake News]()
Beating the hell out of Fake News
Beating the hell out of Fake News
What is “fake news”? Are we really living in a “post-truth” society? Dr Sander van der Linden, who has recently attracted great media interest in his approach to responding to this hugely concerning phenomenon, will discuss how false memes can spread from one mind to another and explore the latest research on whether it is possible, amazingly, to develop a psychological “vaccine" against fake news.
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![Perception Change]()
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![Emerging Women]()
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![Boring VII]()
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![Stages of Self]()
Stages of Self
Stages of Self
This exhibition presents the work of eight London based photographers, who came together at Conway Hall in February 2017 to explore the theme of the portrait: Jason Boxall, Sisi Burns, Jo Clemens, Romy McCarthy, Niaz Maleknia, Robert Raynard, Lydie Salima and Timothy Stubbs Hughes.
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![The Art of Thinking – an exhibition of sketchbooks]()
The Art of Thinking – an exhibition of sketchbooks
The Art of Thinking – an exhibition of sketchbooks
An exhibition which aims to reveal the preliminary processes - through sharing a range of ways to record, explore, reflect and develop creative work. The Art of Thinking showcases the wide range of ways in which students from across University of the Arts London use sketchbooks to explore and develop their creative work. Co-curated by UAL students, the exhibition reveals the sources of inspiration, the experiments, the trials and the errors, and how they form a vital part of the creative journey.
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![Stop Le Pen]()
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![St Paul’s Quartet & Felix Tanner (viola)]()
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![Defending Progressivism]()
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![Carablanca – DJ Pablo Stafforini]()
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![Pexava Salsa Social]()
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![“Wolf Moon”: the Spanish Civil War and Resistance as Literary Inspiration]()
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![Explaining Human Behaviour]()
Explaining Human Behaviour
Explaining Human Behaviour
Why did the chicken cross the road? This course will introduce several different approaches to explaining human behaviour, including philosophy, genetics, evolutionary biology and neuroscience. We will critically discuss their usefulness and apply them to examples of behaviour such as aggressive, competitive and sexual behaviours.
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![How to find a Life Partner]()
How to find a Life Partner
How to find a Life Partner
In this workshop, our relationship healer Maeve Crawford will help us to understand the science and process of choosing a life partner. Through awareness, self-reflection and conversation, this interactive workshop will empower men and women to be clear about what they’re are looking for. Then equip you with tools and strategies to find the person that is right for you – right meaning someone who is aligned with your values and vision.
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![Sir Arthur Sullivan Songs]()
Sir Arthur Sullivan Songs
Sir Arthur Sullivan Songs
Widely acclaimed for key operatic title roles in the UK and abroad, the ‘deeply touching, outstanding’ soprano Mary Bevan, the ‘elegant yet intense, impeccable’ tenor Ben Johnson, and the ‘increasingly impressive’ bass-baritone Ashley Riches join pianist David Owen Norris for a unique programme of songs by English composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. The programme will draw on a wide variety of poets and texts, launching Chandos's latest Sullivan recording.
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![Philosophy of Science]()
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Science
What is science? What is the relationship between philosophy and science? What does it mean that there are many competing different models of scientific explanation? How do new concepts, such as “emergence”, “complexity” and “chaos”, change the nature of scientific and philosophical discourse?
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![Philosophers of Otherness 2: Girard, Ricoeur, Derrida]()
Philosophers of Otherness 2: Girard, Ricoeur, Derrida
Philosophers of Otherness 2: Girard, Ricoeur, Derrida
We will explore the ideas of three contemporary thinkers who argue that the character of our existence is truly defined by our stance towards others. We will focus on: Violence and the Sacred (1972) by Rene Girard; The Conflict of Interpretations(1969) by Paul Ricoeur; and Of Grammatology (1967) by Jacques Derrida.
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![Pragmatism]()
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![Art and Phenomenology]()
Art and Phenomenology
Art and Phenomenology
Philosophy is the study of the complexity of everyday life. Art too can be understood as grappling with the same problems. Using Western Philosophers from Immanuel Kant to Hubert Dreyfus, as well as some philosophers of the Eastern tradition, including Kakuzo and El-Bizri, we’ll examine the overlap between art and philosophy.
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![Piatti Quartet & Simon Callaghan (piano)]()
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The Testing Ground
The Testing Ground
The Conway Collective presents: The Testing Ground Including new work, work in progress and lecture demonstrations from:Mark Carberry, Emma Grace, Jade Montserrat and the Conway Collective with Theresa Hoffmann, Maja Laskowska and Roxana Bacian.
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Overcoming Adversity
Overcoming Adversity
Our speaker this week is going to show us how to celebrate life like never before. Aled Griffiths was born in 2003 with a rare medical condition called Vacterl Association. At the age of 8 he started doing presentations about his condition, mainly to medical staff and families affected by the same condition and then far and beyond.
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![Life by Design – Discover your Purpose and Make it Happen]()
Life by Design – Discover your Purpose and Make it Happen
Life by Design – Discover your Purpose and Make it Happen
Life by Design is a one-day seminar that will take you on a journey to discover or reconnect with your life purpose and help you create a plan on how to make it happen. If you are like most people, you are probably running on ‘auto-pilot’ and have very little time to think of your long-terms goals, the direction that you are going and the other opportunities that you can create for yourself.
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How to Lead a Productive Life: Get More Done and Focus On What Really Matters
How to Lead a Productive Life: Get More Done and Focus On What Really Matters
Andy Gibson on How to Lead a Productive Life: Get More Done and Focus On What Really Matters. A self-development workshop in partnership with Psychologies Magazine (www.psychologies.co.uk)
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Addiction Treatment using Adlerian Principles: Finding Courage and Hope in a Discouraging Environment
Addiction Treatment using Adlerian Principles: Finding Courage and Hope in a Discouraging Environment
Mary-Rose will talk about addictions treatment of drug and alcohol addicted prisoners, sharing the way she works and the techniques she find most helpful in encouraging clients to lead a life free of crime and mind/mood-altering substances.
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![How to build a personal economy]()
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![Lawson Trio]()
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