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The Atheist, Humanist, and Secular Students Convention 2017

On Saturday 25 March 2017, Conway Hall – the oldest surviving freethought society in the world – will play host to the AHS Convention 2017, for a fun-filled day of fascinating talks, in-depth discussion, brilliant comedy, and entertainment.The AHS Convention is the standout event each year for atheist, humanist, and secular students across the UK – and 2017 is no different. Be sure to buy your ticket now. In the past we've heard from speakers such as AronRa, A C Grayling, Shappi Khorsandi, and many more at our events, and we have a great line-up for 2017.

Towards a happier world: lessons from Bhutan

Join Action for Happiness for an inspiring film screening and discussion about Bhutan's unique culture and values - and what they can teach us about living a fulfilling life and creating a happier world.

Silicon Beached 2017

Ten of the World's most highly respected thinkers, creators and doers; all of them innovators, will convene in London for one day only to explore themes of digital innovation and its ongoing impact on advertising, design and media.

Shelter from the Storm

A night of stories centred on the experience of refugees and migrants from a wealth of regions and conflict zones both past and present. Sharing stories of loss, survival and rebirth.

Duo des Alpes

Brahms Sonata in E minor Op.38 Martinů Variations on a Slovak Theme H378 Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor Martinů Cello Sonata No.2 H286

East West Street: Genocide in WWII

A uniquely personal exploration from Philippe Sands QC, of the origin of 'crimes against humanity' in international law, centring on the Nuremberg trials of 1945-49.

Sea Soup

Back by popular demand, we present our most loved science geek Russell Arnott. He has been an oceanographer, science teacher, punk-rock guitarist and Outreach Officer for WhaleFest: Incredible Oceans.

Social & Public Speaking Anxiety

Social anxiety and anxiety about public speaking are common problems in daily living and work. Many of us will have personally experienced these disturbances at some time or have clients that do.

Breath~Body~Mind – Practices to Enhance Adler’s Holistic Approach to Wellbeing

This presentation will interlink the holistic nature of the Adlerian approach with practical ways to engage breath and movement practice to enhance counselling and promote resilience.

Treitler Quartet

Ravel Quartet in F Dutilleux Ainsi la nuit Grieg Quartet in G minor Op.27

Children’s Workshop with Manus Noble (guitar)

Particularly suitable for those aged 5-10. Contact us if you are bringing a young person outside this range and we will do our best to accommodate them!

How Should the West Handle North Korea? 

North Korea is probably the most isolated country on the planet. So what’s it really like there? Leader Kim Jong Un has recently successfully tested nuclear weapons and made clear he is very willing to use them if the United States does not back away from his interests on the Korean peninsular. At the same time, new US President Trump has not sounded terribly diplomatic. So how should the West handle North Korea?

Jack Monroe on Greed

Join the iconic food writer and campaigner Jack Monroe as she explores the way we live now.

Making Monologues

Learn how monologues can be a fun and practical way for writers and performers to develop their own original story ideas.In this workshop series with Sean Bruno, participants will be guided through a set of focused writing and devising exercises to create original stand-alone monologues (which can then be developed into a larger performed or written work). Each week will focus on a different set of exercises and skills.

SOD THIS (for a laugh)!

Ariadne presents in association with Conway Hall, Streetlink and The Connection at St Martin in the Fields:SOD THIS (for a laugh)!starring Sara Pascoe and friendsAn evening of fun, friendship and fundraising in aid of homelessness in London.

Tackling Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome? For some it provides hope and positivity within the BME communities, yet for others it “lifts away moral responsibility from those engaged in self-destructive, anti-social, and criminal behaviour,”. Which argument is more valid?

5×15 and The Pool: On Anxiety

Over 8 million people in the UK suffer from anxiety disorders, with women and the under 35s most affected. It's widely acknowledged that we are in the midst of an anxiety epidemic and women, their loved ones, and the NHS are all struggling to cope.Join 5x15 in their quest to understand more as we team up with The Pool to host an evening exploring anxiety and women.

How to Liberate Yourself From Your Own ‘Groundhog Day’ and Start Living Today

In partnership with Psychologies Magazine - Do you feel trapped in a repetitive cycle of work, responsibility and routine? Do you feel tired, anxious and restless? Do you feel powerless to change, and that life is passing you by? Author and psychologist, Paul Hannam, calls this the ‘Groundhog Day condition’, after the classic Bill Murray lm. He has written The Wisdom Of Groundhog Day, which explains his blueprint for breaking free and feeling happier and more fulfilled. He delivers his wisdom in a unique, engaging and interactive workshop.

The inconvenient Muslim: An evening to launch Homegrown

Art dealing with “the Muslim problem” is branded “urgent”, “brave” and “provocative”. But who’s doing the provoking? Who’s getting provoked? And is such work helping move popular narratives beyond the confining parameters of Good Muslims and Bad Muslims? Their play was deemed inappropriate for public performance. Rehearsals were shut down amidst ambiguous circumstances. And when a publication of the script was proposed, publishers backed out.To celebrate the launch of Homegrown as a self-published play text, Index on Censorship hosts an evening to explore these questions with members of the original cast, creative team and an expert panel.

A Celebration of EU Nationals in Britain

One Nation, Under Trump?

Professor Sarah Churchwell, America-born and educated offers some thoughts on Trumps administration, reflecting on some of the issues arising from such unprecedented and disturbing times.

Girls To The Front

Stiletto Detox Introduction classes

TURNING WORLDS dance co.

Signaling to the past whilst waving to the future Semaphore#selfies celebrates our creative dynamic in the ever expanding digital universe.Inspired by quantum physics, the modern dance pioneer Loie Fuller, selfies and the baroque – this production from one of the country's most delightful contemporary dance companies plays with dance and music forms and their notations towards new poetic expression in visual performance.Created in collaboration with Richard Hoadley and through support from Arts Council England.

Rhinegold LIVE: Melvyn Tan

We join Melvyn Tan's 60th birthday celebrations, exploring a new work written for his 60th year by Jonathan Dove, and repertoire featured on his new Onyx disc, due for release September 2016.

Will Self on Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov

Following his sold-out talks on Joseph Conrad, Franz Kafka and James Joyce, Will Self is back with another tour de force exploration of Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov.

Albion Quartet

Bach The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 Contrapunctus I Haydn Quartet in C Op.20/2 Schumann Quartet in A minor Op.41/1 Bach The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 Contrapunctus 9 Walton Quartet in A minor

Stepping into Britain: the early human occupation of Europe

Nick Ashton speaks on recent fieldwork on the coast of East Anglia and how it has pushed back the evidence of humans in northern Europe to almost a million years ago. The talk will discuss the new evidence from Happisburgh in Norfolk, including the rich fauna, flora, stone tools and the remarkable survival of footprints.

Queeropolis

Citizens of Queeropolis lend me your dancing shoes! Lana Pillay (Star of Eat the Rich and the Comic Strip presents) requests your presence for a showcase of top entertainers.Featuring headliner and 80s chart topper SONIA. With special guest Mary Portas. Entertainment from David Ryder Prangley, The Beyonce Experience, UK LGBT Poet Laureate Trudy Howson and more.

Portrait Photography: Theory, Process & Practice

In this hands on two day workshop with Grace Gelder and Lorna Robertson you will produce a collection of photographs and develop and/or deepen an understanding of your artistic practice. Through practical exercises and homework, we will experiment with some of the key concepts of portrait photography including performance, self-portraiture and the dynamics of the photoshoot.This course takes place at 10am - 5pm on 25th February and 4th March 2017 with an exhibition at Conway Hall in April 2017 (date TBC).

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.

The Empty Niche: Film Screening

Premiere film screening of The Empty Niche.The screening will be followed by a Q&A from the director and producer of the film. Trent Burton and Dr Jim Walsh.

Depression: The Key Therapy Issues

At this meet up Professor Windy Dryden will present on key therapy issues for Depression and demonstrate some live CBT sessions with volunteers so that you can see CBT in action and ask questions.

Bee Midtown Conway Hall Walk

Alan, Alec and Bert: A Solo Performance by David Izod

A solo performance written and performed by David Izod.This new 75 minute monologue tells the story of the men who came before David: his Dad, Alan; his grandfather Bert and his grandfather’s best friend Alec, whose sacrifice in the First World War allowed him to have his chance at life.

Ethics & Politics: Does Culture Lead & Parliament Follow

The next collaborative meeting between The Conway Hall Ethical Society and GlobalNet21 in the “Ethics & Politics” series and will be a discussion on whether cultural change is more important than political change through Parliament. Does Culture lead and Parliament follow?

Developing your Presence, Power & Influence

Following on from the sold-out talk by Amy Cuddy, how to: Academy are returning to the theme of developing your Presence, Power and Influence with an unmissable talk by Dr Connson Locke, senior lecturer at the London School of Economics.

Introduction to Adobe InDesign

Adobe Indesign is the industry-standard application for document design – whether it’s intended for print or digital media. Whenever you need to work with a large amount of image or text content it provides a sensible solution that may not be addressed by other programs. With our introductory course you will be creating dynamic and bold page layouts in a short space of time!

The Testing Ground – a Dance Theatre Performance Workshop

Be inspired into performance making with a group of creative people responding to the many ideas resonating throughout the fabric of Conway Hall, the home of innovative thinking and culture creation throughout the Modern era, in this 4 week dance theatre project, which will culminate in a public performance on the evening of Monday March 13th in the Main Hall.

Is the writing on the wall for liberal democracy?

Dr Adrian Pabst will discuss why liberal democracy now struggles to offer a positive politics of identity – the longing to belong and to earn recognition of one’s contribution to society.

Connection & Playfulness

Sunday Assembly London will be speaking about connection and playfulness and have trained fool and cultural entrepreneur Adam Taffler speaking. He will be telling us about his experience of how playfulness crosses political & ideological divides and can serve to unite us and foster harmony, trust, community and joy when practised in everyday situations. Giving practical examples there will be an opportunity to try techniques out on the day and takeaways for the wider world.

Anything-but-beans food drive

Sunday Assembly's regular food bank drive for donations. Items desperately needed by Camden Food Bank. You can donate anything except baked beans (the ratio of beans to other donations is 3:1), but to get you started here are some priority items needed.

Black by Le Gateau Chocolat

Featuring a repertoire ranging from Wagner and Purcell to Nina Simone and Whitney Houston, Black is an intimate and confessional portrait of Nigerian singer Le Gateau Chocolat’s life: his hopes, his fears and his battle with depression.This is a new version of the critically-acclaimed show re-staged with the Psappha New Music Ensemble.

Exam Time!

A Quiz of LGBT & Humanist History. A quiz to mark LGBT History Month. Produced in association with the AHS - Atheist, Humanist and Secular Students