Festival of Ideas 2013


2013-09-05 13:00: Behind the curtain: the history of the Russian Secret Service  ( Professor Jonathan Haslam)

2013-10-23 17:00: Conspiracy theories: the impact on world history (Sir Richard John Evans (Department of History), Professor John Naughton (Senior Research Fellow, CRASSH) , Professor David Runciman (Department of Politics and International Studies))

2013-10-24 18:00: What Byron really did for Greece and why it still matters  (Roderick Beaton, Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History )

2013-10-24 18:30: The cycle of confidence (Dr Victoria Bateman, Lecturer and Fellow in Economics and a senior member of the Corporate Banking Team at Barclays)

2013-10-26 11:30: Is Europe in terminal decline?  (Professors Anthony Giddens, Danny Quah, Stefan Halper, Dr Julie Smith and chaired by Political Correspondent for The Guardian, Michael White)

2013-10-26 11:30: Becksistentialism  (Andy Martin)

2013-10-26 13:00: An alternative to austerity: a talk by Owen Jones (Owen Jones)

2013-10-26 14:30: Human sexuality: lessons from online pornography (Dr Michael Kosinski, Eleanor Brown)

2013-10-26 14:30: Human sexuality: lessons from online pornography (Dr Michael Kosinski and Eleanor Brown)

2013-10-26 16:00: Soul Food, October 2013: "Visions of Oneness" (Eric Harshfield (University of Cambridge))

2013-10-29 18:00: The Internet of Things and the boundaries of humanity (Professors Huw Price and  Murray Shanahan: Dr Jonathan Cave and Dr Herman Hauser)

2013-10-29 18:00: Corporate boards, female quotas and political theory  (Dr Jude Browne )

2013-10-29 18:00: Corporate boards, female quotas and political theory  (Speaker to be confirmed)

2013-10-30 18:00: What makes a brilliant piece of academic writing?  (Language Research Team, Cambridge University Press )

2013-10-31 18:00: Two Cultures? F.R. Leavis on C.P. Snow  (Professor Stefan Collini)

2013-11-01 18:00: Is Britain's welfare system ready for the 21st century?  (Frank Field MP, Professor Simon Szreter, Bill Davies, Jeff Miley, chaired by Gaby Hinsliff.)

2013-11-02 13:00: A dividing issue: the immigration debate in context (Habib Rahman (Chief Executive, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants), Dr Michael Kitson (Lecturer in International Macroeconomics, Judge Business School, Cambridge), Sarah Fine (Lecturer in Moral and Political Philosophy, King's College London))

2013-11-02 15:00: Border crossings: in the light of history (Prof. Chris Clark (St Catharine's), Dr Joya Chatterji (Trinity) , Prof. David Reynolds (Christ's))

2013-11-02 15:00: Frontiers in a Changing World: Global Challenges, Inner Transformations (Ismael Velasco)

2013-11-03 15:00: The Final Frontier: Reflections on the Life of the Spirit (May Hofman)