Forum for Philosophy

Fred Pearce/ Chris Thomas/ Emma Townshend Listen to the podcast here or on YouTube 6.30 – 8pm | Tuesday 10 October 2017 Wolfson Theatre, LSE Speakers Fred Pearce, Science journalist and author of The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature’s Salvation Chris Thomas, Professor of Biology, University of York Emma Townshend, Author and gardening columnist for The Independent on Sunday Chair […]

Mark Currie/ Alison Gibbons/ James Ladyman/ Hilary Lawson Listen to the podcast here or on YouTube 6.30 – 8pm | Monday 2 October 2017 Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE Speakers Mark Currie, Professor of Contemporary Literature, Queen Mary, University of London Alison Gibbons, Reader in Contemporary Stylistics, Sheffield Hallam University James Ladyman, Professor of Philosophy, University of Bristol Hilary Lawson, Director of the […]

Ulrika Carlsson/ Stephen Grosz/ Erin Plunkett Listen to the podcast here or on YouTube 6.30 – 8pm | Tuesday 26 September 2017 Wolfson Theatre, LSE Speakers Ulrika Carlsson, Assistant Professor in Philosophy, National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Russia Stephen Grosz, Psychoanalyst and author Erin Plunkett, Teaching Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London Chair Danielle Sands, Fellow, The Forum; Lecturer in Comparative Literature […]

John Madeley / Philippe Marliere / Hakan Yilmaz Jointly organised with the LSE Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies Listen to the podcast here 6.30 – 8.00pm |Monday 24 January 2011 Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE Speakers John Madeley, Government Department, London School of Economics and Political Science Philippe Marliere, Professor in French and European Politics, University College London Hakan […]

Peter Osborne / Şevket Pamuk / Donald Sassoon Listen to the podcast here 6.30 – 8.00pm | Monday 25 October 2010 Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE Speakers Peter Osborne, Professor of Modern European Philosophy, Kingston University, London Şevket Pamuk, Professor of Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE Donald Sassoon, Professor of Comparative European History, Queen Mary, University of London Chair Simon Glendinning, Reader […]

Richard Bellamy / Thomas Diez / Maurice Fraser Listen to the podcast here 6.30 – 8.00pm | Monday 1 November 2010 Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE Speakers Richard Bellamy, Professor of Political Science and Director of the School of Public Policy, UCL Thomas Diez, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Tubingen Maurice Fraser, Senior Fellow in […]

David Papineau / Tim Lewens Dialogues – Distinguished thinkers in conversation Listen to the podcast here 6.30-8.00pm | Thursday 25 June 2009 Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, LSE Speakers David Papineau, Professor of Philosophy, King’s College London Tim Lewens, Lecturer, University of Cambridge Darwin was primarily a biologist rather than a philosopher, but his work has changed […]

Roman Frigg Listen to the podcast here 6-7.30pm | Monday 14 February 2011 Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE Speaker Roman Frigg, Reader in Philosophy, LSE and Deputy Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences Chair Susanne Burri, LSE Predicting how climate change will affect us is of paramount importance, yet it is beset not only […]

John Micklethwait / John Gray  Listen to the podcast here 6.30-8.00pm | Monday 1 June 2009 Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE Speaker John Micklethwait, Editor of The Economist and co-author of God is Back (Penguin, 2009) Discussant John Gray, Emeritus Professor of European Thought at the University of London and author of Gray’s Anatomy (Penguin, 2009) Chair Simon Glendinning, Director of […]

Alain de Botton Listen to the podcast here 6.30-8.00pm | Thursday 26 November 2009 Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE Speaker Alain de Botton, Philosopher, Author and Entrepreneur Chair Alan Montefiore, President, The Forum We much of our lives at work – but surprisingly little gets written about what makes work both one of the most exciting and most painful of […]