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Thursday, 15 October 2026

Can We Learn to Be Human Again? Rescuing the Human from the Colonial Machine through Legal Education
Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Nicole Moreham
UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, 4-8 Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG
Law & Justice Education Philosophy
Generative AI, Agency, and the Imperative of Virtuosity: A Buddhist Perspective
Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 18:00
TBC
Philosophy Computing & AI Religion
The republic of innovation: a new political economy of freedom
Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Andrea Lorenzo Capussela, David Soskice, Leila Simona Talani, Valentino Larcinese
London School of Economics
Economics Politics Philosophy
Where ideas begin: finding inspiration
Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 18:30
Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens
Art Philosophy Psychology
Inaugural Annual Ruth Adams Lecture: Is Music Getting Worse?
Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Inaugural Annual Ruth Adams Lecture: Is Music Getting Worse?
Music Philosophy

Friday, 16 October 2026

Nussaibah Younis: Fundamentally
Friday, 16 October 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Nussaibah Younis, Pandora Sykes
Purcell Room
Literature Philosophy

Saturday, 17 October 2026

A coffee with Ben Okri and Rosemary Clunie
Saturday, 17 October 2026 at 11:00
Speaker: Ben Okri, Rosemary Clunie
John Madejski Fine Rooms | Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
Art Literature Philosophy

Monday, 19 October 2026

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Magic Beyond the Supernatural in Contemporary Art
Tuesday, 20 October 2026 at 18:30
Tate Modern
Art Philosophy Religion

Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Thursday, 22 October 2026

Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Wednesday, 28 October 2026

Ghibli and Goodness
Wednesday, 28 October 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Prof Rayna Denison, Jake Cunningham
Brockway Room, Conway Hall (also available as virtual/livestream event)
Film & TV Philosophy Environmental & Climate

Thursday, 29 October 2026

Between the Lines: Caitlin Moran
Thursday, 29 October 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Caitlin Moran
Royal Society of Arts, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6AH
Philosophy Activism Psychology

Monday, 2 November 2026

Tuesday, 3 November 2026

What History is NOT
Free
Tuesday, 3 November 2026 at 18:00
Gresham College
History Philosophy

Monday, 9 November 2026

Knit & Knatter — 留白 / Beyond Emptiness edition
Monday, 9 November 2026 at 13:00
SOAS Gallery
Craft Art Philosophy

Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Raising Hare: An Evening with Chloe Dalton
Tuesday, 10 November 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Chloe Dalton
Kiln Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Rd, London, NW6 7JR
Conservation Literature Psychology Biology Philosophy

Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Slow Looking: Ana Mendieta
Wednesday, 11 November 2026 at 19:00
Tate Modern
Art Philosophy

Thursday, 12 November 2026

Tuesday, 17 November 2026

Between the Lines: Elif Shafak
Tuesday, 17 November 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Elif Shafak
Royal Society of Arts, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6AH
Literature Philosophy

Wednesday, 18 November 2026

Love's Transcendence in the Poetry of John Donne, George Herbert ...
Free
Wednesday, 18 November 2026 at 13:00
Gresham College
Literature Philosophy Religion

Tuesday, 24 November 2026

An Evening with Sir Chris Hoy
Tuesday, 24 November 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Sir Chris Hoy
Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
Medicine & Health Philosophy Sport & Leisure

Wednesday, 25 November 2026

Inaugural Lecture with Professor Sylvie Delacroix
Free
Wednesday, 25 November 2026 at 20:00
Speaker: Professor Sylvie Delacroix
King's Building, Strand Campus, London
Law & Justice Philosophy

Tuesday, 1 December 2026

AI as Muse? Creativity, Provocation, and Human Ownership
Free
Tuesday, 1 December 2026 at 18:00
Gresham College
Computing & AI Philosophy Art

Monday, 7 December 2026

Monday, 14 December 2026

The Future of Medicine
Free
Monday, 14 December 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Robin May
St John's College, Durham
Medicine & Health Philosophy Technology

Thursday, 14 January 2027

Can You Be Your Own Therapist?
Free
Thursday, 14 January 2027 at 13:00
Gresham College
Psychology Philosophy

Wednesday, 20 January 2027

Do Machines Make Music?
Free
Wednesday, 20 January 2027 at 18:00
LSO St Luke's
Music History Philosophy

Thursday, 28 January 2027

Varieties of Failure: Punishment, Revenge, and the Criminal Justice System
Thursday, 28 January 2027 at 18:00
Law & Justice Philosophy Psychology

Tuesday, 2 February 2027

AI as Companion? From Digital Pets to Simulated Empathy
Free
Tuesday, 2 February 2027 at 18:00
Gresham College
Computing & AI Philosophy Psychology

Tuesday, 2 March 2027

AI as a Jeeves? The Dream of Seamless Help
Free
Tuesday, 2 March 2027 at 18:00
Gresham College
Computing & AI Design Philosophy

Wednesday, 10 March 2027

What is Talent? Nature, Nurture, and the Myth of the Muse
Free
Wednesday, 10 March 2027 at 18:00
LSO St Luke's
Music Psychology Philosophy

Tuesday, 16 March 2027

AI and the Second Fight for Free Culture
Free
Tuesday, 16 March 2027 at 18:00
Gresham College
Law & Justice Computing & AI Philosophy

Wednesday, 21 April 2027

What is Jazz?
Free
Wednesday, 21 April 2027 at 18:00
LSO St Luke's
Music Philosophy

Tuesday, 11 May 2027

Tuesday, 8 June 2027

AI as Just Another Fork In The Cutlery Box
Free
Tuesday, 8 June 2027 at 18:00
Gresham College
Computing & AI Design Philosophy

Wednesday, 16 June 2027

What's New in Space?
Free
Wednesday, 16 June 2027 at 19:00
VENUE CHANGE - Conway Hall
Astronomy & Space Science Philosophy

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Thursday, 15 October 2026

Can We Learn to Be Human Again? Rescuing the Human from the Colonial Machine through Legal Education

Generative AI, Agency, and the Imperative of Virtuosity: A Buddhist Perspective

The republic of innovation: a new political economy of freedom

Where ideas begin: finding inspiration

Inaugural Annual Ruth Adams Lecture: Is Music Getting Worse?

Friday, 16 October 2026

Nussaibah Younis: Fundamentally

Saturday, 17 October 2026

A coffee with Ben Okri and Rosemary Clunie

Monday, 19 October 2026

Why Europe Needs to Take Back the Diversity Principle: From Humboldt and Mill to America's Diversity

The Uses of Rhetoric, Past and Present

The Uses of Rhetoric, Past and Present (Symposium)

Religion, Science, and Truth: where does Yoga fit within a context of contested and competing epistemes?

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Magic Beyond the Supernatural in Contemporary Art

Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Lecture 2026

Easting the west: theorizing the postliberal conjuncture from China

Thursday, 22 October 2026

Between History and Memory: Writing Speculative Lives

Plato on Truth, Lies and Power

An Evening with Pachinko author Min Jin Lee: American Hagwon

An Evening with Pachinko author Min Jin Lee: American Hagwon

Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Elif Shafak: In One Brief Moment All Eternity

Elif Shafak: In One Brief Moment All Eternity

Wednesday, 28 October 2026

Ghibli and Goodness

Thursday, 29 October 2026

Between the Lines: Caitlin Moran

Monday, 2 November 2026

Zadie Smith: Dead and Alive

An Evening with Karl Ove Knausgaard: Arendal

Tuesday, 3 November 2026

What History is NOT

Monday, 9 November 2026

Knit & Knatter — 留白 / Beyond Emptiness edition

Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Raising Hare: An Evening with Chloe Dalton

Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Slow Looking: Ana Mendieta

Thursday, 12 November 2026

Can We Learn to Be Human Again? Rescuing the Human from the Colonial Machine through Legal Education

The Threat of Capitalism without Democracy, with Martin Wolf

Tuesday, 17 November 2026

Between the Lines: Elif Shafak

Wednesday, 18 November 2026

Love's Transcendence in the Poetry of John Donne, George Herbert ...

Tuesday, 24 November 2026

An Evening with Sir Chris Hoy

Wednesday, 25 November 2026

Inaugural Lecture with Professor Sylvie Delacroix

Tuesday, 1 December 2026

AI as Muse? Creativity, Provocation, and Human Ownership

Monday, 7 December 2026

Offence and the Future of Courtesy

An Evening with Rachel Cusk: Life of M

Monday, 14 December 2026

The Future of Medicine

Thursday, 14 January 2027

Can You Be Your Own Therapist?

Wednesday, 20 January 2027

Do Machines Make Music?

Thursday, 28 January 2027

Varieties of Failure: Punishment, Revenge, and the Criminal Justice System

Tuesday, 2 February 2027

AI as Companion? From Digital Pets to Simulated Empathy

Tuesday, 2 March 2027

AI as a Jeeves? The Dream of Seamless Help

Wednesday, 10 March 2027

What is Talent? Nature, Nurture, and the Myth of the Muse

Tuesday, 16 March 2027

AI and the Second Fight for Free Culture

Wednesday, 21 April 2027

What is Jazz?

Tuesday, 11 May 2027

Researching and Writing Differently: Rethinking Academic Practice