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Saturday, 22 August 2026

Machining Ghosts: Games, Technology, and Exits to Elsewhere Sahej Rahal and Jamie Sutcliffe
Saturday, 22 August 2026 at 15:00
Tate Modern
Art Computing & AI Philosophy

Wednesday, 2 September 2026

In the realm of the last man
Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at 18:45
Speaker: Francis Fukuyama
London School of Economics
Politics History Philosophy

Thursday, 3 September 2026

Monday, 7 September 2026

Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Sunday, 20 September 2026

Mya-Rose Craig: Beyond the Climate Crisis
Sunday, 20 September 2026 at 14:00
Speaker: Mya-Rose Craig
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Environmental & Climate Activism Philosophy

Tuesday, 22 September 2026

The Future of Creativity
Free
Tuesday, 22 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Daniel Susskind
Barnard's Inn Hall
Computing & AI Philosophy Art

Wednesday, 23 September 2026

Cosmology’s Mad Idea: Inflation & the Creation of Our Universe
Free
Wednesday, 23 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Professor Chris Lintott
Conway Hall, Holborn
Astronomy & Space Physics Philosophy

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Tuesday, 29 September 2026

AI as Therapist? Intimacy Without Understanding
Free
Tuesday, 29 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Matt Jones
Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn
Psychology Computing & AI Philosophy

Saturday, 3 October 2026

Emily St John Mandel: Exit Party
Saturday, 3 October 2026 at 19:45
Speaker: Emily St John Mandel
Purcell Room
Literature Philosophy

Sunday, 4 October 2026

Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Sunday, 4 October 2026 at 15:00
Speaker: Jack Maden
Brockway Room, Conway Hall (also virtual/livestreamed)
Philosophy Education

Monday, 5 October 2026

Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Thursday, 15 October 2026

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

Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Lecture 2026
Free
Wednesday, 21 October 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: R. Jay Wallace
Somerset House East Wing, Strand Campus, London
Philosophy

Thursday, 22 October 2026

Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Elif Shafak: In One Brief Moment All Eternity
Tuesday, 27 October 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Elif Shafak
Theatre Royal Brighton, New Rd, Brighton and Hove, Brighton, BN1 1SD
Literature Philosophy

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

Monday, 2 November 2026

Zadie Smith: Dead and Alive
Monday, 2 November 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Zadie Smith
St George's Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR
Literature Politics Philosophy History

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

Thursday, 12 November 2026

Can We Learn to Be Human Again? Rescuing the Human from the Colonial Machine through Legal Ed
Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 13:00
Law & Justice Education Philosophy

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

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

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