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KENT HUMANISTS – CANTERBURY, 28 JUNE. Talking about The Virtues of the Table at Canterbury Red Cross Hall, at 14:30. Full details here.
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THE FREEDOM TO DECIDE – EDINBURGH, 16 AUGUST. My Edinburgh International Book Festival has already sold out. Info on returns here.
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BACK TO SCHOOL – LONDON, 14 SEPTEMBER. “Come back to philosophy class for the evening with the teacher you wish you’d had – bestselling author and philosopher Julian Baggini”. At Guardian HQ,...
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WILDERNESS FESTIVAL – CORNBURY PARK, OXON, 9 AUGUST. Talking in the Fiction tent at 1pm on Freedom Regained. More details here.
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CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL – SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER. Chairing a discussion on Jonathan Sacks’s new book on religion and violence, Not in God’s Name, with Richard Norman. 11 am. Full details and booking...
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DOES HUMANISM NEED CHRISTIANITY? – LONDON, 13 OCTOBER. Angus Ritchie says it does in his new Theos essay The Case for Christian Humanism. I’ll be discussing this with Ritchie, Alison Milbank and...
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BATTLE OF IDEAS – LONDON, 17 OCTOBER. Taking part in two debates at this year’s event. Is today the Age of Emotion? (12:30) features Ruth Cigman, Anthony O’Hear, Stuart Walton and Dennis Hayes (chair)...
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BRAINWASH – AMSTERDAM, 24 OCTOBER. Sinds Aristoteles houden filosofen zich bezig met de vraag of wij een vrije wil hebben. Stuurt het brein ons of sturen wij ons brein? Worden we louter gevormd door...
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FREEDOM REGAINED – MANCHESTER, 26 OCTOBER. Talking about Freedom Regained at the Manchester Science Festival at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 18:30. Full details and booking here.
View ArticleDiverse or divided?
DIVERSE OR DIVIDED? A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL RELATIONS, COHESION AND CHANGE – LONDON, 2 NOVEMBER. This one-day IPPR conference will bring together leading policy-makers, politicians and thinkers...
View ArticleThe Philosophy Festival
FRONT FACING PHILOSOPHY – OXFORD, 7 NOVEMBER. For the final event in the Blackwell’s/OUP festival, some of the best known authors explore whether philosophy can be make accessible to a wider public –...
View ArticleMedicine Unboxed
MEDICINE UNBOXED – CHELTENHAM, 21/22 NOVEMBER. Speaking as part of two days of exploration of life and death and the lines that separate them. Full details here.
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PHILOSOPHY: UNDERSTANDING BIG IDEAS – LONDON, 14 DECEMBER. A repeat performance of my sold-out Guardian “Back to School” session. Want to know all there is to know about philosophy in two hours? Book...
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LIVE WEBINAR – 6 APRIL, 4PM BST. I’ll be interviewed by Nasos Papadopoulos and providing “An introduction to his Philosophical ways and online course teaser”. No, I’m not sure what that means either....
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GRONINGSE NACHT VAN DE FILOSOFIE – 22 April. Giving two talks at Groningen’s Night of Philosophy in the Netherlands, one on free will, the other on Kierkegaard. Full details here.
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AUKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL – 11-15 MAY. Taking part in four events, full details of which are here.
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SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL – 19-22 May. Taking part in five events. Full details here.
View ArticleThe Philosophy of Chocolate
STOKE NEWINGTON LITERARY FESTIVAL – 4 JUNE. The philosophy of chocolate, with Cocoa Runners. “Chocolate will be provided.” Details and booking here.
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PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY CONFERENCE – LONDON, 9 JULY. Speaking at this Existential Academy event. Full programme and booking here.
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WAYS WITH WORDS – DARTINGTON, 16 JULY. Just for the record, I spoke at the 25th Ways with Words festival on Freedom Regained. Apologies for not telling you before…
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