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Wednesday 20 November The Apology of Socrates - a reading and discussion Exploring the Apology of Socrates in two evenings - part 1

See more talks like this in: academic / religion / religion / philosophy

Saturday 23 November The Haunted Landscape: Magic and Monsters of the British Isles The Haunted Landscape: our one-day symposium on the folklore, magic and monsters of the British Isles and beyond.

See more talks like this in: arts / film / genre / occult

Tuesday 26 November The Firbank Beneath My Foot: The Life and Times of Ronald Firbank The life and times of Ronald Firbank, writer and fantasist and his last memorial in Campo Verano Cemetery, Rome. The Firbank family were based in Newport, South Wales for several generations.

See more talks like this in: academic / history / ancient / rome

Tuesday 26 November "The Kindness of Strangers": Hitler, Beveridge and the origins of the Academic Assistance Council Professor Mick Cox, Director of LSE Ideas, outlines how and why William Beveridge set up the Academic Assistance Council in 1933 to help fellow academics fleeing totalitarianism in Nazi Germany and elsewhere.

See more talks like this in: politics / immigration / asylum

Monday 2 December The Apology of Socrates - a reading and discussion (2) Exploring the Apology of Socrates in two evenings - part 2