Political historian Paul Ginsborg goes back to democracy's roots and examines the relationship between representative and participatory democracy.
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Join Matthew Taylor for this fascinating exploration of our brains, our communities, and the future of the RSA.
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Nina Khrushcheva, US Professor of International Affairs and great grand-daughter of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, finds in Vladimir Nabokov's novels a useful guide for Russia's integration into the globalized world.
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Filmed over three years, We Are Together is an award winning documentary which tells the remarkable and moving story of a group of children who use music to overcome hardship and loss
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Join our panel of judges and expert witnesses for a lively and topical debate, exploring the recent remarkable change in behaviour and attitudes towards privacy in an increasingly public world.
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Join philosopher Julian Baggini as he examines what we complain about, why we do so and the different kinds of complaints we make.
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In the final of this series of lectures creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson will ask how do we make change happen in education.
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Dr James Orbinski speaks at this week's RSA Thursday, assessing the role of humanitarianism in the world today. Thursday 12 June 1pm
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Professor Jorg Imberger, professor of environmental engineering at the University of Western Australia will give the 2008 President’s Lecture on global perspectives on the challenges in water management in the 21st Century.
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The fourth event in this series will explore the environmental footprint of war from an arts perspective. Artist David Cotterrell and writer Andrew O'Hagan will give their perspectives on conflict and look at how artists are responding to the environmental implications of war.
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Philip Bobbitt, Professor of Federal Jurisprudence at Columbia University, believes we must rethink our ideas about 21st-century terrorism.
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