http://www.thersa.org RSA RSS Feed :: Past Events en-gb http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-conservative-conference--what-do-voters-want Kirsti Prolingheuer The RSA and the BBC’s World at One are running a series of events at each of the party conferences. Sunday 28 September, 6.30pm 08 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-conservative-conference--what-do-voters-want http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/who-runs-britain-robert-peston-lifts-the-lid-on-britains-new-ruling-class-and-how-they-affect-us Unknown The BBC�s Business Editor shows that the seeds for the collapse of Northern Rock and the upheavals in the financial markets were sown years before. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/who-runs-britain-robert-peston-lifts-the-lid-on-britains-new-ruling-class-and-how-they-affect-us http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsaoxford-amnesty-lectures-religion--and--human-rights-terrorism,-religion-and-human-rights-with-ronald-dworkin Unknown Rights are sometimes thought to derive from the God-given nature of man. But today human rights and religion may find themselves at odds. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsaoxford-amnesty-lectures-religion--and--human-rights-terrorism,-religion-and-human-rights-with-ronald-dworkin http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-us-elections-2008-the-view-from-here Unknown In the aftermath of Super Tuesday, join us for a lively and topical panel discussion with a range of expert contributors focussing on 'the view from here'. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-us-elections-2008-the-view-from-here http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsaoxford-amnesty-lectures-religion-and-human-rights---islam-and-human-rights-with-tariq-ramadan Unknown For believer and unbeliver alike, the influence of faith in contemporary experience is undeniable. This series of lectures seeks to explore the alliances and discords. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsaoxford-amnesty-lectures-religion-and-human-rights---islam-and-human-rights-with-tariq-ramadan http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/turning-the-welfare-state-inside-out--simon-duffy-and-the-story-of-in-control Unknown Simon Duffy and in Control developed the individual budget concept which has now been adopted by the government and is central to the radical reform process in social care for older people and disabled people. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/turning-the-welfare-state-inside-out--simon-duffy-and-the-story-of-in-control http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/culture-in-a-time-of-crisis-perspectives-on-global-challenges-from-the-arts-sector Unknown How far is the cultural sector implicated in climate change issues? The first exchange in our new series explores the context, opens up the issues, and discusses practicalities. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/culture-in-a-time-of-crisis-perspectives-on-global-challenges-from-the-arts-sector http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/what-makes-a-terrorist Unknown In What Makes a Terrorist, Alan Krueger argues that if we are to correctly assess the root causes of terrorism, and successfully address the threat, we must think more like economists do. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/what-makes-a-terrorist http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/science-and-society-bridging-the-gap Unknown John Denham, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills argues that the divide is still as big as ever and that we need to do much more to bridge the gap. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/science-and-society-bridging-the-gap http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/making-a-difference-the-role-of-the-treasury-in-21st-century-britain Unknown With Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/making-a-difference-the-role-of-the-treasury-in-21st-century-britain http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/what-is-intelligence Unknown The 'Flynn Effect' refers to the massive increase in IQ test scores over the course of the twentieth century and the term was coined to recognize Professor Flynn's central role in measuring and analysing these gains. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/what-is-intelligence http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-lecture-with-lord-puttnam-cbe--the-light-thats-lost-within-us Unknown Lord Puttnam examines ways in which we need to take responsibility for changing the way we lead our lives if we are to ensure that the UK becomes a truly sustainable society in the 21st century. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-lecture-with-lord-puttnam-cbe--the-light-thats-lost-within-us http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/outside-in-rethinking-schooling---informal-learning-in-school Unknown David Price argues that recent technological and social changes require a fundamental re-thinking of how young people learn best. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/outside-in-rethinking-schooling---informal-learning-in-school http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-humanitarian-response-index-2007 Unknown The Index locates individual countries within the international community and rates their commitment to the delivery of humanitarian aid and measures commitment to best practice. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-humanitarian-response-index-2007 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/a-conversation-with-alan-johnston Unknown Alan Johnston is the heroic BBC journalist who was kidnapped and held in Gaza earlier this year. He was released after Hamas took control of Gaza in a brief civil war. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/a-conversation-with-alan-johnston http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsareuters-institute-for-the-study-of-journalism-event-with-ayaan-hirsi-ali Unknown The Encounter of Islam with Europe 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsareuters-institute-for-the-study-of-journalism-event-with-ayaan-hirsi-ali http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/outside-in-rethinking-schooling---bringing-out-what-is-inside-children Unknown Dr Anthony Seldon discusses why and how we should teach happiness in schools. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/outside-in-rethinking-schooling---bringing-out-what-is-inside-children http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--the-living-end-the-changing-nature-of-aging,-death-and-immortality Unknown We are delighted to welcome leading stem cell scientist Dr Guy Brown, to discuss the issues raised by his new book, The Living End, in which he argues that the changing nature of death is the most important problem of the 21st century, though few people are aware of it. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--the-living-end-the-changing-nature-of-aging,-death-and-immortality http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-shocking-truths--emma-thompson-and-helen-bamber-in-conversation-on-the-21st-century-slave-trade Unknown People are still bought and sold, manipulated and abused, not far away or long ago, but here, and now. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-shocking-truths--emma-thompson-and-helen-bamber-in-conversation-on-the-21st-century-slave-trade http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/yes!-the-surprising-and-often-costless-science-of-persuasion Unknown Influencing others is a crucial factor in any organisation's success, be it a commercial institution, local authority or elected government. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/yes!-the-surprising-and-often-costless-science-of-persuasion http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/blairs-britain-1997-2007 Unknown Book launch and panel discussion with Dr Anthony Seldon, political historian and commentator, Michael Clarke and Philip Cowley. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/blairs-britain-1997-2007 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-the-case-for-secularism Unknown Paul Morrish, will discuss what the mainstream education system can learn from the many community-based supplementary schools which exist to represent and provide support for particular minority ethnic groups. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-the-case-for-secularism http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/outside-in-rethinking-schooling Unknown Paul Morrish, will discuss what the mainstream education system can learn from the many community-based supplementary schools which exist to represent and provide support for particular minority ethnic groups. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/outside-in-rethinking-schooling http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---whos-really-running-this-place-the-new-political-class-and-the-future-of-democracy Unknown Political columnist Peter Oborne argues that a new type of government has emerged in Britain over the last 25 years. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---whos-really-running-this-place-the-new-political-class-and-the-future-of-democracy http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--the-threat-to-reason-fact,-fantasy,-and-the-politics-of-enlightenment Unknown We are constantly told that the values of the Enlightenment are being menaced by the forces of unreason. But is this true? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--the-threat-to-reason-fact,-fantasy,-and-the-politics-of-enlightenment http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-secular-state-the-best-option-for-british-muslims Anshuman Rane At a time of fierce public debate in the UK over the question of how people from different backgrounds, and who live by different cultural and religious codes, can come together and live side by side, this discussion will focus on whether it is possible for Muslims to believe in secular democracy, and to live in secular society. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-secular-state-the-best-option-for-british-muslims http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/capitalism-as-if-the-world-matters-restructuring-the-global-economy-for-a-sustainable-future Unknown Leading environmental campaigner Jonathon Porritt discusses how capitalism and business can provide a future of wealth, equity and ecological integrity. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/capitalism-as-if-the-world-matters-restructuring-the-global-economy-for-a-sustainable-future http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/do-scientists-get-the-media-they-deserve Unknown J. Craig Venter is one of the leading scientists of the 21st century. A pioneer in the world of genomic research, he is recognised for his visionary contributions to the field. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/do-scientists-get-the-media-they-deserve http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/what-will-it-take-to-meet-the-millennium-development-goals Unknown Jeffrey Sachs will assess the progress made so far and will ask, what will it take to meet the Millennium Development Goals and how can we get there? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/what-will-it-take-to-meet-the-millennium-development-goals http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/new-approaches-to-gang-culture-and-the-black-community Unknown This lecture will explore the complexities of black communities in the urban environment and will look at radical new ways of addressing the problems associated with gang culture. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/new-approaches-to-gang-culture-and-the-black-community http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-future-of-the-internet-and-how-to-stop-it Anshuman Rane The Internet is primed for a meltdown-and the most obvious cures are just as bad. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-future-of-the-internet-and-how-to-stop-it http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/teen-rage---anarchy-in-the-uk Unknown Teenagers in the UK are the most unruly, unhappy, and the most feared in the developed world, if you believe all the research published in the last few years. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/teen-rage---anarchy-in-the-uk http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--how-the-digital-revolution-is-changing-the-way-we-discover,-create-and-consume-media Unknown In today�s world of blogs, social networks, recommender systems and infinite digital shelf space, the audience for entertainment is bombarded with choices. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--how-the-digital-revolution-is-changing-the-way-we-discover,-create-and-consume-media http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/outside-in-rethinking-schooling-restorative-approaches-to-improving-behaviour-in-school-communities Unknown Charles Pollard and Graham Robb discuss the relevance of the restorative justice approach to tackling behaviour issues and conflicts in schools. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/outside-in-rethinking-schooling-restorative-approaches-to-improving-behaviour-in-school-communities http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/only-joking---how-humour-makes-us-human Unknown What is this uniquely human capacity called humour? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/only-joking---how-humour-makes-us-human http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/what-do-muslims-believe Unknown The teachings of Islam emphasise unity, beauty, humility, tolerance, forgiveness and love of God. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/what-do-muslims-believe http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/perspectives-on-peacebuilding-after-iraq---shall-we-ever-intervene-again Unknown 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/perspectives-on-peacebuilding-after-iraq---shall-we-ever-intervene-again http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/end-of-the-world-blues-with-ian-mcewan. Unknown Ian McEwan examines the impact of religious ‘end time thinking’ on the imagination. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/end-of-the-world-blues-with-ian-mcewan. http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--will-china-and-india-rule-the-world Unknown David Smith, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times analyses the ways in which the world is tilting rapidly Eastwards. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--will-china-and-india-rule-the-world http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/designing-interactions Unknown Three speakers talk about the discipline, the people and the processes behind digital technology and discuss the future of the digital revolution. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/designing-interactions http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---who-will-be-remembered-as-the-zeitgeist-novelist-of-the-blair-era Unknown Tony Blair 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---who-will-be-remembered-as-the-zeitgeist-novelist-of-the-blair-era http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-black-swan--thinking-the-impossible Unknown A Black Swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics; it is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-black-swan--thinking-the-impossible http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/david-cameron-civility-and-civil-progress Unknown David Cameron sets out further thinking on the Conservative agenda for social responsibility on issues around giving people greater power and enabling them to play their full part in society. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/david-cameron-civility-and-civil-progress http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-tiger-that-isnt Unknown Join Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot, the creator and presenter of Radio 4's "More is Less", for a revealing and entertaining insight into when numbers are telling the truth or being used to lie. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-tiger-that-isnt http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/how-good-people-turn-evil-the-psychology-of-social-influence Unknown Professor Zimbardo will discuss how the human mind has the capacity to be infinitely caring or selfish, kind or cruel, creative or destructive. How can good people become perpetrators of evil? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/how-good-people-turn-evil-the-psychology-of-social-influence http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-great-digital-seduction Unknown Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur, will argue that the internet's so-called "democratization" of information and entertainment is resulting in the dumbing down of culture and the appearance of an increasingly powerful oligarchy of anonymous online activists. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-great-digital-seduction http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/we-think-the-power-of-mass-creativity Anshuman Rane Charlie Leadbeater explores how the web is changing our world and creating a culture in which more people than ever can participate. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/we-think-the-power-of-mass-creativity http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--the-french-elections-what-will-it-mean-for-the-uk Unknown The two main contenders offer competing visions for the future of France. Segolène Royal has promised a renewal of the traditional social-democrat model whereas a Nicolas Sarkozy win would herald a new era of Anglo-Saxon economic liberalisation. But how will the election result affect the UK? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--the-french-elections-what-will-it-mean-for-the-uk http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/black-mass-apocalyptic-religion-and-the-death-of-utopia Unknown A black mass is the Christian Mass performed backwards. In his new exploration of the political perversion of religion, John Gray shows it to be a key theme of modern history. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/black-mass-apocalyptic-religion-and-the-death-of-utopia http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---race,-religion-and-rock-n-roll Unknown Join writer and broadcaster, Sarfraz Manzoor and novelist Hari Kunzru for a wide-ranging discussion of Britishness and the second-generation experience, identity politics, inter-generational conflict and the power of music to transcend race and religion. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---race,-religion-and-rock-n-roll http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/global-organised-crime Unknown 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/global-organised-crime http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-occupation-of-iraq---winning-the-war,-losing-the-peace Unknown Ali A Allawi will discuss the growth of the insurgency and explore the complex relationships among Sunnis, Shias and Kurds. He will also discuss his blueprint for peace and reconstruction in Iraq. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-occupation-of-iraq---winning-the-war,-losing-the-peace http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/pro-social-behaviour--the-future-its-up-to-us Unknown This event asks us if we need a new set of social norms to enable citizens to write their own rule book. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/pro-social-behaviour--the-future-its-up-to-us http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-taking-liberties Anshuman Rane TAKING LIBERTIES is a shocking but hilarious polemic documentary that charts the destruction of all our basic liberties under 10 Years of New Labour. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-taking-liberties http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/unbowed-a-lecture-by-wangari-maathai Unknown RSA lecture by Professor Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist, champion of women's rights and Nobel Laureate. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/unbowed-a-lecture-by-wangari-maathai http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---with-american-politics-appearing-increasingly-polarised,-can-the-political-culture-of-the-us-be-revitalised Unknown Professor Ronald Dworkin sets out his core principles for a new political debate and asks how can we become partners in self-government. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---with-american-politics-appearing-increasingly-polarised,-can-the-political-culture-of-the-us-be-revitalised http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/which-messages-spur-citizens-to-protect-the-environment-the-secret-impact-of-social-norms Unknown Professor Cialdini delivers a presentation on the successful use of social norms to promote pro-environmental action. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/which-messages-spur-citizens-to-protect-the-environment-the-secret-impact-of-social-norms http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa--and--blackwell-present-an-evening-with-simon-armitage Anshuman Rane Reflecting on a lifetime's gig-going, Simon Armitage describes a vast circumference of musical inspiration and influence. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa--and--blackwell-present-an-evening-with-simon-armitage http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/homelessness-in-the-21st-century Unknown Who are the homeless in today's Britain? Forty years since "Cathy Come Home", have perceptions of homelessness changed? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/homelessness-in-the-21st-century http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/new-and-old-wars-organised-violence-in-a-global-era Unknown 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/new-and-old-wars-organised-violence-in-a-global-era http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---pop-finance Anshuman Rane Brooke Harrington gives timely insights into socially responsible investing, shareholder activism and the mind of the market. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---pop-finance http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/great-hatred,-little-room-making-peace-in-northern-ireland Anshuman Rane The Blair administration’s pursuit of a lasting settlement in Northern Ireland stands out as one of the great achievements in modern British politics. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/great-hatred,-little-room-making-peace-in-northern-ireland http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/states-of-denial Anshuman Rane Stan Cohen will ask, when we deny, are we aware of what we are doing or is this an unconscious defence mechanism to protect us from unwelcome truths? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/states-of-denial http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---real-england-battle-of-the-bland Anshuman Rane Paul Kingsnorth makes the connection between isolated, incremental, local changes and the bigger picture of a nation whose identity is being eroded. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---real-england-battle-of-the-bland http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/families-and-place-home-is-where-we-start-from Anshuman Rane This debate will explore how society can reverse the current absolute correlation between how well-off a family is and the quality of the place they live in. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/families-and-place-home-is-where-we-start-from http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-logic-of-life Anshuman Rane Join Tim Harford, author of the bestseller The Undercover Economist, as he looks at the logic behind the seemingly irrational. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-logic-of-life http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsaedge-lecture---five-minds-for-the-future Unknown Second lecture in a series on vocational and practical learning - international perspectives 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsaedge-lecture---five-minds-for-the-future http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-age-of-the-warrior Anshuman Rane 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-age-of-the-warrior http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/absent-minds-the-question-of-intellectuals-in-britain Unknown Stefan Collini identifies what he calls a 'tradition of denial' about intellectuals in Britain. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/absent-minds-the-question-of-intellectuals-in-britain http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/breaking-the-spell--religion-as-a-global-phenomenon Unknown Are people right to say that the best way to live a good life is through religion? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/breaking-the-spell--religion-as-a-global-phenomenon http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/culture-in-a-time-of-waste Anshuman Rane This exchange will explore current concerns about climate change. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/culture-in-a-time-of-waste http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-edge-lecture-diversity-of-provision Anshuman Rane Do we need different types of school to deliver the best outcomes to different sorts of pupils? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-edge-lecture-diversity-of-provision http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/better-a-surgeons-notes-on-performance Unknown Atul Gawande's investigation into medical professionals and their progression from good to great provides a detailed blueprint for success. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/better-a-surgeons-notes-on-performance http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/foreign-policy-after-bush Unknown What can now be done to improve U.S. relations with the rest of the world? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/foreign-policy-after-bush http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---medieval-values-why-going-back-will-make-us-free Unknown The medieval age was an era of community and civility, promoting values which need to be brought back to the modern world. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---medieval-values-why-going-back-will-make-us-free http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/utility-of-force-the-changing-nature-of-war Unknown Part of a series on the changing nature of war. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/utility-of-force-the-changing-nature-of-war http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--iran-and-the-future-of-liberalism Unknown Chaired by Benjamin Ramm, Editor of The Liberal. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--iran-and-the-future-of-liberalism http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-human-right-to-access-to-essential-medicines Unknown This lecture examines how these mortality and morbidity rates can be dramatically reduced through improved access to medicines. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-human-right-to-access-to-essential-medicines http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---is-our-youth-justice-system-in-crisis Unknown Can we find a better way forward for the UK's youth justice system? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---is-our-youth-justice-system-in-crisis http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-social-impact-of-the-web-society,-government-and-the-internet Unknown This event explores the implications of mass collaboration. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-social-impact-of-the-web-society,-government-and-the-internet http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-trouble-with-physics--the-rise-of-string-theory,-the-fall-of-a-science-and-what-comes-next Unknown A seminal debate on which is the right road ahead for our understanding of space, time and the universe. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-trouble-with-physics--the-rise-of-string-theory,-the-fall-of-a-science-and-what-comes-next http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---time-to-grow-up-have-generation-x-parents-failed-their-children Unknown 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---time-to-grow-up-have-generation-x-parents-failed-their-children http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/teaching-history---whats-guilt-got-to-do-with-it-britain,-empire-and-the-history-of-now Unknown This series offers a range of views and an opportunity to present a case for change. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/teaching-history---whats-guilt-got-to-do-with-it-britain,-empire-and-the-history-of-now http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---private-equity-the-unacceptable-face-of-capitalism Unknown Does the mooted takeover of Sainsbury's by private equity investment companies show us the unacceptable face of capitalism? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---private-equity-the-unacceptable-face-of-capitalism http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/stars-in-our-eyes-what-does-our-hero-worship-of-actors-say-about-society-today Unknown What does it say about us and the modern cult of celebrity? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/stars-in-our-eyes-what-does-our-hero-worship-of-actors-say-about-society-today http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-forum-for-the-future-alumni-event---the-economics-and-politics-of-climate-change Unknown This forum uncovers the challenges of national and international policy making on climate change. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-forum-for-the-future-alumni-event---the-economics-and-politics-of-climate-change http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-a4e-lecture---what-makes-a-good-entrepreneur Unknown Hermann Hauser examines what qualities are important in an entrepreneur. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-a4e-lecture---what-makes-a-good-entrepreneur http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-affluenza-virus---vaccines-to-immunise-against-the-christmas-consumer-blues Unknown Oliver James proposes that we live in a sick society which is making us mentally ill. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-affluenza-virus---vaccines-to-immunise-against-the-christmas-consumer-blues http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/architecture-week-lecture-the-bad,-the-ugly-and-a-little-bit-of-good...-why-are-we-delivering-such-mediocre-housing-in-the-uk Unknown Affordable housing in Britain is a big problem. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/architecture-week-lecture-the-bad,-the-ugly-and-a-little-bit-of-good...-why-are-we-delivering-such-mediocre-housing-in-the-uk http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---taking-the-slow-road-the-future-of-travel-in-a-carbon-constrained-world Anshuman Rane Ed Gillespie will be sharing his slow travel experiences and debating the future of travel. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---taking-the-slow-road-the-future-of-travel-in-a-carbon-constrained-world http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/earth-in-the-balance-sheet Unknown 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/earth-in-the-balance-sheet http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-no-end-in-sight Anshuman Rane The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq's descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, No End in Sight is a jaw-dropping, insider's tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-no-end-in-sight http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/building-confidence-in-the-criminal-justice-system Anshuman Rane Jack Straw, the secretary of state for Justice, will examine major issues in prisons policy today as well as the progress and challenges in reducing re-offending. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/building-confidence-in-the-criminal-justice-system http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---roberto-unger-on-free-trade-reimagined Anshuman Rane Brazil's minister of Long-Term Planning discusses the terms on which the traditional debate between free traders and protectionists has been framed. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---roberto-unger-on-free-trade-reimagined http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/second-bounce-of-the-ball-turning-risk-into-opportunity Anshuman Rane Sir Ronald Cohen, one of the world’s leading private equity investors, will give a unique insider’s guide into turning risk into opportunity. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/second-bounce-of-the-ball-turning-risk-into-opportunity http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/here-comes-everybody-the-power-of-organising-without-organisations Anshuman Rane 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/here-comes-everybody-the-power-of-organising-without-organisations http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa--edge-lecture-parental-engagement,-prejudice-and-personalisation Anshuman Rane What do we need to do to enable the exercise of increased agency by parents and students, and a growing personalisation of each child's education? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa--edge-lecture-parental-engagement,-prejudice-and-personalisation http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---counter-knowledge-how-we-surrendered-to-conspiracy-theories,-quack-medicine,-bogus-science-and-fake-history Anshuman Rane Damian Thompson argues that we are in the middle of a pandemic of credulous thinking. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---counter-knowledge-how-we-surrendered-to-conspiracy-theories,-quack-medicine,-bogus-science-and-fake-history http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/future-radio Anshuman Rane At this event, a panel of experts will look at the world of Future Radio. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/future-radio http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---portraying-the-brain Anshuman Rane An entertaining and revealing exploration of the various levels of the brain. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---portraying-the-brain http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---battle-for-haditha Anshuman Rane This is a war film about ordinary people in an impossible situation. Months of meticulous research, including interviews with Marines, insurgents and residents of Haditha, inform the drama. Stories from all sides are brought to the forefront: the young inexperienced US Marines, many of whom had never travelled outside America, the Iraqi insurgents, and the residents of Haditha, innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire, all embroiled in a war not of their own making. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---battle-for-haditha http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-edge-lecture-no-child-left-behind---partnership-for-learning-in-the-united-states Anshuman Rane Ray Simon will talk about the effectiveness of the United States Department of Education. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-edge-lecture-no-child-left-behind---partnership-for-learning-in-the-united-states http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/jeremy-deller-in-conversation-with-radio-4-front-row-presenter-john-wilson Anshuman Rane RSA Arts and Ecology Exchanges - Culture in a time of waste. Lecture with Jeremy Deller. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/jeremy-deller-in-conversation-with-radio-4-front-row-presenter-john-wilson http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-equality-and-human-rights-commission-event-religion,-belief-and-the-rule-of-law Anshuman Rane A unique chance for key opinion formers to discuss this difficult and controversial issue. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-equality-and-human-rights-commission-event-religion,-belief-and-the-rule-of-law http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa--vodafone-event---privacy-in-an-open-world-who-wants-to-know-why-should-they-know-it-who-cares Anshuman Rane Experts consider what needs to be done to ensure secure foundations and systems for the information society of the 21st century. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa--vodafone-event---privacy-in-an-open-world-who-wants-to-know-why-should-they-know-it-who-cares http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---will-human-rights-have-a-sporting-chance-at-the-beijing-olympics Anshuman Rane Should the Olympic Games be viewed as a unique opportunity to put stronger pressure on the host nation to improve its record on human rights? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---will-human-rights-have-a-sporting-chance-at-the-beijing-olympics http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/raymond-tallis-on-the-human-head-and-the-self Unknown Join Ray Tallis on a journey around the part of our anatomy with which we most closely identify: our heads. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/raymond-tallis-on-the-human-head-and-the-self http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-state-of-the-fourth-estate Anshuman Rane A passionate appeal for a return to the first principles of truth-telling journalism. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-state-of-the-fourth-estate http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/question-time-on-sustainable-design-and-development Unknown Our panel of expert speakers will be responding to questions from the audience on sustainable design and development. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/question-time-on-sustainable-design-and-development http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/gang-leader-for-a-day Anshuman Rane Sudhir Venkatesh, a young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside, captured the world's attention when his research was first described in Freakonomics. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/gang-leader-for-a-day http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-craftsman,-with-professor-richard-sennett Anshuman Rane Richard Sennett, professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics, will discuss the idea that there is a craftsman in all of us, which can be enormously motivating and inspiring. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-craftsman,-with-professor-richard-sennett http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-pirates-dilemma Unknown 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-pirates-dilemma http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/time-for-a-revival-of-disarmament Unknown Hans Blix has worked on global disarmament for more than 40 years. He is now renewing the call for nuclear non-proliferation emphasising the importance of the United Nations in international affairs. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/time-for-a-revival-of-disarmament http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-bbc,-the-licence-fee-and-the-future-of-uk-psb Unknown Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman of the BBC, looks at how the media industry will continue to meet the diverse and complex needs of consumers and citizens as society changes and technology continues to develop at such a rapid pace. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-bbc,-the-licence-fee-and-the-future-of-uk-psb http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-the-unwinking-gaze Unknown The Unwinking Gaze takes you inside the struggle of one of the great spiritual and political figures of our time, as he tries to lead his people to a peaceful resolution with China. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-the-unwinking-gaze http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---political-hypocrisy Unknown Join David Runciman at the RSA to consider some basic questions about politics: What are the limits of truthfulness in politics? And when, where, and how should we expect our politicians to be honest with us, and about what? 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---political-hypocrisy http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-no-end-in-sight2 Unknown The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq's descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-no-end-in-sight2 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---how-to-repair-democracy-in-britain Unknown With Stein Ringen, professor of social policy at Oxford University and author of The Liberal Vision and other essays on democracy and progress Andrew Tyrie MP and Paul Skidmore, McConnell fellow of public policy at Princeton University and Demos Associate. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---how-to-repair-democracy-in-britain http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---politics-of-the-veil Unknown Professor Joan Wallach-Scott debates the issue and considers how they relate to the current UK context. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---politics-of-the-veil http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/welfare-to-work-usuk-policy-perspectives Unknown The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq�s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, No End in Sight is a jaw-dropping, insider�s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/welfare-to-work-usuk-policy-perspectives http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-dave-gorman-in-america-unchained Unknown A personal odyssey to cross America without ever using a chain store or multinational company. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-dave-gorman-in-america-unchained http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---heritage-and-learning-beyond-the-classroom Unknown What can younger generations learn today from the experience of figures from the past? 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---heritage-and-learning-beyond-the-classroom http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-how-is-your-fish-today Unknown Fourth in a series of four documentaries from "True Stories". 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-how-is-your-fish-today http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/serious-fun---how-designers-think-today Unknown Chris Wise reflects on creative life in a world released from the tyranny of mathematics by the computer. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/serious-fun---how-designers-think-today http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-liberty,-character-and-happiness-john-stuart-mill-in-the-21st-century Unknown Richard Reeves talks about a man who profoundly shaped Victorian society and continues to illuminate our own. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-liberty,-character-and-happiness-john-stuart-mill-in-the-21st-century http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/more-mobility-or-more-tax Unknown This lecture will look at road pricing and new solutions to congestion. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/more-mobility-or-more-tax http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/a-question-of-charity-the-pros-and-cons-of-assessing-charities Unknown 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/a-question-of-charity-the-pros-and-cons-of-assessing-charities http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/culture-led-regeneration---regional Unknown Dr Garcia speaks about the cultural legacy that hosting major events has on cities. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/culture-led-regeneration---regional http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/passion,-power--and--prosperity---national-enterprise-week-lecture-with-a4e Unknown Learn more about A4e and Enterprise Week. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/passion,-power--and--prosperity---national-enterprise-week-lecture-with-a4e http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-six-cities-design-festival---less,-but-better-a-return-to-common-sense Unknown 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-six-cities-design-festival---less,-but-better-a-return-to-common-sense http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-the-mosquito-problem--and--other-stories Unknown Join director Andrey Paounov for a screening and discussion of this film. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-the-mosquito-problem--and--other-stories http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa--and--the-liberal-debate-nick-clegg-mp-and-chris-huhne-mp Unknown Liberal Democrat leadership candidates Nick Clegg MP and Chris Huhne MP will debate the future of liberalism at the RSA. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa--and--the-liberal-debate-nick-clegg-mp-and-chris-huhne-mp http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-ghosts-of-abu-ghraib Unknown Powerful, restrained, and fiercely compelling, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib poses hard questions of us all. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-ghosts-of-abu-ghraib http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-i-am-frida Unknown This ground-breaking documentary film celebrates the centenary of Frida Kahlo’s birth. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-i-am-frida http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-murder-most-foul Unknown Scenes from a world where communities are still pervaded by social conflict and brutality. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-murder-most-foul http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-how-we-won-our-civil-liberties--and-how-we-can-protect-them Unknown This RSA event will examine the drive towards greater independence and individual liberty. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-how-we-won-our-civil-liberties--and-how-we-can-protect-them http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-ba-festival-of-science---can-schools-create-good-citizens Unknown What role do schools and civic education play in creating them? 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-ba-festival-of-science---can-schools-create-good-citizens http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-rsa-lectures-nations-unlimited Unknown A dazzling and original look into the geo-political transformations revealed by a life. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-rsa-lectures-nations-unlimited http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-rsa-lectures-nations-unlimited-edinburgh-international-book-festival-2007 Unknown Bashabi Fraser and Selina Hossain discuss the founding of the modern Indian state in this anniversary year. 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-rsa-lectures-nations-unlimited-edinburgh-international-book-festival-2007 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-great-partition-the-making-of-india-and-pakistan Unknown On the 60th anniversary of partition and Indian Independence, what can we learn from the past? 16 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-great-partition-the-making-of-india-and-pakistan http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/nations-unlimited---philip-gourevitch Unknown Philip Gourevitch discusses how nationhood and literature affect and define society. 19 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/nations-unlimited---philip-gourevitch http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/london-2012-pierre-de-coubertin-lecture Unknown In conjunction with the RSA and the British Olympic Foundation. 19 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/london-2012-pierre-de-coubertin-lecture http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---is-our-obsession-with-home-ownership-bad-for-britain Unknown Questioning the British obsession with property and to challenge the cultural assumptions behind home ownership. 19 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---is-our-obsession-with-home-ownership-bad-for-britain http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/multiculturalism-without-culture Unknown A new way of addressing dilemmas of justice and equality in multiethnic, multicultural societies. 19 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/multiculturalism-without-culture http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/when-ways-of-life-collide-multiculturalism-and-its-discontents Unknown Exploring why multiculturalism, when it is implemented in public policy, can be so divisive. 19 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/when-ways-of-life-collide-multiculturalism-and-its-discontents http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/harnessing-marine-energy---the-rsa-sigma-presidents-lecture Unknown Professor AbuBakr Bahaj speaks at the the RSA Sigma President’s Lecture. 19 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/harnessing-marine-energy---the-rsa-sigma-presidents-lecture http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/architecture-week-lecture-with-tom-bloxham Unknown An RSA Architecture Week Lecture. 19 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/architecture-week-lecture-with-tom-bloxham http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsabossom-lecture---building-for-the-masses-stadium-architecture Unknown Discussing ways in which sport and large communities engage with the contemporary built environment. 19 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsabossom-lecture---building-for-the-masses-stadium-architecture http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsainnovaro-lecture-innovation---tomorrows-communities Unknown How are communities changing the context within which and for which innovation is occurring? 19 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsainnovaro-lecture-innovation---tomorrows-communities http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-world-we-have-won-transformations-of-eroticism-and-intimacy-since-1945 Unknown A major study of transformations in erotic and intimate life since 1945. 19 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-world-we-have-won-transformations-of-eroticism-and-intimacy-since-1945 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-lecture-with-nick-clegg-mp Unknown Nick Clegg will discuss the Liberal Democrats’ position on drug policy. 19 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-lecture-with-nick-clegg-mp http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/inaugural-oxfam-education-lecture Unknown What should be the education agenda for the 21st century? 19 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/inaugural-oxfam-education-lecture http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/age-shock-how-finance-is-failing-us Unknown Robin Blackburn exposes the absurdity of trusting the fate of an ageing population to a financial world beset by corruption and greed, and suggests solutions. 19 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/age-shock-how-finance-is-failing-us http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/only-in-america Unknown Join Matt Frei the BBC's Washington correspondent, for Only in America as he goes under the skin of America�s capital to discover the paradox of the world's last remaining superpower. 14 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/only-in-america http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-reverend-death Anshuman Rane Six years ago the award-winning journalist Jon Ronson began filming The Reverend George Exoo, a seemingly jolly but not very successful Unitarian minister from Beckley, West Virginia, who claims to have helped over 100 non-terminally ill people commit suicide. 14 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-reverend-death http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/mcmafia-a-journey-through-the-criminal-underworld Unknown Join author, Misha Glenny as he takes you on a journey through the new world of international organised crime. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/mcmafia-a-journey-through-the-criminal-underworld http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-torture-and-democracy Unknown International experts Darius Rejali and Philippe Sands QC will speak about torture, democracy and human rights. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-torture-and-democracy http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/humanitarian-response-index-launch Unknown 22 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/humanitarian-response-index-launch http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-strange-death-of-republican-america-chronicles-of-a-collapsing-party Unknown Political advisor Sidney Blumenthal charts what he deems to be the fatal radicalisation of the Republican Party, predicts its incipient demise and explores the consequences for the 2008 election. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-strange-death-of-republican-america-chronicles-of-a-collapsing-party http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/urban-outcasts-incubating-the-precariat-in-the-21st-century Unknown Join Loic Wacquant as he offers vital new tools for rethinking urban marginality and reinvigorates the public debate over social inequality and citizenship. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/urban-outcasts-incubating-the-precariat-in-the-21st-century http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-guardian-hay-festival-gore-vidal-talks-to-adam-boulton Unknown Adam Boulton talks to Gore Vidal, the legendary American wit, novelist and politico. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-guardian-hay-festival-gore-vidal-talks-to-adam-boulton http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---teach-your-granny-to-text-and-other-world-changing-ideas Unknown An entertaining and inspiring insight into how simple, everyday actions might really change the world. 27 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---teach-your-granny-to-text-and-other-world-changing-ideas http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-ten-most-beautiful-experiments Unknown Join George Johnson on a journey back in time to look at the ten most elegant experiments in the history of science. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-ten-most-beautiful-experiments http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/investor-behavious-and-market-efficiency Unknown Professor Odean will highlight the various reasons behind investor choices in many settings, and how these can impact the larger economic picture. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/investor-behavious-and-market-efficiency http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/fixing-climate-the-story-of-climate-science-and-how-to-stop-it Unknown Join us as some of science's maverick thinkers offer a radical new solution for saving our planet. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/fixing-climate-the-story-of-climate-science-and-how-to-stop-it http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---a-woman-among-warlords Unknown This documentary follows the the campaign of Malalai Joya as she runs in Afghanistan's first democratic parliament election in over 30 years. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---a-woman-among-warlords http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---reviving-the-invisible-hand-the-case-for-classical-liberalism-in-the-21st-century Unknown Arguing for a revival of the invisible hand of free international trade and global capital, eminent economist Deepak Lal defends globalisation economically, and answers the cultural and moral objections of antiglobalisers 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---reviving-the-invisible-hand-the-case-for-classical-liberalism-in-the-21st-century http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-stuff-of-thought-language-as-a-window-into-human-nature Unknown Steven Pinker shows us how the mind turns the finite building blocks of language into infinite meanings. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-stuff-of-thought-language-as-a-window-into-human-nature http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/terror-and-consent-the-wars-for-the-twenty-first-century Unknown Philip Bobbitt, Professor of Federal Jurisprudence at Columbia University, believes we must rethink our ideas about 21st-century terrorism. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/terror-and-consent-the-wars-for-the-twenty-first-century http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/culture-in-a-time-of-conflict Unknown 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. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/culture-in-a-time-of-conflict http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-presidents-lecture-2008-water-in-a-changing-climate Unknown 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. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-presidents-lecture-2008-water-in-a-changing-climate http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---key-challenges-to-humanitarianism Unknown Dr James Orbinski speaks at this week's RSA Thursday, assessing the role of humanitarianism in the world today. 30 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---key-challenges-to-humanitarianism http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-edge-lecture-with-sir-ken-robinson Unknown In the final of this series of lectures creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson will ask how do we make change happen in education. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-edge-lecture-with-sir-ken-robinson http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-bin-ladens-a-history-of-a-family-and-its-fortune Kirsti Prolingheuer Steve Coll looks at the story of a single family who have used money, mobility and technology to frighteningly varied ends. 17 Jun 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-bin-ladens-a-history-of-a-family-and-its-fortune http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/futurecast-2020-a-global-blueprint Kirsti Prolingheuer A seismic prophecy and plan for our age. What will our world be like in twelve years? Join Robert Shapiro, a former Clinton advisor, as he predicts a world unmatched by anything in history. 17 Jun 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/futurecast-2020-a-global-blueprint http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---complaint-from-minor-moans-to-principled-protest Kirsti Prolingheuer Join philosopher Julian Baggini as he examines what we complain about, why we do so and the different kinds of complaints we make. 12 Jun 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---complaint-from-minor-moans-to-principled-protest http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/private-lives-a-thing-of-the-past Unknown 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. 28 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/private-lives-a-thing-of-the-past http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-we-are-together Unknown 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 02 Jun 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-we-are-together http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/russia-between-art--and--politics Unknown 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. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/russia-between-art--and--politics http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/tehelkas-london-summit---india-and-pakistan-designing-a-new-future Unknown 28 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/tehelkas-london-summit---india-and-pakistan-designing-a-new-future http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/cognitive-capacity Unknown Join Matthew Taylor for this fascinating exploration of our brains, our communities, and the future of the RSA. 15 May 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/cognitive-capacity http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/democracy-participation-to-passivity---can-things-change Kirsti Prolingheuer Political historian Paul Ginsborg goes back to democracy's roots and examines the relationship between representative and participatory democracy. 11 Jun 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/democracy-participation-to-passivity---can-things-change http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/artistic-excellence-and-social-inclusion-an-impossible-partnership Kirsti Prolingheuer Join us for this challenging public debate, marking the launch of Destino, as our panel debate should we expect artists and cultural organisations to prove that they can transform society? 10 Jun 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/artistic-excellence-and-social-inclusion-an-impossible-partnership http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-arab-centre-the-promise-of-moderation Kirsti Prolingheuer Marwan Muasher comes to the RSA to call for moderate, pragmatic Arab voices to be heard in today's conflicted debates over how to achieve an enduring peace in the region. 13 Jun 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---the-arab-centre-the-promise-of-moderation http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-edge-lecture-what-are-schools-for Kirsti Prolingheuer 07 Jul 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-edge-lecture-what-are-schools-for http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---palestine-inside-out-an-everyday-occupation Anshuman Rane Saree Makdisi offers a moving portrait of the challenges of daily life for Palestinians and suggests how the conflict might be brought to a peaceful and just resolution. 20 Jun 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---palestine-inside-out-an-everyday-occupation http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/open-to-question-permission-to-speak--what-right-do-you-have-to-tell-me-what-to-say Kirsti Prolingheuer Our panel will explore how we get along as a nation, speak a common language and understand the difference between freedom of expression and deliberate and hurtful insult. 30 Jun 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/open-to-question-permission-to-speak--what-right-do-you-have-to-tell-me-what-to-say http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---nudge-improving-decisions-about-wealth,-health-and-happiness Kirsti Prolingheuer Richard Thaler urges us to recognise our ‘human-ness’ as a given and use the way we think to our advantage. 30 Jun 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday---nudge-improving-decisions-about-wealth,-health-and-happiness http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/tomorrows-investor Kirsti Prolingheuer With much of the money invested in company equities held on behalf of citizens, our panel of speakers will ask: should investors be more involved with their investments? 11 Jun 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/tomorrows-investor http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsaencyclopaedia-britannica-debate---do-schoolchildren-and-students-know-how-to-research Unknown Our expert panel will discuss how in this instant information age schoolchildren can learn the power of research.Tuesday 22 July, 6pm 06 Jun 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsaencyclopaedia-britannica-debate---do-schoolchildren-and-students-know-how-to-research http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-the-bridge Sharliza Rahman A moving and unsettling film that raises as many questions as it answers: about suicide, mental illness and civic responsibility. 29 Jul 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens---true-stories-the-bridge http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-edinburgh-international-book-festival Kirsti Prolingheuer Join US political commentator, Robert Kagan at the Edinburgh International Book Festival as he poses the urgent questions facing the democratic world today. Friday 22 August, 3.30pm 26 Jun 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-edinburgh-international-book-festival http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/skills-and-social-justice-can-employers-step-up-to-the-plate Kirsti Prolingheuer The Chairman's Inaugural Lecture follows the RSA AGM, which commences at 5pm. RSA Fellows only may attend the AGM. 28 Aug 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/skills-and-social-justice-can-employers-step-up-to-the-plate http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-Emigre-identity-in-post-911-America Kirsti Prolingheuer Our RSA Thursday series resumes with leading Egyptian author Alaa Al Aswany, who offers a valuable glimpse into the conflicting interpersonal politics of today’s Egyptian society. Thursday 4 September, 1pm 04 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-Emigre-identity-in-post-911-America http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/unjust-rewards Susmita Chatto Polly Toynbee and a panel of commentators discuss the real implications of Britain’s widening pay gap. 04 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/unjust-rewards http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/britishness-a-values-based-approach-is-not-enough Kirsti Prolingheuer As the Government develops a statement of British values Liz Forgan explores if a diverse society can agree on a shared set of values that has any meaning. 09 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/britishness-a-values-based-approach-is-not-enough http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/wealth-creation-in-the-developing-world-is-africa-a-lost-cause Kirsti Prolingheuer Our panel will ask: what will it take to set Africa on the path to stable and sustainable economic growth? Thursday 2 October, 6pm. 05 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/wealth-creation-in-the-developing-world-is-africa-a-lost-cause http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-the-art-of-living-can-suffering-be-part-of-wellbeing Susmita Chatto RSA Thursdays continue with philosophers Mark Vernon, Professor Raymond Tallis and Dr Havi Carel asking "can suffering be part of wellbeing?" Thursday 11 September, 1pm 11 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-the-art-of-living-can-suffering-be-part-of-wellbeing http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-liberal-democrat-conference-what-do-voters-want Kirsti Prolingheuer The RSA and the BBC’s World at One are running a series of events at each of the party conferences. Sunday 14 September, 5.30pm 08 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-liberal-democrat-conference-what-do-voters-want http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-mad,-bad-and-sad-a-history-of-the-study-of-the-female-mind Susmita Chatto This event examines the way history has treated the female mind, and looks at why women are more likely than men to be thought mentally unstable. Thursday 18 September, 1pm 18 Aug 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-mad,-bad-and-sad-a-history-of-the-study-of-the-female-mind http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-the-family Kirsti Prolingheuer Join us for a special preview screening of the second episode of The Family, followed by a Q&A with director Jonathan Smith. Thursday 18 September, 6.30pm 18 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-the-family http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-labour-conference--what-do-voters-want Kirsti Prolingheuer The RSA and the BBC’s World at One are running a series of events at each of the party conferences.Sunday 21 September, 6pm 08 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-labour-conference--what-do-voters-want http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-chosen Kirsti Prolingheuer Chosen is testament to the power of a compelling story, simply told. It deals with a subject often whispered but rarely spoken about – the sexual abuse of schoolboys by teachers in Britain’s private schools. Monday 22 September, 6.30pm 12 Aug 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-chosen http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/future-files-a-history-of-the-next-50-years Susmita Chatto Futurist Richard Watson examines emerging trends in society, technology, business and the economy. Tuesday 23 September, 6.30pm 31 Jul 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/future-files-a-history-of-the-next-50-years http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/a-decline-of-values Kirsti Prolingheuer In line with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s social evils consultation the panel will look at whether there has been a decline in values. Wednesday 24 September, 6pm 18 Aug 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/a-decline-of-values http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-downing-street-diary Kirsti Prolingheuer Bernard Donoughue, David Marquand and Shirley Williams discuss Callaghan’s ‘winter of discontent’ and lessons for today’s political leaders.Thursday 25 September, 1pm 18 Aug 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-downing-street-diary http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-whats-the-point-of-school Kirsti Prolingheuer Professor Guy Claxton leads a timely debate on “What’s the Point of School?” asking: do the UK’s schools do more harm than good? Thursday 2 October, 1pm 10 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday-whats-the-point-of-school http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-birmingham-book-festival-greetings-from-bury-park Kirsti Prolingheuer Writer and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor launches our special series of RSA Events at this year's Birmingham Book Festival. Thursday 2 October, 8pm 27 Aug 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-birmingham-book-festival-greetings-from-bury-park http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-birmingham-book-festival-any-questions Kirsti Prolingheuer Any Questions is Radio 4's forum for lively debate between leading public figures. The programme comes to Birmingham as a guest of the Birmingham Book Festival and the RSA. Friday 3 October, 6.45pm 27 Aug 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-birmingham-book-festival-any-questions http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/chairmans-inaugural-lecture Kirsti Prolingheuer RSA Chairman, Gerry Acher CBE LVO addresses the future of corporate responsibility in this year's inaugural lecture. Tuesday 7 October, 6.30pm 27 Aug 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/chairmans-inaugural-lecture http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/young-people-and-social-exclusion Kirsti Prolingheuer Our panel will discuss ways to empower vulnerable young people to raise their aspirations and make more constructive choices. Wednesday 8 October, 6pm 21 Aug 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/young-people-and-social-exclusion http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-birmingham-book-festival-the-duck-that-won-the-lottery Kirsti Prolingheuer Philosopher Julian Baggini examines the bad argumentative moves people use all the time, in politics, the media and everyday life. Wednesday 8 October, 7.45pm 27 Aug 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-birmingham-book-festival-the-duck-that-won-the-lottery http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-power-of-the-political-cartoon Kirsti Prolingheuer In the week that Parliament reconvenes, journalist and novelist Will Self joins controversial cartoonist Martin Rowson to trace the intriguing history of the political cartoon. Thursday 9 October, 1pm 17 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-power-of-the-political-cartoon http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/why-is-there-such-resistance-to-public-re-examiniation-of-the-values-we-live-by Kirsti Prolingheuer In the first event of a new series with WWF our panel will explore the role of opinion leaders and public figures in providing leadership in today’s shifting societal values. Wednesday 15 October, 6pm 17 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/why-is-there-such-resistance-to-public-re-examiniation-of-the-values-we-live-by http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/eternity-our-next-billion-years Kirsti Prolingheuer Science editor Michael Hanlon argues that humankind will find a way to overcome the threats posed by climate change. Thursday 16 October, 1pm 17 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/eternity-our-next-billion-years http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-birmingham-book-festival-strange-fruit Kirsti Prolingheuer Writer Kenan Malik takes to task the controversial words of Nobel Laureate James Watson in 2007, and examines the race debate in greater, braver detail. Thursday 16 October, 6.30pm 27 Aug 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-birmingham-book-festival-strange-fruit http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/how-will-the-economic-development-of-china-and-india-affect-the-new-world-order Kirsti Prolingheuer The RSA Mells lectures explore a range of today's issues through talks and debate featuring senior and influential figures.Saturday 18 October, 6pm 04 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/how-will-the-economic-development-of-china-and-india-affect-the-new-world-order http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/jesus-politics Kirsti Prolingheuer Join us for this exclusive screening as Israeli born filmmaker, Ilan Ziv, goes on a 4000 mile journey through 17 US states to find out how religious activists are influencing the 2008 election campaign. Tuesday 21 October, 6.30pm 17 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/jesus-politics http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/from-poverty-to-power-what-will-be-the-role-of-aid-in-2020 Kirsti Prolingheuer Duncan Green argues that the 21st Century will be defined by the fight against the scourges of poverty, inequality and the threat of environmental collapse. Wednesday 22 October, 6pm 09 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/from-poverty-to-power-what-will-be-the-role-of-aid-in-2020 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-birmingham-book-festival-the-kingdom-of-infinite-space Kirsti Prolingheuer Leading philosopher Ray Tallis contemplates the multiple processes by which the head comes to understand the world. Wednesday 22 October, 6.30pm 22 Oct 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-at-the-birmingham-book-festival-the-kingdom-of-infinite-space http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-art-of-the-public-grovel Kirsti Prolingheuer Writer and academic Susan Wise Bauer looks at the history of public confession in modern America, from Ted Kennedy to Bill Clinton. Jonathan Aitken, Chairman of the Prison Reform Working Group will respond. Thursday 23 October, 1pm 17 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-art-of-the-public-grovel http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/punishment-and-reform Kirsti Prolingheuer Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw MP, comes to the RSA to speak about punishment and reform in the criminal justice system.Monday 27 October, 10am 21 Oct 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/punishment-and-reform http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-good-reader-and-the-world Kirsti Prolingheuer Professor A C Grayling will be responding to our current concern with reading culture. He will look particularly at reading as a critical, challenging and subversive process. Thursday 30 October, 1pm 17 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-good-reader-and-the-world http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-courage-of-funders-risk-and-innovation-in-the-age-of-artistic-excellence Kirsti Prolingheuer Alan Davey, chief executive of Arts Council England sets out his vision for the arts for the next three years. Monday 3 November, 6.30pm 06 Oct 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-courage-of-funders-risk-and-innovation-in-the-age-of-artistic-excellence http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-the-ascent-of-money Kirsti Prolingheuer Join us for a talk by Harvard professor Niall Ferguson and exclusive excerpts from his new Channel 4 series as he sets out to explain how “Planet Finance” came to dominate Planet Earth. Tuesday 4 November, 6.30pm 23 Sep 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-screens-the-ascent-of-money http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-venturesome-economy-how-innovation-sustains-prosperity-in-a-more-connected-world Kirsti Prolingheuer US economist Amar Bhidé offers a timely analysis of how the global economy functions and its trajectory for the next several years. Wednesday 5 November, 6pm 20 Oct 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-venturesome-economy-how-innovation-sustains-prosperity-in-a-more-connected-world http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/us-elections-2008-the-post-match-analysis Kirsti Prolingheuer Join our expert panel to digest the election results and look to the challenges ahead for the new American President. Thursday 6 November, 1pm 08 Oct 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/us-elections-2008-the-post-match-analysis http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/private-optimism-vs-public-despair Kirsti Prolingheuer Join our panel as they look at how people are thinking and feeling about the economic, social and political climate, and consider the way forward. Thursday 6 November, 6pm 09 Oct 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/private-optimism-vs-public-despair http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-future-of-music Kirsti Prolingheuer “America’s most wired composer” Tod Machover visits the RSA to share his vision of how music-making can be made genuinely accessible and life-changing for all. Tuesday 11 November, 6pm 01 Oct 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-future-of-music http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-age-of-austerity Kirsti Prolingheuer Join Paul Mason, Martin Wolf, Robert Skidelsky, Andrew Lilico, Lord Desai, and John Naish as they discuss: is it time to reclaim Keynes? Wednesday 12 November, 6pm 05 Nov 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-age-of-austerity http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--britains-forgotten-pandemic Susmita Chatto Science journalist Mark Honigsbaum recalls the ‘forgotten’ story of the 1918 influenza and examines how UK society might cope with a similarly devastating outbreak today. Thursday 13 November, 1pm 27 Oct 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/rsa-thursday--britains-forgotten-pandemic http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/pig-business Kirsti Prolingheuer Join us for this exclusive screening and Q&A with director, Tracy Worcester following her quest to expose the hidden costs of cheap food. Celebrity farmer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall will join the discussion. Thursday 13 November, 6.30pm 06 Oct 2008 http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/pig-business http://www.thers