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• [Catalyst Talk] Lea Ypi: Are You Free?

  • When
    30/03/2023
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    5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
  • Location
    Full Circle House, 89 Ch. de Vleurgat, 1050 Ixelles

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  ARE YOU FREE?

  Talk with Lea Ypi

  Catalyst  / Thurs 30 March / 5 - 5.45 PM
  

  What is true freedom for you? What is it for others? And is this even the same thing?

  Political thinker Lea Ypi recounts the captivating story of growing up in communist Albania and with remarkable talent explores the meaning of freedom in all its forms. 

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  ABOUT

  Lea Ypi is an Albanian author and academic. She is Professor in Political Theory at the London School of Economics, and Adjunct Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. Her research interests are in normative political theory (democratic theory, theories of justice, issues of migration and territorial rights), Enlightenment political thought, Marxism and critical theory, as well as the intellectual history of the Balkans. Her latest book Free: Coming of Age at the End of History won the Ondaatje Prize and the Slightly Foxed First Biography Prize.

  
  

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  Lea Ypi at LSE 

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• [Catalyst Talk] AC Grayling: How to make the world a better place for all

  • When
    21/04/2023
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    5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
  • Location
    Full Circle House, 89 Ch. de Vleurgat, 1050 Ixelles

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  HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL

  Talk with philosopher A. C. Grayling

  Catalyst  / Fri 21 April / 5:15 - 6:15 PM

  It’s easy to feel a sense of powerlessness when every morning we’re greeted with bleak news of climate catastrophe, grave social injustice, political inaction and senseless violence. So how can we muster the courage to forge a new path and turn things around? Philosopher A.C. Grayling shares his ideas on how to make a better world.
  

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  Anthony Grayling CBE, MA, DPhil (Oxon) FRSL, FRSA is Master of the New College of the Humanities, a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford and one of the UK's most prolific philosophers and authors. Grayling believes that philosophy should be integrated with society, taking on an active and useful role. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy and other subjects; among his most recent are The Good Book, Ideas That Matter, Liberty in the Age of Terror. 

  
  

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