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From
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While many of you leave on holiday this month, the IoI remains
a hive of activity. We are heading up to the Edinburgh
Book-Fest where IoI debates on religion are being
held. Join two superb panels examining different aspects of
the 'rise
of religion'.
Meanwhile, the Battle of Ideas 2007 keeps
getting bigger and better, with new debates on identity
politics, particle physics and the
London 2012 Olympics added recently to the
programme. Alongside recitals and performances of poetry,
theatre and music, this year’s festival will also see
a specially curated art exhibition of works on the theme,
‘should art change the world?’,
organised by Arts & Business.
Towards the middle of August, we will be also launching
the brand new Battle of Ideas website, featuring all the sessions,
speakers and recommended readings to get you prepped for the
festival - so look out for our website launch
email in a couple of weeks time. Once again, we are delighted
that the Battle of Ideas headline partners this year are the
Royal College of Art, The Times,
ESRC, BT and Pfizer.
And if you buy
your tickets before 31 August, you'll benefit from a discounted
rate. Better still, join
the IoI at the same time – IoI associates
receive discounts to all IoI events, including to this year's
Battle of Ideas.
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NEWS
AND EVENTS |
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**THE RISE OF RELIGION**
21 & 22 August @ Highland Park Spiegeltent, Edinburgh
International Book Festival
Join us in Edinburgh for two debates on religion:
The
rise of religion: East & West
Is radical Islam a religious threat to secular values or a
political challenge to the West?
The
rise of religion: moral values in the modern world
Should there be a campaign against irrationality and superstition,
or should humanists make common cause with religious moderates,
against fundamentalists of all stripes?
Information
& speakers
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IoI
MANCHESTER SALON
Thursday 6 September
Following on from the initial book discussion, new dates have
been set for the Manchester Salon. At the next meeting on
Thursday 6 September, Helen Birtwistle, Debating Matters press
officer, will introduce a discussion on friendship. For further
information, please email Hilary Salt at manchestersalon@instituteofideas.com. |
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EDUCATION
FORUM OPINION
A series of new 'Opinion' pieces have been comissioned. Several
will appear during August, the first of which, on 'The
Music Manifesto', is available now.
For a discussion on education and new curricula featuring
IoI Education Forum members, watch the 23 July edition of
Claire
Fox News on 18 Doughty Street.
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IoI
FORUMS |
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BOOK
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MEDIA |
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APPEARANCES |
Claire
Fox will be speaking at the Centre for Independent Studies’
Consilium conference
near Brisbane, Australia on 10-11 August. Claire will speak
on ‘In praise of elitism’ and ‘Nothing to
fear but fear itself’.
Tiffany Jenkins will be speaking at the 8th
International Conference on the Social Context of Death, Dying
and Disposal on 12-15 September at the University of Bath.
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VIDEO
/ AUDIO
Visit
the IoI Media
Archive for audio recordings of forums and events. |
Claire
Fox News was last on internet TV channel 18 Doughty
Street on 6 August with an edition on transport and mobility.
Guests were Alan Miller, co-founder, NY Salon;
Peter Smith, lecturer at St Mary's College;
Dr Jim Butcher, senior lecturer at Canterbury
Christ Church University; and Dr Rana Roy,
board member, Transport for London (TfL).
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IN
THE PRESS
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Read Claire Fox's Future Culture Symposium pamphlet
for Arts & Business on instrumentalism in the arts (pdf)
The
anti-smoking snoopers, Claire Fox, MJ, 2 July
The
folly of the 16-year-old voter, Claire Fox, The Sunday
Times, 8 July
What
politicians hope to gain from youth voting, Claire Fox,
openDemocracy - OurKingdom, 16 July
Anything
but the arts, Claire Fox, myA&B, 16 July
2012
Cultural Olympiad, Claire Fox, Time Out, 24 July
Trapping
youngsters reveals lack of skills, Claire Fox, MJ,
1 August
Intrusion,
intrusion, intrusion, Dolan Cummings, spiked
review of books, 20 July
'Confessions of a justified Rangers supporter', Dolan Cummings,
in It's
Rangers for me? (Fort Publishing, 2007)
The IoI publication, Debating
Humanism (ed. Dolan Cummings) was favourably covered
in writer and journalist Mark Vernon's philosophy
and life blog
Shirley Dent writes regularly for the Guardian Arts
& Entertainment Blog. Read her most recent article, Why
set ‘the Scottish Play’ in modern-day Australia?,
29 June.
Shirley’s Guardian blogs are archived here.
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This
month's highlights:
Current non-fiction
coverage includes reviews of recent books on popular philosophy,
the Enlightenment, its critics and supporters, and the politics
of diversity.
Current London theatre
reviews include ‘The Hothouse’ at the National
Theatre, ‘The Merchant of Venice’ at the Globe,
‘The Great Theatre of the World’ at the Arcola
and ‘Elling’ at Trafalgar Studios.
Coming in August: theatre reviews from the Edinburgh Fringe,
and 'What is a radical thinker?'
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'Why
can’t we think big; I mean really big?'
Claire Fox
'…although
modern science is one of the great legacies of the Enlightenment, it is
a mistake to reduce the Enlightenment to science. This is especially true
at a time when science itself is often invoked as a source of authority
that is beyond question, rather than an open-ended endeavour based on
radical scepticism.'
Dolan Cummings
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DEBATING
MATTERS |
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'What
surprised me most about Debating Matters was how advanced the arguments
were- I think that has a lot to do with the fact that everybody gets involved,
the audience, judges and teams- this is real free talking'
Charlie
Winstanley, Highly Commended Individual, Debating Matters National Final,
speaking on Claire Fox News
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