BATTLE OF IDEAS PORT TALK

http://www.battleofideas.co.uk/C2B/document_tree/ViewACategory.asp?CategoryID=149#chris

 

* Speaker

Chris Bickerton – D.Phil. student, Oxford University

 

* Title:

‘From Pro-Test to Progress: The Politics of Animal Research’

http://www.battleofideas.co.uk/C2B/document_tree/ViewACategory.asp?CategoryID=149#chris

 

Chris Bickerton will talk about recent developments in the debate around animal research and animal rights. After defeating Cambridge University over the building of a primate research laboratory in early 2004, animal rights activists moved on to Oxford. Chris Bickerton will discuss the events in Oxford, based on his experience as member of the pro-vivisection group, Pro-Test. His talk will cover the scientific, ethical and political issues that are all raised by the animal research debate.

 

* Date & Time:

8pm Thursday 26 October   

 

* Venue:

Churchill Room, London House

 

* Directions:

http://www.battleofideas.co.uk/C2B/document_tree/ViewACategory.asp?CategoryID=149#chris

 

** Please register at reception upon arrival **

 

GOODENOUGH COLLEGE & BATTLE OF IDEAS PORT TALKS

www.battleofideas.co.uk

 

One of the key differences between the Battle of Ideas and science and literary festivals, is that the Battle was established with the express purpose of setting in motion debates that will last long beyond the festival itself. The Battle of Ideas 2006 will take place on 28-29 October 2006, but it will not end when everyone goes home. Through interrogating the key issues of our day, the aim of the Battle of Ideas is to cultivate a wider climate of intellectual exploration and to throw open new approaches to the problems confronting us in the twenty-first century. In this spirit, Goodenough College in association with the Institute of Ideas, will be hosting a series of ‘Port Talks’ in the run-up to the Battle of Ideas 2006.

 

These ‘Port Talks’ will see three speakers give talks about issues that will be further explored during the festival itself. Each talk will be followed by an interactive discussion with the audience. Like the Battle itself, these Port Talks will put forward new arguments and ideas, and make a virtue of the robust exchange of different views. Each of the Port Talks will stand alone, intervening in the specific debate to which it is addressed. But each Talk is also designed to propagate the spirit of the Battle of Ideas, and to give members of the public a taste of the kind of discussion and intellectual engagement that they can expect during the festival itself.

 

Each Port Talk is free and open to the public, and will take place in the convivial and unique setting provided by Goodenough College in central London. 

 

** TICKETS FOR BATTLE OF IDEAS SELLING FAST – BOOK SOON TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT **

 

Tickets for the Battle of Ideas can be booked online here:

http://www.battleofideas.co.uk/C2B/document_tree/ViewACategory.asp?CategoryID=84&Search=true

 

For further information about these Port Talks, please contact Philip Cunliffe (07917-666-124)

 

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