Monday, May 23, 2005

Intellectuals – speakers and presentation details

The next meeting of the post grad café will be on Wednesday 8th June and on the theme ‘Intellectuals’. The presentations will be:

Andrew Bartlett: How public are public intellectuals? Speculations on the scientist as a public figure.

Mark Connolly: Separating the wheat from the chavs: An investigation of culture and class.

David James Mellor: Methods! Theory! Action?

As noted in the previous email, a section of Frank Furedi’s book ‘Where have all the intellectuals gone?’ will be made available before the meeting as additional material for discussion. Follow these links for more details and reviews.

This meeting will be at 5 p.m. in the Glamorgan Building coffee shop.

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