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.

Thursday, May 19, 2005

Next Meeting - 'Intellectuals'

The theme for the next cafe meeting will be 'Intellectuals'. Details of speakers and presentations to follow within the week.

Recently there have been a number of books published relating to intellectuals and culture. Among these have been Frank Furedi's 'Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?' and Steve Fuller's 'The Intellectual'. Both these titles, written by social scientists, are controversial and engaging in equal measure. Copies of selected chapters from Furedi's text will be made available in time for the meeting.

This meeting will be on Wednesday 8th June. (Please note that this is a change from our usual slot of the last Wednesday of the month).

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Ethics

Many thanks to Alex and Paul for their presentations at the ethics: institutional and everyday meeting. The discussion was the liveliest yet seen at the cafe, showing how contentious certain issues can be and how important the cafe is in providing a space for debate.

News of the next meeting to be posted soon...