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1 Book Launch - Utopia and Civilisation in the Arab Nahda Peter Hill (Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne), gives a talk on his new book, Utopia and Civilisation in the Arab Nahda. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St. Antony's College, Oxford). Peter Hill 12 Feb 2020
2 A Crisis of Civilisation? Philosopher Vittorio Hösle, Dominican friar Timothy Radcliffe and writer Malise Ruthven each give a talk for the Volcano symposium: a series of events discussing the current global crisis. Vittorio Hösle, Timothy Radcliffe, Malise Ruthven 12 Nov 2012
3 Creative Commons How the West Got it Professor Richard Jenkyns, Oxford University's Public Orator, looks at where what we call classical antiquity came from, whether it differed from other ancient civilisations and what it can tell us about Western Civilisation now and in the future. Richard Jenkyns 17 Oct 2012
4 Creative Commons Civilization and the Poetics of Slavery Robbie Shilliam, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London, gives a talk on 19th Jan 2012 for the Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series. Robbie Shilliam 23 Feb 2012