Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909 – 1997)
Programme
Thursday 5th September
18h30 Dinner in the Arlosh Hall (Harris Manchester College)
20h00 Is Liberalism Dead? An on-line discussion between Francis Fukuyama & John Gray hosted by Helen Lewis of Intelligence Squared https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZbR7HE_ER8. Followed by sharing our own views of ‘Liberalism in Crisis’.
Friday 6th September
08h00 Breakfast (Arlosh Hall)
09h00 Liberalism as permanent revolution - The perspective of a sympathizer: Fareek Zakariah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHIC49gMVgs
10h30 Tea/Coffee
11h00 The importance of the Group and Group Cohesion – a presentation and discussion with Prof Harvey Whitehouse, University of Oxford
12h00 John Gray on ‘hyper-liberalism’ vs Isaiah Berlin’s ‘value pluralism’
12h30 Lunch
14h00 How far is the current crisis a result of excessive individualism and/or misguided neo-liberal economic theories?
15h30 Tea/Coffee
16h00 Have we become preoccupied with campaigning techniques and too little concerned with ideas?
18h30 Dinner in Arlosh Hall (HMC)
20h00 Can liberalism survive the deepening global conflict?
Saturday 7th September
08h00 Breakfast (Arlosh Hall)
09h00 Who are the people who we find inspiring as liberal thinkers?
10h30 Tea/Coffee
11h00 What are the best ways of inspiring a new liberal revival?
12h30 Lunch
14h00 How can we follow up on our conversations?
15h30 Close of Conference and Tea/Coffee
With thanks to the staff of Harris Manchester College, Oxford, for all their help and with sincere appreciation to The Concord Foundation, ARTIS (Europe) Ltd, and the Dr Moises and Mrs Mimi Lemlij Foundation for their sponsorship of, and support for this Colloquium.