Time magazine just published a story about the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf. But are we are morally obliged to bring lost species back to life if we can, especially if humans were responsible for their extinction? Or would such practices risk “Jurassic Park”-like scenarios, while our limited resources for environmental conservation are best channeled in preserving existing species?

What is beauty, and what is its political function? In what ways might it help undermine white supremacy and cultivate a more democratic political culture? Robert Gooding-Williams will shine a light on W. E. B. Du Bois’ attempts to answer these questions during the decade surrounding the First World War and will offer a groundbreaking account of the philosopher’s aesthetics.

Join us for a special evening in London! In a 2005 poll carried out by the BBC Radio show “In Our Time”, Karl Marx was voted the greatest philosopher of all time, winning more than double the number of votes of the second place thinker. Yet Marx’s relation to philosophy is by no means straightforward, as the speakers in this event will demonstrate.

Christoph Schuringa will argue that analytic philosophy's enduring power can only be understood by examining its social history. While it tends to think of itself as apolitical, transcending the changing scenes of history, Schuringa will show that it is actually shaped by highly specific sets of political and social forces that joined together after the Second World War.