AKC Podcast

S09 E02: Free Speech and the University 16.10.2023 36:06 ↓

Professor Arif Ahmed discusses the role of free speech in Higher Education

S09 E01: Free Speech and Offence: Can We Draw a Line? 09.10.2023 46:41 ↓

Professor David Ruebain examines freedom of speech from a legal perspective

S08 E09: Witnessing Catastrophe: Theology and Climate Change 27.03.2023 40:23 ↓

Tim Middleton discusses the role of theology and religion in response to climate change and collective trauma

S08 E08: Is climate change a security threat? 20.03.2023 48:28 ↓

Robert Falkner considers climate change from an International Relations perspective

S08 E07: Minimal ethics for a planetary crisis 13.03.2023 38:17 ↓

Dr Joanna Zylinska takes a deep dive into the philosophy of climate change

S08 S06: Climate Change: What can we do? 06.03.2023 47:45 ↓

A panel discussion concerning climate change and our response to it, with a keynote address from Sarah Lunnon (Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil), convened by AKC Director Professor Clare Carlisle

S08 E03: Public Education in an Era of Planetary Emergency 06.03.2023 41:40 ↓

Ben Rawlence, founder of Black Mountains College, discusses the role of education in preparing us to live in a new era of planetary emergency and climate crisis

S08 E05: Art and Activism 20.02.2023 38:54 ↓

Margaret Heffernan considers the role of activism in the arts

S08 E04: Palaeolithic Climate Change: What can we learn from our ancient ancestors? 13.02.2023 39:21 ↓

Hilary Davies talks about sites of historic interest in the Dordogne valley and beyond, and asks what lessons we can learn from palaeolithic societies

S08 S02: Climate Change: Finding the Right Story 30.01.2023 43:50 ↓

Professor Mike Hulme discusses a variety of narratives concerning climate change

S08 E01: Taking the Planet into Uncharted Territory 23.01.2023 43:16 ↓

Dame Professor Julia Slingo discusses the impact of humanity on planet earth

S07 E09: St Francis at the Engine Room 12.12.2022 50:46 ↓

Julie Gittoes, Andrew Kwapong and Graeme Mortimer Evelyn discuss Graeme's work at St Francis at the Engine Room

S07 E08: St Paul's Cathedral: art old and new 05.12.2022 40:33 ↓

Paula Gooder examines the memorials and artwork in St Paul's Cathedral in the light of the contested history debate

S07 E07: Devotion, Doubt and the 'Down-and-Out': Jean Cocteau's Murals 28.11.2022 44:25 ↓

Caroline Levitt discusses the murals of Jean Cocteau in the Église Notre Dame de France, Leicester Place

S07 E06: Crossing Borders: Art and Religion at the National Gallery 21.11.2022 40:04 ↓

Ayla Lepine discusses her work at the National Gallery intersecting art and religion

S07 E05: Westminster Abbey: Art and Memory 14.11.2022 48:05 ↓

Jamie Hawkey discusses the art of Westminster Abbey and its role in the curation of national memory

S07 E04: Paying to enter our Father's house: the cost of living our metaphors 31.10.2022 49:57 ↓

Neil MacGregor discusses the ethics of places of worship charging for entry

S07 E03: Call to Holy Ground: Connecting People and Place 24.10.2022 34:02 ↓

Laura Moffatt from Art & Christianity describes her partnership with the artists Fourthland and faith communities in Epping Forest and Walthamstow

S07 E02: Diasporic Longings: Exploring Migration and Entanglement Through Architecture 17.10.2022 33:08 ↓

Dr Shahed Salem shares some of his work on mosque design in the UK and discusses how migration and architecture relate to each other

S07 E01: How Art and the Sacred Interact in Contemporary London: A Live(ly) Conversation 10.10.2022 45:02 ↓

Professor Ben Quash introduces this semester's lecture series by examining sacred spaces in London, and the interplay between art, commerce and sacred space in the capital.

S06 E09: Free speech in the secular university 28.03.2022 44:02 ↓

Dr Ruth Sheldon

S06 E08: The Dance of Radical and Moderate Religion 21.03.2022 38:46 ↓

Professor Linda Woodhead discusses what makes religion go radical

S06 E07: Religion and the Black Radical Tradition 14.03.2022 36:01 ↓

Dr William Ackah discusses the history of the black radical tradition

S06 E06: The Recruitment and Roles of Women and Children in the Islamic State Group 28.02.2022 45:40 ↓

Dr Gina Vale discusses the roles of women and children within the Islamic State group

S06 E04: Gender and Fundamentalism 14.02.2022 52:57 ↓

Dr Sukhwant Dhaliwal discusses the intersection between gender, fundamentalism and human rights