A Colloquium on ‘Liberalism in Crisis’

Harris Manchester College, Oxford, 5th – 7th September 2024

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.