Nineteen academics from a wide range of disciplines will take part in this year’s ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ Series of talks at the Hay Festival, one of the most prestigious literary festivals in the world.
The history, myths and legends surrounding the last Muslim ruler in Spain – whose surrender ended seven centuries of Islam at the heart of Western Europe – is the subject of a new book and Hay Festival appearance by ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ academic Elizabeth Drayson.
A host of ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ academics, including Nobel Laureate Sir John Gurdon, will be speaking on subjects ranging from stem cell technology and Alzheimer’s to the future of North Korea and the history of conspiracy theories at this year’s Hay Festival.
Eight of the talks from the ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ Series from this year’s Hay Festival are now available for users to stream or download online.
Jennifer Wallace took part in the ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ series at this year's Hay Festival and spoke on a panel on whether tragedy is the perfect form for the modern world. She gives her impressions of the event and of the Festival itself.
¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ is fielding a series of talks and debates by leading academics on a range of global challenges at this year's Hay literary Festival.
Is tragedy the perfect dramatic form for our current predicament? Or has the classic idea of catharsis through viewing the suffering of others become much more problematic in an age of 24/7 news and the internet? An event at this year's Hay Festival will investigate.
Following a successful talk at Hay in 2010, Professor Paul Cartledge will be playing a major part in a series of 10 discussions on Ancient Greece at this year's festival, alongside ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ's own regular programme.
Is democracy up to our 21st-century problems? Will the UK ever sort out its relationship with Europe? Is tragedy the perfect form for the modern plight?
The books that have changed our view of the Universe, eruptions that shook the world and Stalin's fiercest henchmen are just some of the themes that will be under discussion during the popular ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ Series at this year's Hay Literary Festival.
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