The
return of religion - and other myths
Conference on 'Religion, Culture and Identity'
St Mary's University College, London, 24 November 2007
Why
immigration is a social problem
Seminar on 'The Political and Cultural Debates Surrounding
Migrant Workers in the UK'
The Advanced Leadership Development Programme,
University of Oxford, 8 November 2007
Free
speech in a plural society
Opening addresss to the
19th meeting of European Cultural Magazines
London, 27 October 2006
'Freedom
of speech must include the licence to offend'
Debate oragnised by Intelligence Squared
Royal Geographical Society, London, 7 June 2006
Hate
speech in a plural society
EU NGO forum on
'Incitement, hate speech and the right to free expression'
Lancaster House, London, 8-9 December 2005
Why do we still believe in race?
Cheltenham Festival of Science, 6 June 2003
'Can multiculturalism work?'
Debate with Adam Kuper, Bonnie Greer and Frahad Khosrokharvar
Conference on 'Attention Seeking: Multicululturalism and the Politics of Recogntion'
Institut Français, 16 November 2002
Flexibility, plasticity and agency
Interdisciplinary Symposium on Flexibility
University of Oslo, 15-17 March 2002
The changing meaning of race
Dayschool on 'The Reinvention of Race'
Oxford University Department of Continuing Education
Rewley House, Oxford, 22 September 2001
Materialism, mechanism and the human mind
Rationalist Press Association conference, 13 July 2001
Man, beast and zombie
Edinburgh International Science Festival, 16 April 2001
'What is it to be human?'
Debate with Susan Blackmore
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 5 December 2000