Events

PAST EVENT: ARCHITECTURE & HAPPINESS: A Dialogue between Ben Rogers and Roger Scruton

Thursday 6 October 2011, 6.30 - 8.00 pm

Open to the public. Admission free

At the Old Theatre, Old Building, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Architecture is the most public of artforms and has borne political, religious and moral meanings throughout history. Can architecture promote human well-being? And if so, how?

This event is jointly organized by the Forum for European Philosophy (reg. charity no. 1070105) and the London Society Journal. The speakers:

• Ben Rogers is Director of the Centre for London think-tank. He has written books on philosophy and history, and recently edited a series of papers for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, on beauty and public policy.
• Roger Scruton is a writer and philosopher. He holds visiting positions at St Andrews University in Scotland, the University of Oxford and the American Enterprise Institute in Washington.
• Chaired by Simon Glendinning, Reader in European Philosophy, European Institute, London School of Economics, and Director of the Forum for European Philosophy
• Introduced by William Arthurs, Editor of the London Society Journal, and a Trustee of the London Society since 2001

A transcript of this event appears in issue 462 of the Journal.

Photograph: Old Kent Road (Louise Wakefield).