Press releases for recent ICA talks and talks series.
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Press releases for recent ICA talks and talks series.
Press releases for recent ICA talks and talks series are listed in chronological order below. All releases are available as Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
Who do you think you are?
June - July 2006
A series of lectures and debates at the ICA talks us through the crisis of British identity, and suggests some radical solutions, speakers include David Blunkett, Faisal Devji, Amartya Sen, Gautam Malkani, Ekow Eshun and Hari Kunzru.
Migrations of the Mind
May 2006
Migrations of the Mind is a day-long PEN/ICA conference to coincide with International Writers Day. Primarily this will be a day in honour of the literary migrants who fuse cultures, challenge received wisdom, and open up new spaces for everyone to inhabit. Speakers include Jung Chang, Elif Shafik, Monica Ali, Dubravka Ugresic and Tahar Ben Jelloun.
Shere Hite
May 2006
On Sexual Purity and the new Global Terrorism in conversation with Joan Smith.
Whatever happened to the Working Class?
March 2006
Do the working classes still exist, and, if so, how do they spend their time? Speakers include Paul Abbott, Will Alsop, Barbara Ehrenheich and more.
Naomi Wolf: The Beauty Myth Revisited
January 2006
One of the most highly regarded feminist thinkers and author of The Beauty Myth , Naomi Wolf comes to the ICA to revisit her work on beauty in discussion with Natasha Walter.
The End of Multiculturalism?
9-25 November 2005
A short series of ICA talks looks at the future for multiculturalism in Britain and in Europe. Speakers include Tariq Ramadan, Richard Holloway, David Goodhart, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Gerry Adams.
Eternal Youths
October 2005
Is our increasing acceptance of the cosmetic surgeon's knife empowering - evidence of the extraordinary mutability of the body - or does it show evidence of something more damaging and more conservative?
An Evening with Ken Loach
October 2005
A unique opportunity to spend an evening with the uncompromising film director Ken Loach.
Eley Kishimoto
September 2005
Following a preview of his new collection, Mark Eley will lead a discussion on the future of menswear.
The Future of Men Talks Series
September 2005
The Future of Men season talks takes stock of the problems faced by modern manhood, and wonders what needs to be done. Speakers include Anne Widdecombe MP, Matt O' Connor, Lionel Tiger, Craig Brown and Slavoj Zizek amongst others.