Past Salon Speakers

 

Our list of distinguished past speakers includes: 

  • Natalie Bennett, British politician and former leader of the Green party
  • Dr. Jürg Berthold, Professor of Philosophy at Universität Zürich
  • Dr. Peter de Bolla, Professor of Cultural History and Aesthetics in the English Department at the University of Cambridge
  •  Dr Piers Bursill-Hall, History of Mathematics Professor in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge
  • Dr. Mario Carpo, Professor of Architectural History and Theory at University College, London
  • Jules Evans, philosopher, founder of the London philosophy club
  • Dr. Jessica Frazier, Faculty of Theology and Religion at The University of Oxford
  • Dr.  Alexander Görlach, public intellectual, founder of The European, and Harvard visiting scholar
  • Dr. Tag Gronberg, Reader in the department of Art History at Birkbeck, University of London
  • Dilara Hafiz, author of The American Muslim Teenager's Handbook and Humanities lecturer at Jacksonville University and Flagler College, as speaker.
  • Dr. Michael Hampe, Professor of Philosophy at ETH-Zürich
  • Caspar Henderson, author and journalist
  • David Henty, one of the greatest living art forgers and copyist artists
  • Nicholas Humphrey, psychologist and author
  • Dr. Joachim Jung, Curator at the Nietzsche House in Sils Maria
  • Poets, Ilyas Kassam, James Messiah, and Muj Hameed
  • Dr. Hans Köchler Chairman of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck and President of the International Progress Organization
  • Dr. Alan Kolata, University of Chicago, Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology
  • Dr. Simon May, Professor of Philosophy at Kings College London
  • Dr. Frederick Mulder, philosopher and art dealer, with a specialization in Picasso prints
  • Bruce Parry, award winning BBC documentarian and indigenous rights advocate
  • Dr. Massimo Pigliucci, Professor of Philosophy at CUNY-City College
  • Dr. Thomas Pogge, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University 
  • Susan Quilliam, psychologist
  • Dr. Norma Romm, Professor at the University of South Africa
  • Dr. Martin Ruehl, Lecturer in the Department of German & Dutch, at the University of Cambridge
  • Marcus Du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford
  • Dr. Anders Sandberg, James Martin Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford
  • Dr. Jill Scott, Artist with creative explorations in performance art, video art and new media
  • Dr. Shanahan, Professor of Cognitive Robotics in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London.
  • Dr. Norman Sieroka, ETH Chair of Philosophy and the Turing Center Zurich
  • Dr. Adam S. Wilkins, geneticist and evolutionary biologist, Humboldt-Universitat Berlin