Clever but not Wise: The Limits of AI and the Space of the Human
Is AI about to take over and become AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)? This talk argues that although AI is intelligent, it is not wise.
- 21 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
- Price: Free
Words That Wound: Exploring Online Offensive Language
Social media is full of creativity and fun, but it’s also a space for everyday insults. In our talk, based on our new book "Words That Wound: Exploring Online Offensive Language", we explore how offensive language works online and what it reveals about digital life.
- 21 March 2026, 18:00 - 19:00
- Price: Free
Love of Rumi – flow and spirit: a performative fashion show
Experience the essence of Rumi's poetry through a captivating fusion of fashion and performance, celebrating love, flow, and spirit.
- 21 March 2026, 19:00 - 21:00
- Price: £27.80
Stories from Builders of the Broken Bazaar
Dr Tabish Zaman, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, ARU, asks what truly counts as entrepreneurship. Drawing on Builders of the Broken Bazaar, he shows how—far from the stable, formal models we teach and research—enterprise in fragile contexts becomes survival, resilience, and a burden people are forced to turn into a resource. It’s time we stop romanticising and start recognising this reality.
- 24 March 2026, 18:00 - 19:00
- Price: Free
Learning From Legendary Coaches “To Swim Against the Current of Your Circumstance”: Coach Soichi Sakamoto and Transcendence
Join us for the ultimate inspiring ‘against the odds’ story of coaching success. Soichi Sakamoto a Japanese-American primary school teacher revolutionised swim coaching and made unlikely dreams come true.
- 24 March 2026, 19:00 - 21:00
- Price: Free
The paradox of speech: how evolutionary simplification made humans the most talkative primate (In-person)
Join us for Professor Jacob Dunn’s Inaugural Professorial Lecture, in which he will explore why humans can speak in eloquent, complex sentences, while our closest primate relatives rely on just a handful of calls.
- 25 March 2026, 18:00 - 19:30
- Price: Free