29 October 2008 – (HARC) speaker: Professor Phillip Ford – Professor Ford traces the re-discovery of Homer in late medieval France and examines its importance in the political discourse on tyranny.
Klaus Berghahn – Peace in the Age of Terrorism: Kant’s Peace Utopia Reconsidered
15 October 2008 – (HARC) – speaker: Professor Klaus Berghahn – Professor Berghahn critically examines Immanuel Kant’s 1795 text in the light of current events, defending the philosopher’s utopian position.