«The Culture of Liberty»
The first session of the seminar series “The culture of liberty and its threats” was held on February 7, 2022 in the auditorium of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. It consisted of a presentation by Elisa Navas, director of the ILE followed by the series’ introductory lecture “The culture of Liberty”, read by the Dutch intellectual Rob Riemen. After the lecture, there followed a dialogue between Rob Riemen and Fernando Vallespín, political scientist and current affairs analyst. The event was conducted entirely in English.
«Is there something wrong with "The West"? The present dispute on our common values»
The second session of the seminar “The culture of liberty and its threats” was held on February 14, 2022 in the auditorium of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. It consisted of a presentation by the president of the ILE, José García-Velasco, followed by the conference “Is there something wrong with “The West”? The present dispute on our common values”, delivered by Professor of Political Science and current affairs analyst Fernando Vallespín. The event was held in Spanish and English.
«The law, the condition of liberty and democracy»
The third session of the seminar series “The culture of liberty and its threats” was held on February 21, 2022 in the auditorium of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. It consisted of a presentation by the coordinator of the seminar series, Fernando Vallespín, followed by the conference “The law, the condition of liberty and democracy”, delivered by the Professor of Philosophy of Law Francisco Laporta. The event was conducted in English and Spanish.
«For a cosmopolitan approach to culture»
The fourth session of the seminar series “The culture of liberty and its threats” was held on February 28, 2022 in the auditorium of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. It consisted of a presentation by the coordinator of the seminar series, Fernando Vallespín, followed by the conference “For a cosmopolitan approach to culture”, delivered by the essayist and professor of Ethics Adela Cortina. The event was conducted entirely in Spanish.
«Democracies and Geopolitics»
The fifth session of the seminar series “The culture of liberty and its threats” was held on March 7, 2022 in the auditorium of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. It consisted of a presentation by the president of the ILE, José García-Velasco, and an introduction by the seminar coordinator, Fernando Vallespín, followed by the lecture “Democracies and Geopolitics”, delivered by the president of the ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics, Javier Solana. The event was conducted entirely in Spanish.
«Science and Democracy»
The sixth session of the seminar series “The culture of liberty and its threats” was held on March 21, 2022 in the auditorium of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. It consisted of a presentation by the seminar series coordinator, Fernando Vallespín, followed by the conversation “Science and Democracy”, which Vallespín himself had with the German writer, television presenter and current affairs analyst Thea Dorn. The event was conducted mainly in German and English.
«Reflections on the Counter-Revolution of Our Times»
The seventh session of the seminar series “The culture of liberty and its threats” was held on March 21, 2022 in the auditorium of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. It consisted of a presentation by the coordinator of the seminar series, Fernando Vallespín, followed by the lecture “Reflections on the Counter-Revolution of Our Times”, delivered by the director of the Ethics, Politics and Economics program at Yale University, Seyla Benhabib. The event was conducted entirely in English.