2011 Archive

Professor Philip Schofield talks about Jeremy Bentham's Utilitarianism on the Philosophy Bites podcast.
Professor Philip Schofield gave this year's Conway Memorial Lecture at Conway Hall, on 26 October 2011, entitled 'Jeremy Bentham: Prophet of Secularism'. Listen to a recording of the lecture, or an interview with Professor Schofield (both items courtesy of the Pod Delusion podcast).
The Bentham Project was honoured with an Award of Distinction by the Prix Ars Electronica for its Transcribe Bentham initiative!
The Bright Club podcast about Bentham featured Dr Valerie Wallace and comedian Helen Keen.
A video was produced about the Bentham Project's editorial work and the Transcribe Bentham initiative.
New Directions in Bentham Studies: An International Symposium was held at Bentham House, UCL, on 9 December 2011.
The 11th conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies (ISUS) took place in Lucca in Italy on 23-25 June 2011, hosted by the University of Pisa.
Jeremy Bentham: Selected Writings, edited by Stephen Engelmann, now published.
Transcribe Bentham staff were interviewed and featured in radio piece and accompanying article for Deutsche Welle World.
The Bentham Project was awarded a Beacon Bursary from UCL Public Engagement to run Bentham in the Community: a programme of public events.
Programme for conference on Global Justice, Private Morality and Utilitarian Perspectives, Rome, Italy, June 20 2011.
2011 Bentham Seminars (Wednesdays 11:00am - 1:00pm. Committee Room, School of Public Policy, The Rubin Building, 29-30 Tavistock Square, University College London)
- 2 March 2011: Dr Malcolm Quinn (University of the Arts, London) Reading Reynolds with Bentham. The Idea of the Art School in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain
- 9 March 2011: Dr Valerie Wallace (UCL) Bentham and Scottish Presbyterianism
- 16 March 2011: Francesco Ferraro (Milan) Adjudication and Expectations. Bentham on the Role of Judges
- 23 March 2011: Dr Xiaobo Zhai (Beijing/UCL) Bentham on the Division of Power