Forthcoming Events

UK Dialogues 2025

Sun 8 June
What is good disagreement? 
Facilitated by Hannah Altorf
London, Lancaster Hall Hotel
This dialogue is fully booked. For waiting list places contact s.j.banks@durham.ac.uk

Sat 28 June
What is my responsibility to future generations?
Facilitated by Sarah Banks
St Chad’s College, Durham
Further details and booking form can be found here.
Contact: s.j.banks@durham.ac.uk

Sat 12/Sun 13 July
Question to be confirmed
Facilitated by Rachel Kellett
Kaliwoods, Holton, Suffolk
Contact: rachelkellett@gmail.com

Sat 25 Oct
Choice of 2 dialogues, Questions to be confirmed
Facilitated by Julie-Marie ffrench Devitt and Anna Bromley
Lancaster Hall Hotel, London
Contact: s.j.banks@durham.ac.uk

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Socratic dialogues 2025 in Germany (including dialogues in English)

February 28 – March 3: Schloss Buchenau, Hesse (SG 01/2025)

• Wolfgang Dinges: What does it mean to really encounter someone? (Dialogue in English)

• Paolo Dordoni/Lucie Winklerová: Was heißt es, mutig zu handeln?

• Horst Gronke: Wozu schreiben wir?

• Christiane Stüber: Wie stark engagiere ich mich?

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April 12 – 17: HVHS Springe near Hannover (SG 02/2025)

• Klaus Blesenkemper: Wo liegen die Grenzen unserer Toleranz?

• Sebastian Clauss: Was bedeutet es, einen Film zu verstehen?

• Bernadette Thöne: mathematisches Thema

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Jun 13-15: HVHS am Seddiner See near Potsdam (LEK/2025)

Gisela Raupach-Strey: Lektüreseminar (in German)

Textgrundlage: Otfried Höffe: Die hohe Kunst des Verzichts

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September 5-7: Diakonieverein Zehlendorf, Berlin (SG 03/2025)

• Tatiana Arrigoni: What is the value of nature? (Dialogue in English)

• Johannes Bahn: Was ist ein gerechter Lohn?

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October 10-12: Liborianum Paderborn (SG 04/2025)

• Wolfgang Dinges: What does it mean to ‘manage’ oneself? (Dialogue in English)

• Volker Rendez: Was ist Selbstverwirklichung?

• Mechthild Goldstein/Katrin Nortdorf: Mathematisches Thema

• Uwe Rose: Was ist Gelassenheit?