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September 29th, 2015

The Nature of Memory: Perspectives from Art, History and Neuroscience

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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Forum for Philosophy

September 29th, 2015

The Nature of Memory: Perspectives from Art, History and Neuroscience

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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Jessica Bland/Adam Roberts/ Sebastian Groes/ Barry C Smith/ Hugo Spiers

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Tuesday 29 September 2015, 6.30 – 8.00pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre

Speakers
Jessica Bland, Principal Researcher in Policy and Research, Nesta
Adam Roberts, Science Fiction Novelist and Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature (Royal Holloway, London)
Sebastian Groes, Senior Lecturer in Enligh Literature (University of Roehampton)
Barry C Smith, Professor of Philosophy (Birkbeck) and Director of the Institute of Philosophy

Chair
Hugo Spiers, Senior Lecturer in Experimental Psychology (UCL)

Our ability to recall the past is a fundamental feature of what makes us human. While neuroscience has advanced our understanding of memory, how do these insights relate to memory as understood in the classics, literature, and art?

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