Liberal International Isaiah Berlin Lecture 2020 - Dr Henry Hardy

Liberal International Isaiah Berlin Lecture 2020 – Dr Henry Hardy

14/10/2020

In 2020, as societies are fractured by the political and economic consequences of the COVID19 pandemic the wisdom of one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated liberal thinkers, Isaiah Berlin, is needed perhaps now more than ever.

Dr Henry Hardy delivers LI’s 20th-anniversary Isaiah Berlin lecture: Ten Commandments of Isaiah Berlin, followed by a discussion with Lord John Alderdice, President of Honour – Liberal International.

The lecture took place at the National Liberal Club, London, on Wednesday 14 October 2020 and was Live streamed on Facebook.

Participants:

Opening remarks – Dr. Hakima el Haité, 14th President of Liberal International

Keynote speaker – Dr Henry Hardy, Editor and Author. (Co-)editor of eighteen volumes of Isaiah Berlin’s writings

Chair – Lord John Alderdice, Liberal International President of Honour

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