{"title": "The challenges to peace and democracy in the Middle East", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-10T20:00:00Z", "place": "London School of Economics and Political Science", "address": "Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/middle-east", "society/politics"], "description": "A public panel discussion, in person on campus and streamed online, on the growing challenges to peace and democracy across the Middle East. It is hosted by the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity, a fellowship programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science, as part of events marking the programme's tenth anniversary. Speakers include Rula Daood and Alon-Lee Green, co-leaders of an Arab-Jewish political party, political scientist Yonatan Levi and Professor Mary Kaldor, with the conversation chaired by Professor Armine Ishkanian. 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The speaker is Beatrice Franzolini from King's College, though the title and abstract of her talk are yet to be announced. It takes place in room HXLY139 in the Huxley Building on the South Kensington Campus. Further details are available from Riccardo Passeggeri.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/statistics-seminar-beatrice-franzolini-kings-college-74054/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/213913/statistics-seminar-beatrice-franzolini-kings-college/", "image": ""}, {"title": "The power of place: how where you live shapes your health", "start": "2026-11-06T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration", "address": "Myddelton Passage 1, EC1R 1AG London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/health", "wellness"], "description": "The power of place: how where you live shapes your health is a free interactive event open to everyone. 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It forms the final chapter of Rakyat Pasti Menang, where Taring Padi presents works from People's Justice, a series rooted in the collective's commitment to art as a tool for political change and social transformation across borders. Drawing on the speakers' personal and collective experiences of constructing progressive alliances, the conversation examines solidarity as the formation of common practices against the co-optation, disciplining, and censorship of the global art-industrial complex.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/peoples-justice-towards-an-understanding-of-art-solidarity-49152/", "official_url": "https://ibraaz.org/whats-on/peoples-justice", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4530f2b39e1c23d2c1a92b6c63f8994b8f6e3866b93f14940dffa9122f30497f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Dr Johannes Keegstra: Biophysics of aquatic microbes: randomness, energetics, and sticky polysaccharides", "start": "2026-11-06T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T16:00:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology/microbiology"], "description": "A free, open-to-all seminar at Imperial College London on the biophysics of aquatic microbes. Speaker Dr Johannes Keegstra explores how bacteria search for dilute nutrient hotspots, why motility is their most expensive trait, and how sticky polysaccharides from algae guide them. He also shows how bacterial chemosensory arrays use signalling fluctuations to navigate information-poor waters.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dr-johannes-keegstra-biophysics-of-aquatic-microbes-randomne-74055/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/214372/keegstra_microbes/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/982aba022973dccc93347defcd773966d6de4fd653a4d3d261e1b3e180e14cbb-2000.webp"}]}