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SUMMARY:Literature & Archives Group - Ulysses
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 6 June at 5.30 pm. \nThe Adventures of Ulysses: Liverpool\, Sex and the World of James Joyce \nIn celebration of the centenary of our edition of James Joyce’s ground-breaking classic novel\, we are delighted to welcome Joyce expert Professor Frank Shovlin of the University of Liverpool to talk about the novel itself\, its connections to Liverpool and our limited edition Egotist Press copy of the novel\, published in 1923. \nWhether you have read the novel or not\, however much or little you know about the author\, this is an unmissable opportunity to hear more about this great writer and his work from an internationally renowned speaker. \nYou are invited to join us after the talk for a special buffet\, with nods to the novel\, in the Newsroom. Tickets are £16.50 and can be booked via the members’ website or at reception. The talk itself\, in the Library Reading Room\, is free.
URL:https://theathenaeum.org.uk/event/literature-archives-group-ulysses/
LOCATION:The Athenaeum Liverpool\, Church Alley\, Liverpool\, L1 3DD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:New Members Welcome Evening & Buffet
DESCRIPTION:On the last Friday of the month we welcome new Proprietors as they sign the historic Share Register. A drinks reception will take place in the Reading Room ahead of the signing at 7:00pm. A buffet will follow in the Newsroom from 7:30pm. Open to all members\, a great opportunity to meet more of your fellow members. \n£15.00 per person.
URL:https://theathenaeum.org.uk/event/new-members-welcome-evening-buffet/
LOCATION:The Athenaeum Liverpool\, Church Alley\, Liverpool\, L1 3DD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Liverpool Salon: Taking Control
DESCRIPTION:The Liverpool Salon: Taking Control \nSaturday 24 June 12.30- 13.45 pm \nPeter Ramsay\, Professor of Law\, London School of Economics discusses his book Taking Control: Sovereignty and Democracy after Brexit. \nStay on after the event to continue the conversation over drinks or lunch in the Athenaeum’s elegant newsroom.  \nTaking Control \nThree years after Brexit many are asking what benefits has it delivered. \nThe promises of national sovereignty and democracy still divide\, with Brexiteers claiming gains\, Rejoiners trumpeting losses\, but very little seems to have changed politically. Few could deny that politics at Westminster currently look even more decrepit and incompetent than before the Brexit earthquake.  \nPeter Ramsay argues that both sides got Brexit wrong. The European Union is neither a supranational nanny state nor an internationalist project for peace and prosperity\, but rather the way in which European elites have tried to evade accountability to voters as the political life of their own nations has decayed.  \nThe nation-states of Europe were transformed into EU member-states as governments were forced to rule the void where representative politics used to be. Leaving the EU has fully exposed this chasm between rulers and ruled but done nothing to close it.  \nNevertheless\, the abiding legacy of Brexit has been to place what were previously abstract questions of the people\, the state\, sovereignty and representation back at the centre of political life. The need to address these questions and build wider democratic engagement has never seemed so urgent.  \nThis book argues for a radical\, forward-looking reconstitution of the British nation-state through strengthening representative democracy. But is the idea of taking control hopelessly utopian in today’s globalised world? And with the return of war in Europe\, might the re-constitution of nation-states be dangerously dystopian?  \nJoin the discussion at the Liverpool Salon\, with Peter Ramsay\, Professor of Law\, London School of Economics and co-author of Taking Control: Sovereignty and Democracy after Brexit (Polity 2023).  \n“This is the most important book to come out of the struggles over Britain’s membership of the EU\, and it makes all other works on the subject look trivial. The authors provide a profound analysis of the issues involved\, and show how only thorough-going changes in Britain’s political and constitutional arrangements will be able to respond to the challenges of this near-revolutionary moment.” Richard Tuck\, Professor of Government Theory\, University of Harvard \n“This book forcefully argues that Brexit was no more than the first step in a long process of rebuilding a democratic nation-state\, indeed a democratic nation\, out of the ruins of a politics without national sovereignty. Sovereign democracy requires effective institutions of civic representation that disempower a political elite content with ruling the void. This book is a breakthrough for democratic theory and a milestone for political debates on the future of democracy.” Wolfgang Streeck\, Emeritus Director\, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies\, Cologne\, Germany \n“The condition of post-Brexit Britain is grim. This excellent book shows that this has little to do with having lost the putative benefits of EU membership. Far more important is the British state’s steady incapacitation and the decay of neoliberal political parties. The promise of “taking control” remains\, but only if Britain undergoes a democratic and social transformation. ”Costas Lapavitsas\, Professor of Economics\, SOAS London \nCopies of the book will be available at a discount on the day.  \nTickets: £7.50
URL:https://theathenaeum.org.uk/event/the-liverpool-salon-taking-control/
LOCATION:The Athenaeum Liverpool\, Church Alley\, Liverpool\, L1 3DD\, United Kingdom
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