The idea of a Salon was developed in 17th and 18th Century France. Typically they were created and organised by the aristocratic ladies, to hear the ideas of the great thinkers of the time, to debate their meaning, for entertainment, because they believed ideas were important and because they wanted to know where the world was going, and of course to flirt. The Salon was central to the intellectual ferment of the end of 18th Century. They hosted the great thinkers of the time; Diderot, Rousseau, Voltaire. They were the scenes of excitement, outrage, and the shock of the new in a time when ‘the new’ still seemed possible. They signalled a time when the future was still an unwritten book.The East Midlands Salon is organised in homage to those days which only came to end with the eruption of the French Revolution and the arrival of a new constellation: the age of revolutions. Many historians think that Salons helped develop the ideas that ushered in that age.The East Midlands Salon, like those that currently exist in Birmingham Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, New York, Zurich and Lisbon, is inspired by the Institute of Ideas.

East Midlands Salon

Dr Nicholas Joseph will discuss God and why he won’t go away

The Brunswick Inn

At our February East Midlands Salon, Dr Nicholas Joseph will open a discussion about why God won't go away, and whether we really want Him to. Along with religion, Nicholas will talk about politics, and bring in animals and children.* Nicholas is an historian. He is a senior lecturer in Initial Teacher Education at the University of Derby. *Please note the coded admission that he lacks any relevant expertise

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