Events
stay up to date with our upcoming courses and events!
Saturday 12 July 2025
Economics & Law Symposium 2025
Everyone needs a home, a family, community, and connection with nature.
A home is where one starts life from, finds refuge and nourishment in, and enjoys family and neighbours. Homes are more than houses; houses need to be fit for homes. Join this fascinating discussion of principle and humanity in House, Home, Garden, and Family.
Mondays from 16 June
Supporting Carers - A Mindful Approach
Who cares for the Carers?
This course offers practical ways to help Carers, both paid and unpaid, to care for themselves as well as for others.
It offers ways to find rest, save energy, work more efficiently, and lead a happier life.
Saturday 28 June
Poetry of the Mystics
You are invited to an enchanted evening of soul-stirring poetry from traditions of East & West including Sankara, Kabir, Mirabai, Sri Brahmajna, Khalil Gibran, and many more.
The evening will include live traditional music, contemplation & silence. In the interval there will be provided a delicious vegetarian Indian meal.
Spaces very limited
22-28 august, nanpantan hall & online
International Economics & Law Week 2025
A supreme challenge today is to formulate laws and economic policies that bring about prosperity and freedom for everyone. There are many formulations springing from good intention, but injustice, poverty, conflict, and environmental problems abound.
This conference will consider how.
Wisdom Works: free presentations on Stoic Mindfulness
A free series describing simple principles and practices to meet the demands of modern life. Conducted by William Wray, founder of Wisdom Works and Stoic Philosophy as a Way of Life, with the aid of those who have applied these principles in their own lives.
Waterperry, 31 Oct- 02 Nov 2025
Introductory Weekend Retreat
The focus of this retreat is the conscious practice of quietening the mind—to enjoy life more fully, more presently, and in the uplifting company of like-minded people.
Suitable for newcomers and returning students alike!
Nanpantan Hall, 06-10 Sept 2025
Aspects of Light open retreat
All are welcome to enjoy this retreat, in which we will practice living together reducing the concerns and demands of the egoic self, by being fully present, and using mindfulness practices.
There will be music, yoga, creative activities, meditation, and plenty of time and space just to be still and relish this most glorious of natural environments.
This Sacred Land
This Sacred Land is an imaginative, multiyear initiative by the School of Philosophy and Economic Science and its branches across Great Britain.
Free sessions
Philosophy Café
Every Friday during term-time. Register to take part.