Sir Roger Scruton (1944-2020) was one of the most distinguished polymaths of modern times. His work ranged over philosophy, music and aesthetics to politics, religion and law. This inaugural series of free public lectures promoted his legacy by inviting eminent public intellectuals to speak on four topics within an overarching theme. The theme for 2021 was ‘Nation and Civilisation’.
Each lecture was held at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford in October 2021.
Niall Ferguson is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. He is the author of many bestselling books and his most recent, ‘Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe,’ was published by Penguin Press on 4 May 2021.
Michael Gove MP is the Conservative MP for Surrey Heath, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
Robert P. George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University.