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Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong; credit Michael Lionstar

Catch up: Prokhorov Lecture by Karen Armstrong - Sacred Nature

Religious affairs commentator Karen Armstrong examines the ways in which we can relate to the natural world at a deeper level by adopting attitudes that were assiduously cultivated in the religious traditions of China, India, Greece and Islam.
Professor Evgeny Dobrenko

Evgeny Dobrenko wins AATSEEL award

Professor Evgeny Dobrenko receives the Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship Award of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages.
Akala

Race, class, and imperialism – Akala

Akala took a historical look at the development of racism and race science in the context of class development and European Imperialism for this lecture (Friday 18 October 2019) at the Prokhorov Centre. The event was attended by 400 people.
A photograph of Professor Bob Stern. He wears a white shirt and there are pink flowers behind him.

Robert Stern elected Fellow of the British Academy

Prokhorov Centre member Robert Stern has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy in recognition of his research into the history and ideas of Immanuel Kant and post-Kantian European philosophy.
Pete Wilcox, Bishop of Sheffield

Seeking the welfare of the city: what the church can contribute to the common good – Pete Wilcox, Bishop of Sheffield

Pete Wilcox, Bishop of Sheffield, explored how, in pursuit of the common good, the Church has something to offer to policy-making, as well as project-delivery, in what one might call a prophetic – and not merely pastoral – role.
Audrey Niffenegger

Audrey Niffenegger on work habits

Audrey Niffenegger, bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Wife, gave the third 2018-19 Arts and Humanities Prokhorov Lecture to an audience of 230 people (9 May 2019).
Larry Wolff

Catch up: The singing Turk – Larry Wolff

Larry Wolff gave the second 2018-19 Arts and Humanities Prokhorov Lecture on the topic: The singing Turk – Ottoman power and operatic emotions (28 March 2019).
John Gray

Catch up: Religion, atheism, and the varieties of the good life – John Gray

John Gray gave a lecture on the topic: Literature and freedom of speech (19 February 2019) to an audience of 250 people at Sheffield Cathedral.