Cumberland Lodge Weekend 2024

The weekend is the perfect opportunity to spend some time away from London’s busy life and enjoy the countryside while engaging in exciting philosophical discussions. There will be a programme including lots of stimulating talks and interactive sessions. Additionally, we make sure to allow you enough time to socialise with the faculty and your peers and to enjoy the scenic views of Cumberland Lodge and surroundings.

This trip is one of the highlights of our year, it is always oversubscribed and tickets sell out very quickly. Make sure to purchase your tickets as soon able possible

About Cumberland Lodge

Cumberland Lodge is a secluded venue in the heart of Windsor Great Park offering historic rooms as well as a spacious park. It is renowned as a place for conference spaces that offer the ideal environment for deep thinking and reflection.

Attending Faculty

This year’s academic lead will be LSE Philosophy Associate Professor Jonathan Parry.

More speakers/faculty to be announced.

Preliminary Programme

All seminars and talks will take place in the Flitcroft Room

(The Mews Conference Centre, on the right  of the Main Lodge Building)

Friday

5-5.45pm       Arrival / Tea

5.45pm           Welcome to the Lodge

6.15pm           Dark Comedy: immorality, perspectives and amusement, Zoe Walker (University of Oxford)

7.15                 Dinner

10.00               Bar opens

Saturday

8.15 – 9         Breakfast

10 – 11am     AI, Art & Beauty: Can AI art be beautiful?, Paola Romero (The London School of Economics and Political Science)

11am – 1pm    Morning Free Time (tea and coffee available at the bar please)

1 – 2pm         Lunch

2 – 6pm          Afternoon Free Time (RETURN TO LODGE BY 6PM) – (from 4pm, tea, coffee and cake available at the bar)

6.15pm- 7.15 Mistreating Consent, Elise Woodard (King’s College London)

7.15                Dinner

9.00                Free evening (group socialising must be kept to the Basement)

Sunday (Please vacate rooms by 9am)

9.00-9.45 Breakfast

Sunday morning: Free time with options including a chapel service and a group walk/ tea, coffee and light refreshments at the bar

12-1pm          Are Knowledgeable Voters Better Voters?, Michael Hannon (University of Nottingham)

1 – 2pm          Lunch

2 – 3pm          Free Time before departure

3pm                Depart from Cumberland Lodge

 

Transportation

Students are expected to make their own way to Cumberland Lodge. Directions will be made available to students once tickets are purchased and your registration is complete.

Accommodation

Rooms are shared and you will have the option to state who you would like to share with in the registration form. You will receive this registration form in an email sent to you by our event’s organiser, after you have purchased your ticket.  There are limited single occupancy rooms, which will be allocated based on health and mobility needs, which must be stated in the registration form.

Tickets

The weekend costs £110 per person. You can buy the tickets directly in the LSE e-shop via this link (live on 23 September 2024). Tickets are on a first come first basis and the e-shop link will close on Monday 6 November. It is likely that ticket will sell out before this date and once tickets are gone, they are gone. We advise your purchase as soon as possible.

Once you purchase a ticket, you will receive a sales notification from LSE e-shop. Within a day of this email, you will then receive a separate email from our event’s organiser which will include a link to a registration form requesting more information. This information will be used to create your visitors’ profile for the Lodge. It is important that you complete your registration as soon as possible.

Important:tickets are non-refundable. Students should email m.ojo@lse.ac.acuk with any questions BEFORE purchasing their tickets. If you can no longer attend, it will be your responsibility to find another student to replace you and email their name & email to m.ojo@lse.ac.uk. Students can only transfer for their ticket to another students up to maximum exactly 1 week before the trip. No ticket transfers will be allowed after this.

Bursaries

There are six bursary places available to students. The bursary covers all expenses for the weekend; room and board, and transport to and from Cumberland Lodge.

To be considered, students must fill out this form by 6pm on Friday 18 October 2024.

Successful applicants will be notified a week after the deadline. Other applicants should consider their application unsuccessful if they are not contacted by 6pm on Monday 28 October 2024.

Questions?

We will run an information session to answer any questions you may have about the weekend. A Zoom link to the information session with be sent to all students via email before the date. More information coming soon.

In case you have any questions, please get in touch with our event’s organiser at  m.ojo@lse.ac.uk

We are looking forward to meeting you at Cumberland Lodge!