On Saturday 14 November the Archives Division are jointly hosting this one day seminar along with the Liberal Democrat History Group and the British Liberal Political Studies Group to mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of On Liberty,  John Stuart Mill’s  most important and enduring work.

• David Howarth, Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge:  The importance of J S Mill and On Liberty to British thought and politics today
• Dr Eugenio Biagini, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge:  J S Mill and the Victorian Liberal Party
• Dr Annabelle Lever, Institute of Science Ethics & Innovation, Manchester Law School:  Mill and the Secret Ballot
• Dr Georgios Varouxakis, Queen Mary, University of London:  Mill’s Vision of International Relations
• Sue Donnelly, Archivist at the LSE Library: The Mill-Taylor Archives at the LSE (with optional visit to see papers in the archive over the lunch break)
• Michael Levin, formerly of Goldsmiths College & visiting professor at San Diego University: Mill and the Threat to Civilization
• Dr Alan Butt Philip, University of Bath and J S Mill Institute: Mill as a politician

Other speakers may be announced later.

The cost of the conference will be £10 to include refreshments at mid-morning and mid-afternoon.