The 2023 Schweitzer Institute Conference took place last Michaelmas Term: 'Albert Schweitzer’s Philosophy of Civilisation a hundred years on: thoughts and reflections'. The day's talks (plus a selection of talks from our archives) can be viewed below
This year’s conference, which is held in conjunction with Harvard University, will be live-streamed from Cambridge and Harvard on 22 November
‘The intellectual and cultural context of Schweitzer’s Work Decay and Restoration of Civilization’
‘'Früher war es anders (In earlier times it was different): Schweitzer between nostalgia and hope for regeneration’
‘Forging the broken sword of idealism anew’
‘Schweitzer and British moral philosophy’
‘Issues surrounding the non-completion of volumes III & IV’
Writing and Amnesia: Some Quests for Jesus that Schweitzer Forgot
Albert Schweitzer and Cambridge University
A Pauline Sensual Spell? Albert Schweitzer’s Eco-mysticism and the Present
Albert Schweitzer as an Intellectual
Schweitzer's Legacy, Climate Change and Food Security on a U.S University Campus
Albert Schweitzer from the African Perspective
Why Albert Schweitzer's Writing is Crucial to New Testament Studies
Why Bother With Albert Schweitzer?
Our Need for the Guiding Principle of Reverence for Life
Personal Recollections of Dr Schweitzer and Lambarene
What can the government do to introduce a more compassionate approach to animal welfare?