What makes a classical liberal?

• What we'll do

FREE EVENT

5.30 PM - Registration and networking
5.45 PM - An Introduction to the Nightwatchman Society and how we can take this forward.
6.00 PM - What makes a Classical Liberal ? by Prof Razeen Sally
6.30 PM - 7.15 PM - Q&A + Open Discussion with Prof Razeen Sally and Dr Asanga Welikala.
7.15 PM Onwards - Networking and closing.

• About the talk
What are the elements that make up classical liberalism ? How is it different from liberalism and libertarianism? and does the classical liberal vision for society have answers to the challenges we face now and in the future? Prof Razeen Sally will explore this and more in this inaugural talk at the Nightwatchman Society.

• What to bring
An open mind and your friends who'd like a good discussion on ideas around society and the role of the state.

• About speakers

RAZEEN SALLY

Prof Razeen Sally is the associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, and Chairman of the Institute of Policy Studies. He was on the faculty of the London School of Economics for eighteen years, where he also received his PhD. He has held adjunct teaching, research and advisory positions at universities and think tanks in the USA, Europe, Africa and Asia. He is on the Global Agenda Council for Competitiveness of the World Economic Forum, and was awarded the Hayek Medal by the Hayek Society in Germany in 2011. He is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society.

Razeen Sally’s research and teaching focuses on global trade policy and Asia in the world economy. He has written on the WTO, FTAs, and on different aspects of trade policy in Asia. He has also written on the history of economic ideas, especially the theory of commercial policy.

ASANGA WELIKALA
Dr Asanga Welikala is Lecturer in Public Law at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh, and the Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law. He is also a Research Associate of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, and Research Fellow of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), Sri Lanka. Asanga's research interests lie in comparative constitutional law, applied constitutional theory, and Commonwealth constitutional history. • The Nightwatchman Society
The TNS is a meet-up group set up to discuss classical liberal ideas.