George Hoare

George is studying for a PhD in the history left-wing thought at Nuffield College, Oxford, and enjoys teaching social theory, as well as the philosophy of education at St Clare’s College, Oxford. He has worked on the Battles in Print to accompany the BOI 2008, interviewing Frank Furedi about Truth and pressing Susan George on Capitalism and Anti-Capitalism, as well as asked if we’re seeing ‘The End of Left and Right’. He is a member of the IoI Postgraduate Forum, where postgraduate students debate the relevance and implications of their work in a critical and engaged inter-discplinary environment.


 Festival Buzz

"The audience were the stars of the Battle of Ideas - engaged, informed and enthusiastic. As a panellist, I felt both ashamed and educated. Exactly as it should be."
John Street, professor of politics, University of East Anglia