After 11 September, many claimed that the world had 'changed forever'. But how did it change? How has political and cultural life been affected by the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington? And what does the response to 11 September tell us about our attitude to risk and uncertainty?   This event has now sold out. Bishopsgate Institute, London 10.30 - 10.45   Introduction   Speaker:   Mick Hume (editor, spiked)     10.45 - 12.15   New grievances or old hatreds?     'Why do they hate us?' many asked in the wake of 11 September. They debated whether the hijackers were motivated by old-fashioned religious fanaticism, or whether the attacks were a consequence of US policy in the Middle East. Some were even willing to believe that 'we deserved it'. What do these reactions tell us about the Western state of mind? And given that many of the terrorists' ideas seem to have been formed in Europe and America, should we be looking closer to home for the seeds of fundamentalism?   Speakers:   Hazhir Teimourian (Middle East analyst) Josie Appleton (spiked) Kenan Malik (author, The Meaning of Race) Chair: Mick Hume (editor, spiked) Read on: session details and readings     1.30 - 3.00   Has history started again?     Are we witnessing a 'clash of civilisations' - or are we still at the 'end of history'? Everybody seems to have a theory about how the world has changed since 11 September - but what really changed, and how is the future shaping up?   Speakers:   Francis Fukuyama (author, The End of History and the Last Man) Frank Furedi (author, Culture of Fear) Chair: Helene Guldberg (spiked) Read on: session details and readings     3.30 - 5.00   Anthraxiety: fear and freedom     Our societies seem gripped by anxiety. Post-11 September, many Americans complain of feeling permanently ill, and across the West fears abound about everything from anthrax to flying. Such worries often bear little relationship to actual dangers - so why is society so fearful? When the orthodoxy has become that the most important freedom is 'freedom from fear', what happens to the freedom to debate, protest, and pursue our ideals?   Speakers:   Michael Fitzpatrick (author, The Tyranny of Health) Simon Wessely (professor of psychiatry) Thomas Deichmann (editor, Novo magazine) Chair: Jennie Bristow (spiked) Read on: session details and readings     5.00   Closing remarks   Speaker:   Mick Hume (editor, spiked)         Contact us   Press:   contact Sandy Starr on 020 7269 9232 or email Sandy.Starr@spiked-online.com   General:   contact Helene Guldberg on 020 7269 9228 or email Helene.Guldberg@spiked-online.com