Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual.
Žižek in 2015
Žižek speaking in 2011
Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London, is a research university located in the Bloomsbury neighborhood of London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. Established in 1823 as the London Mechanics' Institute by its founder Sir George Birkbeck and its supporters- Jeremy Bentham, J. C. Hobhouse and Henry Brougham- Birkbeck is one of the few universities to specialise in evening higher education in the United Kingdom.
Sir George Birkbeck, founder of Birkbeck, University of London
Part of the main Birkbeck campus in Bloomsbury, showing the main entrance (on the right).
The former main entrance of Birkbeck College; the new entrance is on the other side of this building.
The interior of the new library.