Oakeshott Lectures: Amy Wax - Free Our Shaving Cream: Young Conservatives’ Discontent

Professor Amy Wax delivers the third Oakeshott Lecture of 2026 on young conservatives' discontent, followed by an onstage discussion with Professor Eric Kaufmann.

In the third Oakeshott Lecture of 2026, legal scholar Professor Amy Wax analyses the key causes of discontent among young conservatives. After the lecture she is joined onstage by demographer and political scientist Professor Eric Kaufmann for a public discussion. The event runs for 90 minutes with no interval, doors open at 4:30pm, and latecomers are not admitted. It is suitable for all ages.