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13 April – 11 July 2015
A diary of events open to the
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EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES, DIALOGUES, DISCUSSIONS
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April
Monday 13, 10am-8pm PUBLIC EXHIBITION
Atrium Gallery, Old Building
LSE Arts public exhibition
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A View From the Border: everyday
lives in Burma’s conflict zones in
times of transition
This photo exhibition portrays Burma’s conflict-ridden borderlands.
How does the country’s wider transition affect the everyday lives of
ethnic minorities, including displaced communities and insurgents?
This exhibition is open to all, no ticket is required. Visitors are welcome
Monday-Friday between 10am and 8pm. Please check lse.ac.uk/arts
for details. This exhibition closes on Friday 8 May.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7107 5342.
Monday 20, 9.30am-7pm CONFERENCE
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Department of Management SSIT conference
15th Social Study of ICTs Workshop
This year’s SSIT workshop will focus discussion on the underpinning
processes of digital innovation and the significance of emerging
social and economic changes. Info: Registration required. See event listing on
lse.ac.uk/management for more details. #SSIT2015
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Monday 20, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC CONVERSATION
New Theatre, East Building
LSE public conversation
The World Beyond Your Head: how
to flourish in an age of distraction
SPEAKER: Matthew Crawford
With ever-increasing demands on our attention, how do we focus
on what’s really important in our lives? Matthew Crawford will be
in conversation with Professor Richard Sennett.
Matthew Crawford is a philosopher and mechanic. A Senior Fellow
at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of
Virginia, he also runs Shockoe Moto, a motorcycle repair shop.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSECrawford
Wednesday 22, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Global South Unit public lecture
Myanmar: politics, pragmatism
and foreign policy
SPEAKER: Professor David I Steinberg
Professor Steinberg will explore longer term past governance trends
in Myanmar, their interplay with Myanmar’s international relations,
and factors influencing such relations after the 2015 elections.
David I Steinberg is Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies
Emeritus, Georgetown University.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7487 7664. #LSEMyanmar
Thursday 23, 12.30-2pm PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Global South Unit public discussion
Myanmar’s 2015 Elections: hopes,
expectations and certitudes
SPEAKERS: Professor David I Steinberg, Min Zin, Myat Thu,
Hein Myat Thu Htet
David I Steinberg is Distinguished Professor of Asian
Studies Emeritus, Georgetown University. Min Zin is a regular
contributor to The Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog and PhD
candidate, University of California, Berkeley. Myat Thu is
Director and co-founder of the Yangon School of Political Science.
Hein Myat Thu Htet is a foundation doctor at the New Cross
Hospital, Wolverhampton.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7487 7664. #LSEMyanmar
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The upcoming general elections in Myanmar are a litmus
test for the country’s transition process. This roundtable will
discuss pre-election strategising and post-election scenarios
and implications.
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Monday 27, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC DISCUSSION
New Theatre, East Building
Forum for European Philosophy “Ethics Matters”
public discussion Is Politics Based on Morality?
SPEAKERS: Dr Fabienne Peter, Professor Catherine Rowett,
Dr Stephen de Wijze
Is politics the instrument of moral ideals and values? Is it “applied
morality”? This panel will discuss the contrast between political
moralism and political realism.
Fabienne Peter is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the
University of Warwick. Catherine Rowett is Professor of
Philosophy at the University of East Anglia and Green Party
parliamentary candidate for South Norfolk. Stephen de Wijze is
Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Manchester.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEmorality
Monday 27, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Systemic Risk Centre public lecture
Integrating Financial Stability
and Monetary Policy Analysis
SPEAKER: Øystein Olsen
Øystein Olsen will discuss both analytical and organisational
aspects of integrating monetary policy and financial stability
and share experiences from Norges Bank so far.
Øystein Olsen is the Governor of Norges Bank.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSESRC
Tuesday 28, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Systemic Risk Centre public lecture
The Root of All Good
SPEAKER: Andrew Palmer
Andrew Palmer will launch his new book, Smart Money, which
looks at the new era of financial innovation that promises to
benefit us all.
Andrew Palmer has worked at The Economist since 2007,
currently as Head of Data Journalism and is an alumnus of LSE.
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Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSESRC
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Tuesday 28, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Department of International Development
public lecture
The Power of a Single Number:
a political history of GDP
SPEAKER: Dr Philipp Lepenies
Why has GDP become the most powerful statistical figure in
human history, and why have previous attempts to “dethrone”
its importance proven futile?
Philipp Lepenies is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced
Sustainability Studies, Potsdam and an alumnus of LSE.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 3486 2626. #LSEGDPhistory
Thursday 30, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
LSE public lecture
Chile: building bridges in the
international arena
SPEAKER: Dr Heraldo Muñoz
Chile is striving to a more inclusive development; respect for
international law and the peaceful settlement of international
disputes; and a multilateral trade system.
Heraldo Muñoz is Chile’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. Both a
policy-maker and a scholar, he has authored over 20 books on
international relations and politics.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEChile
Thursday 30, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) and
International Inequalities Institute public lecture
Inequality: what can be done?
SPEAKER: Professor Sir Tony Atkinson
DISCUSSANTS: Tom Clark, Professor Baroness Lister
Introducing his new book, Professor Atkinson will argue we can do
much more about inequality than skeptics imagine.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEinequality
lse.ac.uk/events
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Tony Atkinson is a Centennial Professor at LSE and a Fellow of
Nuffield College, Oxford. Tom Clark writes for The Guardian and
is the author of Hard Times: the divisive toll of the economic slump.
Ruth Lister is Baroness Lister of Burtersett and Emeritus Professor
of Social Policy at Loughborough University.
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Tuesday 5, 12 -1pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Shaw Library, Old Building
LSE European Institute “Perspectives on Europe”
public lecture
Portugal’s Way Forward: how to turn
challenges into opportunities and lessons
into policy
SPEAKER: Maria Luís Albuquerque
Following a difficult adjustment
period, the Portuguese economy
is now recovering and standing on
more solid ground. This lecture will
set out Portugal’s economic plans
moving forward.
Maria Luís Albuquerque is the
Portuguese Minister of State
and Finance.
Info: [email protected] or call
020 7955 6043. #LSEPortugal
Tuesday 5, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Old Theatre, Old Building
LSE IDEAS public lecture
China, the United States and Asia in
the 21st Century
SPEAKER: Professor Arne Westad
In his final lecture before taking
up the Chair in US-Asian Relations
at Harvard, Professor Westad will
discuss today’s Chinese-American
rivalry for influence in Asia.
Arne Westad is Director of
LSE IDEAS.
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Info: [email protected] or call
020 7955 6043. #LSEWestad
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Tuesday 5, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Ralph Miliband Programme “War and Peace”
lecture series
Barrel of a Gun? The Armed Struggle
for Democracy in South Africa
SPEAKER: Gillian Slovo
CHARLIE HOPKINSON
Gillian Slovo will reflect on
revolutionary heroism and the
impact of the ANC’s turn to
armed struggle in the fight for
democracy in South Africa.
Gillian Slovo is a South
African born novelist, playwright
and memoirist.
Info: [email protected] or call
020 7955 6043. #LSESlovo
Tuesday 5, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
New Theatre, East Building
Gendering the Social Sciences: a Gender Institute
public lecture
Reparations and the Human
SPEAKER: Professor David L Eng This lecture draws on Professor Eng’s forthcoming book,
Reparations and the Human, which investigates the problem
of reparations and human rights in Cold War Asia.
David L Eng is Richard L Fisher Professor of English at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7602.
Tuesday 5, 6.30-8pm DIALOGUE
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Forum for European Philosophy “Consilience” dialogue Evolutionary Benefits of False Beliefs? SPEAKERS: Professor Dominic Johnson, Dr Ryan McKay
The human mind produces countless biases, illusions and
predictable errors. Are such false beliefs adaptive? Have they
evolved for a reason?
Dominic Johnson is Alastair Buchan Professor of International
Relations at the University of Oxford. Ryan McKay is Senior
Lecturer in Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7539. #LSEbeliefs
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Wednesday 6, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
LSE Works: Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
(CASE) public lecture
Making a Difference in Education:
what the evidence says
SPEAKERS: Professor Robert Cassen, Professor Sandra
McNally, Professor Anna Vignoles
DISCUSSANT: Professor Steve Strand
The speakers will review the findings of Making a Difference in
Education: what the evidence says, about raising pupil outcomes
and narrowing the social gap in the UK.
Robert Cassen is a Visiting Professor at CASE, LSE; in 2008 he
received an OBE for services to education. Sandra McNally is
Professor of Economics at the University of Surrey and Director of
the Education and Skills Programme in the Centre for Economic
Performance, LSE. Anna Vignoles is Professor of Education at the
University of Cambridge, a Research Associate at the Institute for
Fiscal Studies and a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Education.
Steve Strand is Professor of Education at the University of Oxford.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEworks
Wednesday 6, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
New Theatre, East Building
Department of Sociology Inaugural Lecture
Divided Cities: urban inequalities in
the 21st century
SPEAKER: Professor Fran Tonkiss
What kinds of cities are emerging
as urbanisation grows alongside
worsening inequality? Why does
urban inequality matter, and
what is distinctive about urban
inequalities now?
Fran Tonkiss is Professor of
Sociology at LSE and Director of
the Cities Programme.
Info: [email protected] or call
020 7955 6043. #LSETonkiss
Wednesday 6, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Old Theatre, Old Building
Department of International Relations public lecture
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Anglo-American Civilisation and its
Discontents in World Affairs
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SPEAKER: Professor Peter Katzenstein
Professor Katzenstein will discuss the Anglo-American civilisation, how
it compares to the world’s other civilisations, and the possibilities for
a more inclusive global civilisation.
Peter Katzenstein is the former President of the American
Political Science Association and the Walter S Carpenter, Jr
Professor of International Studies at Cornell University.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEUKUS
Thursday 7, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Forum on Religion and Department of
Anthropology public discussion
Money and its Redemption SPEAKERS: Dr Laura Bear, Professor David Graeber, Professor Bill Maurer
Can “bad money” be made good? Leading economic
anthropologists will debate the morality of money, philosophies
of philanthropy, and the lure of redemption. Laura Bear is Associate Professor of Anthropology at LSE.
David Graeber is Professor of Anthropology at LSE. Bill Maurer
is Professor of Anthropology and Law at UC Irvine.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEmoney
Monday 11, 10am-8pm PUBLIC EXHIBITION
Atrium Gallery, Old Building
LSE Arts public exhibition
LSESU Visual Arts Society Annual Show
With support from the LSE Annual Fund, this annual exhibition
showcases artwork produced by the Visual Arts Society, as well
as artwork created by non-members, which ranges from paintings
to calligraphy and photography.
This exhibition is open to all, no ticket is required. Visitors are welcome
Monday-Friday between 10am and 8pm. Please check lse.ac.uk/arts
for details. This exhibition closes on Friday 12 June.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7107 5342.
Monday 11, 10am-5pm CONFERENCE
Old Theatre, Old Building
International Inequalities Institute, Department of
Sociology and British Journal of Sociology conference
A day-long conference with
Thomas Piketty, whose Capital in
the 21st Century has been of global
significance in shaping debates
about inequality across the globe.
Info: Registration required. See
event listing on lse.ac.uk/events
for more details.
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Inequality in the 21st
Century: a day long
engagement with
Thomas Piketty
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Monday 11, 6-7pm PUBLIC CONVERSATION
LSE campus, venue TBC to ticketholders
Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre
public conversation
Dealing with China
SPEAKER: Hank Paulson
Hank Paulson will discuss his new book, Dealing with China, which
takes readers behind closed doors to the future of China’s statecontrolled capitalism. He will be in conversation with Financial
Times Editor Lionel Barber.
Henry M (Hank) Paulson, Jr is founder and Chairman of the
Paulson Institute. He served as the 74th Secretary of the Treasury
under President George W Bush and, prior to that, was Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs. Info: Tickets available from 5 May at lse.ac.uk/events. #LSEPaulson
Monday 11, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
New Theatre, East Building
Department of International Relations public lecture
The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian
traditions and a sustainable future
SPEAKER: Professor Prasenjit Duara
Professor Duara will discuss his new book, which suggests that
Asian ideas can help us address the crises of the 21st century.
Prasenjit Duara is the Raffles Professor of Humanities and Director of
the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEmodernity
Monday 11, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Forum for European Philosophy public discussion The Good Life
SPEAKERS: Dr Amber Carpenter, Professor Josh Cohen,
Dr Edward Skidelsky
What makes a life good? Does the “good life” name an individual
experience or a social goal?
Amber Carpenter is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Yale-NUS
College and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York.
Josh Cohen is Professor of Modern Literary Theory at Goldsmiths,
University of London and a practising psychoanalyst. Edward
Skidelsky is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Exeter.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7539. #LSEgoodlife
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Tuesday 12, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Old Theatre, Old Building
Ralph Miliband Programme public discussion
The Election and the Left
SPEAKERS: Professor John Curtice, Polly Toynbee,
Hilary Wainwright
What do the results of the British general election mean for the left?
John Curtice is Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University.
Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist. Hilary Wainwright is
the Editor of Red Pepper magazine.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEleft
Thursday 14, 10.30am-6pm COLLOQUIUM
New Theatre, East Building
Department of Mathematics colloquium
One-Day Colloquium in Combinatorics 2015
SPEAKERS: Dr Christina Goldschmidt, Sir Timothy Gowers,
Dr Will Perkins, Dr Alexey Pokrovskiy, Professor
Lex Schrijver, Professor Frank Vallentin
The opportunity to hear prominent
and promising mathematicians from
the UK and abroad speak on a
variety of topics within the broad
field of combinatorics.
Annual Biggs Lecture delivered
by Timothy Gowers (pictured),
famous for his work in functional
analysis, combinatorial number
theory and combinatorics.
Info: [email protected] or
call 020 7955 7494. #CC2015
Thursday 14, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Psychology as Social Science public lecture
The Moral Challenge of Robust
Cultural Pluralism
SPEAKER: Professor Richard
A Shweder
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Are there limits to liberal moral concepts
for judging others? What does a highly
developed social intelligence look like?
Can there be cultural difference without
economic inequality?
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Richard A Shweder is a cultural
anthropologist and cultural psychologist
and the Harold Higgins Swift Distinguished
Service Professor in the Department of
Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEShweder
Thursday 14, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Old Theatre, Old Building
LSE Commission on Gender, Inequality and Power
and Department of Economics public lecture
Inequality Matters: austerity policies,
gender and race
SPEAKER: Professor Stephanie Seguino
Austerity policies lead to cuts in social spending that have a
potentially disproportionately negative effect on women, youth
and racial or ethnic minorities.
Stephanie Seguino is Professor of Economics at the University
of Vermont and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEtalksgender
Thursday 14, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Hellenic Observatory public lecture
The Golden Dawn’s “Nationalist Solution”:
explaining the rise of the far right in Greece
SPEAKERS: Dr Daphne Halikiopoulou, Dr Sofia Vasilopoulou
DISCUSSANT: Dr Othon Anastasakis
Dr Halikiopoulou and Dr Vasilopoulou will present their new book,
which places the rise of the Golden Dawn in the context of the
Eurozone crisis.
Daphne Halikiopoulou is a Lecturer in Comparative Politics in the
Department of Politics and International Relations at the University
of Reading. Sofia Vasilopoulou is a Lecturer in Politics in the
Department of Politics at the University of York. Othon Anastasakis is
Director of the European Studies Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford,
Director of South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX) and a
Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and International
Relations, University of Oxford.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7107 5326.
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Monday 18, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE public lecture
In Defence of a Liberal Education
SPEAKER: Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Zakaria is host of CNN’s flagship foreign affairs show
Fareed Zakaria GPS, a Washington Post columnist, a contributing
editor for The Atlantic and a New York Times bestselling author.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEZakaria
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Fareed Zakaria argues the turn away from the liberal arts is a
mistake. In today’s world, the jobs of the future will go to people
who have creativity, curiosity, and social skills, precisely the
strengths of a broad based education.
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Monday 18, 6.30-8pm DIALOGUE
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Forum for European Philosophy dialogue Belief and Evidence
SPEAKERS: Dr Clayton Littlejohn, Dr Daniel Weiss
Do we have a right to pick and choose our beliefs, or must we
always believe what the evidence seems to show?
Clayton Littlejohn is Lecturer in Philosophy at King’s College
London. Daniel Weiss is Polonsky-Coexist Lecturer in Jewish
Studies in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7539. #LSEbelief
Monday 18, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Old Theatre, Old Building
Gender Institute and Feminist Theory public lecture
Decolonising Gender
SPEAKER: Professor Raewyn Connell
Professor Connell will consider connections of knowledge
with feminist politics in the neoliberal era, when new forms
of patriarchy have emerged.
Professor Raewyn Connell is Professor Emeritus at the
University of Sydney.
Info: Tickets available from 11 May at lse.ac.uk/events.
#LSEConnell
Tuesday 19, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC CONVERSATION
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Legal Biography Project public conversation
In Conversation with Sir Stephen Sedley
SPEAKER: Sir Stephen Sedley
As part of LSE’s Legal Biography
Project, Sir Ross Cranston will
interview Sir Stephen Sedley on
his life and career in the law.
Stephen Sedley was appointed
a high court judge in 1992 and a
Lord Justice of Appeal in 1999.
Info: [email protected] or
call 020 7955 7687. #LSESedley
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Wednesday 20, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE Works: LSE Research Festival and Institute
of Public Affairs public lecture
Above the Parapet – Women in Public Life
SPEAKER: Dr Purna Sen
As part of LSE Research Festival
2015 the Above the Parapet project
will showcase its recent research
on women in public life.
Purna Sen is Deputy Director
of the Institute of Public Affairs
at LSE.
Info: [email protected] or call
020 7955 6043. #LSEworks
Wednesday 20, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
New Theatre, East Building
Ralph Miliband Programme public lecture
Class War Conservatism
SPEAKER: Professor Robin Blackburn
This lecture marks the launch of a new collection of essays by
Ralph Miliband. Professor Blackburn will examine how the British
New Left understands the failings of the State.
Robin Blackburn is Professor of History and Sociology at Essex
University and former editor of New Left Review.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7944.
Wednesday 20, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Old Theatre, Old Building
Department of Social Policy public lecture
The Government Paternalist:
nanny state or helpful friend?
SPEAKER: Professor Julian
Le Grand
If someone smokes, drinks, takes
drugs, or tries to assist in a friend’s
suicide, does the government have
the right to intervene? If so, how?
Julian Le Grand is Richard Titmuss
Professor of Social Policy at LSE.
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Info: [email protected] or call
020 7955 6043. #LSELeGrand
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Wednesday 20, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE Cities public lecture
The Happiness of Cities
SPEAKER: Professor Ed Glaeser
Residents of big cities typically earn
higher wages, but are they any
happier? According to life satisfaction
surveys, American cities were once
less happy than rural areas. Ed Glaeser is Fred and Eleanor
Glimp Professor of Economics at
Harvard University.
Info: [email protected] or call
020 7955 6043. #LSEGlaeser
Thursday 21, 5.30-8.30pm PUBLIC EXHIBITION
Lower Ground Floor, New Academic Building
LSE Research Festival 2015 public exhibition
A Public Exhibition of Social
Science Research
An exhibition of films, photographs and posters by researchers
from LSE and elsewhere. Visitors to the exhibition will have the
chance to discuss the work on display with researchers.
This exhibition is open to all, no ticket is required. Visitors are
welcome between 5.30pm and 8pm. Find more information at
lse.ac.uk/researchfestival.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7107 5343.
#LSEResFest15
Thursday 21, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
New Theatre, East Building
Department of Government Brian Barry
Memorial Lecture
Good Neighbour Nation: the
democracy of everyday life
SPEAKER: Professor Nancy Rosenblum
The “good neighbour” falls between the poles of public and
private morality. Professor Rosenblum will probe the democracy
of everyday life, often hidden, that shapes these relations.
Nancy Rosenblum is the Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics
in Politics and Government at Harvard University.
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Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7553. #LSEBrianBarry
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Thursday 21, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Old Theatre, Old Building
STICERD Morishima Lecture
Scarcity: a talk for people too busy
to attend talks
SPEAKER: Professor Sendhil
Mullainathan
Why does poverty persist? Why do
the busy feel perpetually behind? Why
do diets fail? The scarcity mindset
connects these diverse behaviors.
Sendhil Mullainathan is a Professor
of Economics at Harvard whose main
interest is behavioural economics.
Info: [email protected] or call
020 7955 6043. #LSEscarcity
Tuesday 26, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Old Theatre, Old Building
Department of Geography and Environment and
Grantham Research Institute public lecture
Quality of Life in Urban China: economic
growth and the environment
SPEAKER: Professor Matthew Kahn
Professor Kahn, a leading expert
on environmental and urban issues,
will examine China’s economic
growth to present key issues from
his latest research.
Matthew Kahn is a Professor in the
UCLA Institute of the Environment
and Sustainability.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEKahn
Tuesday 26, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC DEBATE
New Theatre, East Building
LSE Department of Sociology and Runnymede Trust
public debate
Race and Class: challenging inequalities
SPEAKERS: Liz Fekete, Professor James Nazroo,
Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard
MAY
This event will consider the ongoing significance of race and class
to shaping inequalities in contemporary British life.
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Liz Fekete is the Executive Director of the Institute for Race
Relations and Head of its European Research Programme. James
Nazroo is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre on
Dynamics of Ethnicity. Debbie Weekes-Bernard is Head of
Research at the Runnymede Trust.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSERunnymede
Thursday 28, 6-7pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Old Theatre, Old Building
Malinowski Memorial Lecture 2015
Equality Without Equivalence: reflections
on life in common
SPEAKER: Dr Harry Walker
What would individualism and equality look like if detached
from their foundations in a logic of equivalence?
Harry Walker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Anthropology at LSE.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEMalinowski
Thursday 28, 7-9pm DIALOGUE
6th floor cafe, Saw Swee Hock Student Centre
LSE Research Festival and LSESU dialogue
Social Science Soapbox
LSE researchers will take to the soapbox to debate their
research with the public in one of LSE’s newest café bars.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7107 5343.
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Monday 1, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Old Theatre, Old Building
Ralph Miliband Programme “War and Peace”
lecture series
A Lecture by Kevin Rudd
SPEAKER: Kevin Rudd
Drawing on both his high-level political insights and personal
expertise, Kevin Rudd will discuss the rise of China, the enduring
influence of the United States and the changing balance of power
in the Pacific.
Kevin Rudd was Leader of the Labor Party and twice Prime
Minister of Australia.
Info: Tickets available from 21 May at lse.ac.uk/events. #LSERudd
Monday 1, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Department of Finance and Financial Markets Group
public lecture
Irrational Exuberance: as relevant as ever
SPEAKER: Professor Robert J Shiller
Robert Shiller, who warned of both
the tech and housing bubbles, will
now caution that signs of irrational
exuberance among investors have
only increased since the 2008-09
financial crisis.
Robert J Shiller, the recipient of
the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics,
is a best-selling author, a regular
contributor to the New York Times,
and a Professor of Economics at Yale University. This event marks
the publication of a new edition of Irrational Exuberance.
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Monday 1, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC DEBATE
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE Law and British Government@LSE public debate
What Has the Magna Carta Ever
Done for Us?
SPEAKERS: R
obert Craig, Professor Conor
Gearty, Professor Francesca
Klug, Dr Mara Malagodi
What’s so great about the Magna Carta? In all
the frenzy of celebration, LSE Law academics
will sound a few warnings against hype.
Robert Craig is a teacher of Jurisprudence
and Public Law at LSE. Conor Gearty
(pictured) is Director of the Institute of Public
Affairs and Professor of Human Rights Law at
LSE. Francesca Klug (pictured) is Professorial
Research Fellow in LSE Law. Mara Malagodi
is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in
LSE Law.
Info: [email protected] or call
020 7955 7687. #LSEMC
Tuesday 2, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Old Theatre, Old Building
Forum for European Philosophy public discussion On Free Speech
SPEAKERS: Professor Lisa Appignanesi, Professor Rae Langton,
Dr Stephen Law, Professor Peter McDonald
What does it mean to have a right to free speech, and who has
the right to curtail it?
Lisa Appignanesi, prize-winning writer, novelist, broadcaster
and cultural commentator, is Visiting Professor in the Department
of English at King’s College London. Rae Langton is Professor
of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Stephen Law is
Lecturer in Philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London.
Peter McDonald is Professor of English and Related Literature at
the University of Oxford.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEfreespeech
Tuesday 2, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Institute of Public Affairs public lecture
Above the Parapet – Women in
Public Life
JUNE
SPEAKER: Professor Sylvia Tamale
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Professor Tamale will talk about her journey to be a prominent
Ugandan academic, reflecting on obstacles faced and dynamics
that enabled her progress.
Sylvia Tamale is a Ugandan academic and Above the Parapet
Senior Visiting Fellow at LSE.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7849 4915. #LSETamale
Wednesday 3, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for
Economic Performance public lecture Why Are We Waiting? The Logic, Urgency
and Promise of Tackling Climate Change
SPEAKER: Professor Lord Stern
of Brentford
Transition to a low-carbon
economy and rapid structural
transformations to the world
economy provide a story of growth
and poverty reduction that is
attractive and sustainable.
Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Professor
and Chair of the Grantham Research
Institute on Climate Change and the
Environment at LSE and President
of the British Academy.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEStern
LSE-PKU SUMMER SCHOOL
BEIJING, 10 -21 August 2015
Explore important issues relevant to contemporary
China with a group of international students and
professionals led by world-class academics from LSE
and Peking University.
lse.ac.uk/LSEPKUSummerSchool
Wednesday 3, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Forum for European Philosophy public discussion What is Enlightenment?
SPEAKERS: Dr Sacha Golob, Dr Ankhi Mukherjee,
Dr Danielle Sands
How can Kant’s essay “Answering the Question: what is
enlightenment?” help us to address current questions of European
identity, secularisation and the “clash of civilisations”? Sacha Golob is Lecturer in Philosophy at King’s College London.
Ankhi Mukherjee is Associate Professor of English at the
University of Oxford. Danielle Sands is Lecturer in Philosophy at
Royal Holloway, University of London and a Forum for European
Philosophy Fellow.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7539.
#LSEenlightenment
Wednesday 3, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Old Theatre, Old Building
LSE public lecture
Do it Like a Woman: contemporary
feminist activism and how you can
change the world
SPEAKER: Caroline Criado-Perez
A lecture by the woman who took on the Bank of England, Twitter
and the criminal justice system, Caroline Criado-Perez, who will
celebrate women’s rights activists from around the world to inspire
you to get out there and change it for the better.
Caroline Criado-Perez is a British journalist and feminist activist. In
2013, she won the Liberty Human Rights Campaigner of the Year
Award and was named one of the Guardian’s People of the Year.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEwomen
Tuesday 9, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Old Theatre, Old Building
Department of Social Policy public lecture
Misbehaving: the making of
behavioural economics
SPEAKER: Professor Richard Thaler
JUNE
Dismissed at first by economists as an amusing sideshow, the study
of human miscalculations and their effects now drives efforts to make
better decisions in our lives, our businesses and our governments.
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Richard Thaler is the Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished
Service Professor of Behavioural Science and Economics, Director
of the Center for Decision Research at the University of Chicago’s
Graduate School of Business and author of Misbehaving.
Info: Tickets available from 2 June at lse.ac.uk/events. #LSEThaler
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Tuesday 9, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Forum for European Philosophy public discussion Alienation and Disenchantment
SPEAKERS: Professor Akeel Bilgrami, Professor John Cottingham,
Professor Joanna Hodge
How can we find meaning and value in a materialistic world?
Professor Bilgrami will discuss his new book with Professor Cottingham
and Professor Hodge.
Akeel Bilgrami is Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy
at Columbia University. John Cottingham is Professor Emeritus
of Philosophy at the University of Reading. Joanna Hodge is
Professor of Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7539. #LSEFEP
Wednesday 10, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC CONVERSATION
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Centre for the Study of Human Rights public conversation
Rhetoric and Reality: from Magna Carta
to human rights today JO METSON SCOTT
SPEAKERS: Shami Chakrabarti,
Professor Francesca Klug
This event celebrates the launch of
A Magna Carta for All Humanity:
homing in on human rights by
Francesca Klug.
Shami Chakrabarti (pictured) is
Director of Liberty and author of On
Liberty. Francesca Klug is Professorial
Research Fellow in the Centre for the
Study of Human Rights, LSE.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEKlug
Thursday 11, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Department of Management public lecture
Why Consumers (Don’t) Buy: the GO and
STOP signals
SPEAKER: Professor Amitav
Chakravarti JUNE
Successful consumer insights and
policy interventions follow a hit-or-miss
pattern. The GO-STOP signal framework
explains why this pattern occurs and
demonstrates how to avoid it.
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Amitav Chakravarti is Professor
of Marketing in the Department of
Management, LSE.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEconsumers
Monday 15, 10am-8pm PUBLIC EXHIBITION
Atrium Gallery, Old Building
A public exhibition in association with LSE Arts
Designing the Urban Commons
An exhibition of the ten
winners of “Designing the
Urban Commons”, an ideas
competition to investigate
the commons as an approach
to urban design, with London
as a test bed.
This exhibition is open to all,
no ticket is required. Visitors
are welcome Monday-Friday
between 10am and 8pm
and Saturday between 12pm
and 5pm. Please check lse.ac.uk/arts for details. This exhibition
closes on Saturday 11 July.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7107 5342.
Wednesday 17, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Centre For Macroeconomics and Department of
Economics public lecture
Disinflation and Deflation: where? why?
and what’s next?
SPEAKER: Professor Kristin Forbes
Inflation has fallen sharply in most countries around the world –
an apparent victory in the long battle for price stability. How much
of the decline in inflation is caused by short-term and temporary
influences or are there permanent structural changes in the global
economy generating a new era of permanently lower inflation?
Kristin Forbes is the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor
of Management and Global Economics at MIT’s Sloan School of
Management. In 2014 she also became an External Member of
the Monetary Policy Committee for the Bank of England.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEecon
Thursday 18, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Old Theatre, Old Building
LSE and BBC Radio 4 public lecture
After Your Death
Imagine you discovered that shortly after your death an asteroid
would destroy the world. How would that affect how you lived
your life? Would you bother to come to this session with renowned
philosophy professor Sam Scheffler? We think you should. This
lecture will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Analysis.
Samuel Scheffler is University Professor and Professor of
Philosophy and Law at New York University.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEAnalysis
JUNE
SPEAKER: Professor Sam Scheffler
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Monday 22, 6.30-8pm DIALOGUE
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Forum for European Philosophy dialogue Are We Stewards of the Earth?
SPEAKERS: Professor Claire Colebrook, Dr Jennifer Gabrys
Are humans exceptional amongst living beings? How should
they understand their relationship with, and responsibilities
towards, the natural world?
Claire Colebrook is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at Penn
State University. Jennifer Gabrys is Reader in Sociology
at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7539. #LSEFEP
Tuesday 23, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Old Theatre, Old Building
Institute of Public Affairs public lecture
Above the Parapet –
Women in Public Life
SPEAKER: Julia Gillard
This event is part of the Above the
Parapet project, which seeks to
capture the experiences of high
profile women who have shaped
public life.
Julia Gillard was Prime Minister
of Australia 2010-13 and the first
woman to hold this position.
Info: Tickets available from 15 June at lse.ac.uk/events. #LSEGillard
Tuesday 23, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Philosophy@LSE and LSE Grantham Institute
public discussion International Cooperation and
Climate Change
SPEAKERS: Dr Alina Averchenkova, Professor John Broome,
Professor Robyn Eckersley, Fergus Green
JUNE
Tackling climate change is crucial for human well-being. So why
has the international community been faltering on effective climate
action? How can we break through the collective-action impasse?
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Alina Averchenkova is Co-Head of Climate Policy in the
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the
Environment at LSE. John Broome is Emeritus White’s Professor
of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Robyn Eckersley
is Professor of Political Science in the School of Social and Political
Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Fergus Green is Policy
Analyst and Research Advisor to Professor Stern in the Grantham
Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEclimate
Thursday 25, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Old Theatre, Old Building
Forum for European Philosophy “Consilience”
public discussion
The Folly of Crowds?
SPEAKERS: Professor Peter Ayton, Dr Sepideh Bazazi,
Professor Chris Frith
In our modern world we are constantly exposed to the
opinion of the group. When is the crowd wise and when is
it prone to madness?
Peter Ayton is Professor of Psychology at City University
London. Sepideh Bazazi is a researcher at the Centre on Animal
Cognition, DYNACTOM, Université Paul Sabatier. Chris Frith is a
psychologist and Professor Emeritus at the Wellcome Trust Centre
for Neuroimaging, University College London.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEcrowds
Monday 29, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC CONVERSATION
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Department of Anthropology, Department
of International Development and Department
of International Relations public conversation
The Sichuan Earthquake and Civil Society
in China
SPEAKERS: Professor William
Callahan, Ye Fu,
Professor Jude Howell
The response of volunteers to the
Sichuan Earthquake of 2008 was
unprecedented. Ye Fu will reflect on
civil society and grassroots politics in
China since.​
William Callahan is Professor of
International Relations at LSE. Ye Fu
(pictured) is a Chinese writer and
activist. Jude Howell is Professor of
International Development at LSE.
Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEChina
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Wednesday 1, 6.30-8pm PUBLIC LECTURE
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
LSE Law public lecture
Democracy’s Last Whisper: climate
change, experts and economisation
SPEAKER: Professor Wendy Brown
Does the urgency of addressing
climate change supervene concerns
with democracy, condemning
21st century humanity to antidemocratic “rule of experts” and
“rule of markets”?
Wendy Brown is Class of 1936
First Professor of Political Science,
University of California, Berkeley.
Info: [email protected] or call
020 7955 6043. #LSEBrown
Explore important issues relevant to
contemporary Africa with a group of
international students and professionals,
taught by world-class academics from
LSE and the University of Cape Town.
lse.ac.uk/LSE-UCTJulySchool
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Angelina Jolie Pitt, co-founder of the
Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative
Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian lawyer
and writer
Katrine Marçal, lead editorial writer for
the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister
of Scotland
Kaushik Basu, Senior Vice President
and Chief Economist of the World Bank.
LSE alumnus
Mervyn King, a former Governor of the
Bank of England and founder of LSE’s
Financial Markets Group
Muhammad Yunus, founder of
Grameen Bank. Awarded a Nobel Peace
Prize in 2006. Honorary Graduate of LSE
Judith Butler, Maxine Elliot Professor in
the Department of Comparative Literature
and the Program of Critical Theory at the
University of California, Berkeley
Pippa Malmgren, founder of DRPM
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