LSE Events Programme, 13 April–11 July 2015

events 13 April – 11 July 2015 A diary of events open to the LSE community and the public

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: arts@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: gsu@lse.ac.uk 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: gsu@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: k.mcdonald@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEinequality

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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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May 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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

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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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: k.steward@lse.ac.uk 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: j.cardinale@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: arts@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: j.cardinale@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: r.c.lumb@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: hellenicobservatory@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7107 5326. #LSEGoldenDawn

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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: j.cardinale@lse.ac.uk 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: law.events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: n.russell@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: researchfestival@lse.ac.uk 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: gov.admin@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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

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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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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 cafÊ bars.

Info: researchfestival@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7107 5343. #LSEResFest15

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June 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.

Many LSE public events are now certified for CPD purposes by the Continuing Professional Development Certification Service. More info can be found on individual web listings at lse.ac.uk/events

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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: law.events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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

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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: d.m.schildknecht@lse.ac.uk 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 Â

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: events@lse.ac.uk 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.

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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: j.cardinale@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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

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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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LSE residences offer good quality, centrally located bed and breakfast accommodation to all during the winter, spring and summer vacations!

Ideal for an affordable stay in London, whatever your reason for visiting. In addition there is a ten per cent discount available for bookings made by LSE staff, students and alumni.

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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: j.cardinale@lse.ac.uk 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

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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: events@lse.ac.uk 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

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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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: arts@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEAnalysis

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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: j.cardinale@lse.ac.uk 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

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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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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: events@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 6043. #LSEChina

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July 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: events@lse.ac.uk 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

Key to identification of recent speakers at LSE featured on the cover 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 Group and a former US Presidential Adviser. LSE alumna

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