The Thatcher and Major Governments In Retrospect: reflections on 18 years in power
The Maurice Fraser Annual Lecture Series
Location: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Date: Thursday 21 June, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke CH QC MP in conversation with Professor Tony Travers, Interim Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy and Professor Kevin Featherstone, Head of LSE European Institute
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How To Lose a Referendum
Date: Monday 4 June, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Jason Farrell, Sky News Senior Political Correspondent
Paul Goldsmith, Politics and Economics Teacher, Latymer Upper School and Author of the Goldblog
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The French Revolution: one year on
Date: Thursday 24 May, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Jean Pisani-Ferry, Professor at Sciences Po Paris and the Hertie School of Governance Berlin, Mercator Senior Fellow at Bruegel and Programme and Ideas Director for Emmanuel Macron's presidential campaign
Christine Ockrent, Journalist, Broadcaster, Editor-In-Chief of L'Express and former Chief Operating Officer of France 24 and RFI
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Counter Revolution: liberal Europe in retreat
Date: Wednesday 16 May, 18.30 - 20.00
Speaker: Jan Zielonka, Professor of European Politics and Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford
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The Other Neoliberalism: German Ordoliberalism after the Euro crisis
Date: Thursday 10 May, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Michelle Everson, Professor of Law, School of Law, Birkbeck University of London
Albert Weale, Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, Department of Political Science, UCL
Jonathan White, Professor of Political Science, LSE European Institute
David Woodruff, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, LSE Department of Government
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The Catalan Crisis: populism and secessionism
Date: Tuesday 8 May, 18.30 - 20.00
Speaker: Dr Pedro Sanchez, Secretary General of PSOE (Spanish Socialists and Workers' Party), leader of the Spanish opposition and vice president of the Socialist International
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Europe In a Map: people and borders in times of change
Date: Wednesday 2 May, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Simon Glendinning, Professor of European Philosophy, LSE European Institute and Director of the Forum for European Philosophy
Elspeth Guild, Jean Monnet Professor ad personam, Queen Mary University of London and Radboud University Nijmegen
Natascha Zaun, Assistant Professor in Migration Studies, LSE European Institute
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Euroscepticism and the Future Of European Integration
Date: Thursday 26 April, 18.30 - 20.00 Speakers: Tony Barber, Europe Editor of the Financial Times Catherine De Vries, Professor of Politics and Director of the Essex Centre of Experimental Social Science, Department of Government, University of Essex Simon Hix, Harold Laski Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, LSE
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The Greco-German Affair In the Euro Crisis: mutual recognition lost?
Date: Tuesday 20 March, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni, PhD student, LSE European Institute
Kalypso Nicolaïdis, Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for International Studies, University of Oxford
Claudia Sternberg, Senior Research Associate, UCL European Institute
Jonathan White, Professor of Politics, LSE European Institute
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Article 50: one year on
Date: 12 March 2018
Speakers: Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law, University of Cambridge
Simon Hix, Harold Laski Professor of Political Science, LSE Department of Government
Jill Rutter, Programme Director for Brexit, Institute for Government
Tony Travers, Director, LSE Institute of Public Affairs
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The Brexit Negotiations: the view from Brussels
Date: Monday 5 March, 18.30 - 20.00
Speaker: Stefaan De Rynck, Senior Adviser to Michael Barnier (Chief EU Negotiator for Brexit) and Professor, College of Europe
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Brexit: what next?
Date: Thursday 1 March, 18.30 - 20.00
Speaker: Hilary Benn, Labour MP for Leeds Central and Chair of the Select Committee on Exiting the European Union
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Perspectives for the European Common Security and Defence Policy
Date: Wednesday 28 February, 16.00 - 17.15 Speaker: Ursula von der Leyen, German Minister of Defence
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The Impact Of Brexit On London
Date: Tuesday 27 February, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Naomi Clayton, Policy and Research Manager, Centre for Cities
Niamh Moloney, Professor of Law, LSE Law Department
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Combatting the Five Giants In Twenty-First Century European Welfare States
Date: Thursday 21 February 2018, 16.00 - 17.15
Speakers: Kathleen Henehan, Resolution Foundation
Professor Nicola Lacey, School Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy at LSE and an Associate Member of the International Inequalities Institute
Stewart Wood Baron Wood of Anfield
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Citizens' Basic Income Day
Date: 20 February 2018, 09.00 - 17.45
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Academic Freedom and the New Populism
Date: 8 February 2018, 18.30 - 20.00
Speaker: Michael Ignatieff, Rector and President of Central European University
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What Do the Italian Elections Mean For Europe?
Date: Wednesday 31 January 2018, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Francesco Caselli, Norman Sosnow Professor at the LSE Department of Economics
Lorenzo Codogno, Visiting Professor in Practice at the LSE European Institute
Miriam Sorace, Fellow in EU Politics at the LSE European Institute
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Economic Convergence In the Euro Area: coming together or drifting apart?
Date: Monday 29 January, 12.30 - 14.00
Speaker: Jeffrey Franks, Director of the IMF Europe Office and Senior Resident Representative to the European Union
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Clean Brexit: why leaving the EU still makes sense
Date: 17 January 2018, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Liam Halligan, British economist, journalist and broadcaster
Dr Gerard Lyons, leading UK and international economist and writer
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Challenges For the Eurozone
Date: Thursday 11 January, 18.30 - 20.00 Speaker: Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President of the Eurogroup and former Netherlands Minister of Finance Listen to podcast
Less Populist, More Popular: my vision for the EU in 2018
Date: 18 December 2017
Speaker: Pierre Moscovici, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
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The Brexit Alternatives and Their Implications
Date: 27 November 2017
Speakers: Joachim Blatter, Professor of Political Science, University of Lucerne
Erik O. Eriksen, Director of ARENA and Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo
Sieglinde Gstöhl, Director of the Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies, College of Europe
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The Implications Of Brexit For Human Rights In the UK
Date: 22 November 2017
Speaker: Conor O' Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law, LSE Department of Law
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The Future Of the Euro
Date: 21 November 2017
Speaker: Paul de Grauwe, John Paulson Chair in European Political Economy, LSE European Institute
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Regional Economic Impacts Of Brexit
Date: 15 November 2017
Speakers: Swati Dhingra, Lecturer in Economics, LSE Department of Economics
Henry Overman, Professor of Economic Geography, LSE Department of Geography and Environment
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The Backlash Against Immigration and the Fate Of Western Democracy
Date: 8 November 2017
Speaker: Sasha Polakow-Suransky, Open Society Foundations Fellow
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The Brexit Negotiations: make or break?
Date: 2 November 2017
Speakers: Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, LSE European Institute
Philippe Legrain, founder of think tank Open and Senior Visiting Fellow, European Institute
John Rentoul, Chief Political Commentator for The Independent and Visiting Professor, King's College London
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No More Cake and Eat It: making a Brexit deal for workers
Date: 31 October 2017
Speaker: Frances O'Grady, TUC General Secretary
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UK and EU Foreign Policy Challenges Following Brexit
Date: 25 October 2017
Speaker: Karen Smith, Professor of International Relations, Department of International Relations, LSE
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The Impact Of Brexit On European Financial Centres
Date: 23 October 2017, 18.30 - 20.00
Speaker: Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Finance Minister
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Orbán's Hungary: an exception or a role model for Central and Eastern Europe?
Date: 18 October 2017
Speaker: Paul Lendvai, Hungarian-born Austrian journalist and author
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The Political Economy Of Monetary Solidarity: understanding the Euro experiment
Date: 12 October 2017
Speakers: Philippe Legrain, think tank Open, Senior Visiting Fellow, LSE European Institute
Jonathan White, Professor of Politics, LSE European Institute
Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy, University of Cambridge
Dr Waltraud Schelkle, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE European Institute
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The Future Of Europe Post-Brexit
Date: 28 September 2017
Speaker: Guy Verhofstadt, Head of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament and the Brexit negotiation team
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Can National Politics Still Support International Integration? The case of the EU
Date: 25 September 2017
Speaker: Professor Mario Monti, Head of Bocconi University
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A Changing Germany In a Changing Europe? The German elections and their implications for Europe
Date: 14 September 2017
Speakers: Professor William Paterson, Aston University
Christian Odendahl, Centre for European Reform
Dr Natascha Zaun, Assistant Professor in Migration Studies, LSE European Institute
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