Summer Term Events 2012
25 June - 29 June
Forum for European Philosophy
Monday 25 June, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: David Goldblatt and Simon Glendinning
'How to Watch the Olympics'
Forum on religion
Wednesday 27 June, 6-7.30pm, New Academic Building LG.09
Speaker: Webb Keane (University of Michigan)
Discussant: Dr Faisal Devji (Oxford University)
'Ethics as Piety'
18 June - 22 June
LSEE
Monday 18 June 2012
2nd Joint PhD Symposium on South Eastern Europe
Organised by Goldsmiths College, University of London & LSEE
More information here.
Forum of European Philosophy
Tuesday 19 June, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Simon Glendinning
'Philosophy and European Union'
Europe@LSE
Thursday 21 June, COW1.11, 12.30 - 14.00
Joan Costa i Font (LSE)
'What Drives the Devolution of Health Care in European Countries?'
**THE ABOVE EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED**
11 June - 16 June
Forum for European Philosophy
Tuesday 12 June, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Richard Bellamy
'Republicanism, Representation and Demoi-cracy in the EU'
4 June - 8 June
Forum for European Philosophy
Wednesday 6 June, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Robert J. C. Young
'Freud on Translation'
Forum on Religion
Wednesday 6 June, 6.30- 8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Rev Dr Giles Fraser
Discussant: Prof John Gray (London School of Economics)
Chair: Dr Matthew Engelke (London School of Economics)
This event will be followed by a reception and marks the public launch of the Programme for the Study of Religion and Non-Religion
'At the Origins of Modern Atheism'
Canada Blanch Centre
Thursday 7 June, 11-8pm, LSE, Portugal Street, Cowdray House, 1st floor, Cañada Blanch Room COW1.11
II Conference Historical Memory: ¿Memorias históricas?
Programa:
11pm
Introducción: Paul Preston (London School of Economics)
11.15 -1pm
Mesa redonda I: La reconstrucción de la represión en la zona rebelde
Invitados: Peter Anderson (Universidad de Bath), Francisco Espinosa (Universidad de Sevilla), Joan Villarroya (Universidad de Barcelona)
3 - 5pm
Mesa redonda II: La reconstrucción de la represión en la zona republicana
Invitados: Paul Preston, Javier Cervera (Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid), José Luis Ledesma (Universidad de Zaragoza)
5.30 - 6.30
Documental Maricarmen España The End of Silence by Martin Jönsson, 2008, 59 min.
28 May - 1 June
Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence
Monday 28 May, 6.30-8.00pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Chair: Dr Jonathan White
Colin Crouch, Professor Emeritus of the Business School of Warwick University
'A European asymmetry: making markets and dealing with their externalities'
Forum for European Philosophy
Wednesday 30 May, 6.30–8pm; Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
Speakers: Stephen Cave and John Gray
'Immortality'
Canada Blanch Centre
Thursday 31 May, 6pm, LSE, Portugal Street, Cowdray House, 1st floor, Cañada Blanch Room COW1.11
José Manuel Romero (abogado de la Casa del Rey de España)
Título por confirmar
Canada Blanch Centre
Saturday 2 June, time and place: tba
Hay Festival Wales
Paul Preston, launch of the Holocaust
21 May - 27 May
Forum For European Philosphy
Tuesday 22 May, 10.30am-6.30pm, Senate House - Room 349, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
International Conference on the Politics of Secession in the European Union
Speakers: Montserrat Guibernau, Xavier Solano, Philippe Van Parijs, Rik Van Cauwelaert, Iain McLean and Stephen Noon
European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Wednesday 23 May, 5pm, LSE campus (tbc to ticketholders)
Corrado Passera, Italian Minister for Economic Development, Infrastructures and Transport
'Austerity and growth: time to shift gear'
European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Wednesday 23 May, 1pm,New Accademy Building, Wolfson Theatre
Chair: Dr Eiko Thielemann
Tobias Billström in conversation with Peter Sutherland:
'How Can European Migration Policies Promote Development?'
Forum For European Philosphy
Tuesday 22 May, 6.30-8pm, Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Steven Mithen
'Singing Neanderthals? The Evolution of Music and Language'
Forum On Religion
Wednesday 27 June, 6-7.30pm, New Academic Building LG.09
Speaker: Webb Keane (University of Michigan)
Discussant: Dr Faisal Devji (Oxford University)
'Ethics as Piety'
14 May - 18 May
Canada Blanch Centre
Thursday 31 May 2012, 6pm, LSE, Portugal Street, Cowdray House, 1st floor, Cañada Blanch Room COW1.11
José Manuel Romero (abogado de la Casa del Rey de España)
Título por confirmar
Europe@LSE
Thursday 17 May, COW1.11, 12.30 - 2pm
Christine Reh (UCL)
'The Informal Politics of Co-Decision'
Forum of European Philosphy
Tuesday 15 May, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Richard Bronk
'Hayek on the Wisdom of Prices'
Hellenic Observatory
16 May 2012, 8 - 7.30pm, COW 1.11
Hellenic Observatory & Turkish Studies Event, in co-operation with ENGI
Speakers: Mr Michalis Avraam NGO Support Centre – Cyprus; Mr Bulent Kanol Management Centre – Cyprus; Mr Alexandros Lordos Cyprus 2015; Ms Meliha Kaymak EDGE – Cyprus; Mr Marios Epaminondas Assoc for Historical Dialogue and Research – Cyprus; Ms Rana Zincir UN Gender Advisory Team in Cyprus; Ms Katerina Antoniou Youth Power – Cyprus;
‘CYPRUS - Tired of Talking? Civil Society to Bring Life to a Stagnant Process’
7 May - 11 May
Hellenic Onservatory
Tuesday 8 May, 3.00-4.30pm, Wolfson Theatre, NAB
Hellenic Observatory PANEL DISCUSSION
Michael Arghyrou, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Cardiff University; Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London; Costas Lapavitsas, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Law and Social Sciences & Professor in Economics, SOAS, University of London; Christos Megalou, Managing Director, Co-Head of Southern Europe, Investment Banking Department, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
'Greek Election Forum 2012’
Forum for European Philosophy
Tuesday 8 May, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Robert Eaglestone and Edward Harcourt
'On Guilt'
LSEE
Friday, 11 May, time and venue are indicated in the program
Workshop organised in collaboration with FREN, Belgrade
LSEE Research Network on Social Cohesion in SEE
Skills and the Labour Market in the Western Balkans
30 April - 4 May
Forum for European Philosophy
Monday 30 April, 6.30-8pm; Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE
Speakers: Ruth Mace, Catherine Rowett and Volker Sommer
Chair: Kristina Musholt
'Consilience: Genesis – The Origins of Humanity'
Canada Blanch Centre
Wednesday 2 May, 10.30am-1.30pm, LSE, Portugal Street, Cowdray House, 1st floor
Catalan Observatory LSE
Welcome address: Roser Clavell (Patronat Catalunya Món, General Secretary) and Prof. Paul Preston (LSE, Catalan Observatory, Chairman)
Speakers: Prof. Carles Ramió (Universitat Pompeu Fabra; former Director of the Public Administration School of Catalonia; tbc); Juan Carlos Belloso (City Council of Barcelona), and Joaquim Llimona (Director of International Relations and Cooperation, City Council of Barcelona).
Chairs: Prof. H. Overman (LSE, Director of Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE) and Dr. Simona Iammarino (LSE, Economic Geography and Regional Science)Workshop The Crisis and Local Government: From Austerity to Internationalisation
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Thursday 3 May, 6-8 pm, COW1.11, Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, LSE
Bulent Aras (Professor, Chairperson of the Strategic Research Centre of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, and also academic advisor to the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs)Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk
"Turkey and the Arab Spring"
23 April - 28 April
Forum for European Philosophy
Wednesday 25 April, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Katrin Flikschuh
"The notion of ‘Innate Right’ in Kant’s Doctrine of Right"
Canada Blanch Centre
Saturday 28 April, 10am, People’s History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3ER
Speakers: Helen Graham (Royal Holloway), Paul Preston (LSE) and Richard Baxell (International Brigades)
'University of Manchester, Guernica 75: Memories of the International Brigades and the Spanish Civil War'
Lent Term Events 2012
26 March - 30 March
Canada Blanch Centre
Friday 30 March, 2pm, Christ Church, Festival Room 1
Oxford Literary Festival
Speakers: Helen Graham, Paul Preston and Francisco Romero Salvado
Chair: Jean Seaton (Director of the Orwell Prize)
"Homage to Catalonia"
19 March - 23 March
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Wednesday 21 March, 5:30-7pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS
Şükrü Hanioğlu, Near Eastern Studies Dept., Princeton University
(Organized jointly with SOAS, University of London)
"Anthropology, History and Linguistics: Ataturk and the New Turkish Nationalism, 1922-1938"
Canada Blanch Centre
Wednesday 21 March, 7pm, Waterstone's Hampstead, 68-69 Hampstead High St., London NW3 1QP
Book presentation:
"The Spanish Holocaust. Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain (HarperPress, 2012) by Paul Preston"
Canada Blanch Centre
Thursday 22 March, 6pm, LSE, Cowdray House, Portugal Street, 1st floor, Cañada Blanch Room COW1.11
Rafael Aznar (Chairman, Port Authority of Valencia - Spain)
"Port Governance. The New Strategic Priorities. The Case of the Port of Valencia"
12 March - 17 March
European Institute for Philosophy
Tuesday 13 March, 6.30-8pm, Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Rahel Jaeggi
"Re-Thinking Alienation"
Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 13 March, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Hellenic Observatory RESEARCH SEMINAR
Dr Theofanis Exadaktylos, Ministry of Finance Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Lecturer in European Politics, University of Surrey
'Pushing the EU borders to the East: The Europeanization of Greek Foreign Policy in the aftermath of the Eastern Enlargement'
Canada Blanch Centre
Thursday 15 March, 6pm, LSE, Cowdray House, Portugal Street, 1st floor, Cañada Blanch Room COW1.11
Marta del Moral (Universidad Complutense/Cañada Blanch Centre)
"Protestas transgresoras, acciones revolucionarias: acción colectiva femenina en Madrid (1909-1931)"
Canada Blanch Centre
Saturday 17 March, 5pm, Mitchell Library, 6 Granville Street, Glasgow G3 7DN
Glasgow's Book Festival 2012
Chair: Willy Maley
Paul Preston
"The Spanish Holocaust. Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain"
5 March - 9 March
Canada Blanch Centre
Monday 5 March, 6.30pm, Spanish Embassy, Luis Vives Hall, 24, Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QA
Book presentation:
The Spanish Holocaust. Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain (HarperPress, 2012) by Paul Preston
By invitation only
Hellenic Observatory
Monday, 5 March, 6.30-8.00pm, New Theatre, East Building, LSE
Hellenic Observatory 12th ANNUAL LECTURE
Costas Azariadis, Mallinckrodt Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
"Greece between Austerity, Reform and the Drachma"
Forum for European Philosphy
Tuesday 6 March, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Amandine Catala
"Secession, Legitimacy, and Territorial Justification"
Canada Blanch Centre
Wednesday 7 March 6.15-7.15pm, St Michael's Without, Broad Street, Bath BA1 5LJ
The Independent Bath Literature Festival 2012
Paul Preston
"The Spanish Holocaust. Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain"
European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Wednesday 7 March, 6.30pm-8pm, CLM 2.02, LSE
Panel speakers: Zoltan Kovacs, George Schopflin, Victor Sebestyen, George Szirtes.
Chair: Dr Abby Innes
"Hungary at the Crossroads?"
27 February - 2 March
Forum For European Philosophy
Tuesday 28 February, 6.30–8pm, Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Sean Sayers, Marco Simoni and İnsan Tunali
Chair: Simon Glendinning
"European Questions - Turkish Angles: Europe's Unemployment"
Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 28 February, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Hellenic Observatory RESEARCH SEMINAR
Dr Spyros Kosmidis, National Bank of Greece Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
"Democratic Accountability in Greece"
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Thursday, 1 March, 6-8pm, Room To be Announced, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with School of Oriental and African Studies)
Şükrü Hanioğlu (Professor, Near Eastern Studies Department, Princeton University)
Chair: Dr. Benjamin Fortna (Professor in the History of Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
20 February - 25 February
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday 20 February, 6-8pm, COW1.11, Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, LSE
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars
Dr. Başak Çalı (Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University College London)
Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk
"Turkey and the European Court of Human Rights"
Eupean Forum for Philosphy
Tuesday 21 February, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Mark Vernon and Simon Glendinning
"On Friendship"
Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 21 February, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Hellenic Observatory RESEARCH SEMINAR
Dr Vasilis Leontisis, National Bank of Greece Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
'The 'Callicrates' reform: Transforming Greek local government in the years of austerity'
Europe@lse
Thursday 23 February,12.30 - 2 pm COW1.11, LSE
Hartmut Lenz (LSE)
"The Role of Public Commitment in EU Treaty Negotiations"
13 February - 18 February
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday 13 February, 6-8pm, COW1.11, Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, LSE
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars
M. Asım Karaömerlioğlu (Associate Professor, The Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul)
Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk
"The Rise and Decline of Population Politics in Turkey"
Forum for European Philosophy
Tuesday 14 February, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Roger Brownsword, Neil Levy and
Sir Michael Rutter
Chair: Kristina Musholt
"Consilience: Neuroscience, Responsibility and the Law"
Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 14 February, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Hellenic Observatory RESEARCH SEMINAR
Dr Athanasia Chalari, A.C Laskaridis Post-Doctoral Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
"Social change in modern Greece: the contribution of young generation to a new social reality"
6 February - 10 February
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday 6 February, 6-8pm, COW1.11, Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, LSE
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars
Speakers: Saniye Dedeoğlu (Assistant Professor at Muğla University, Turkey and Marie Curie Research Fellow at Warwick University, UK), Adem Yavuz Elveren (Assistant Professor, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Turkey)
Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk
"Gender and Society in Turkey: The Impact of Neoliberal Policies, Political Islam and EU Accession"
Co-organised by LSE European Institute and ECFR, in association with the Jean Monnet Programme
Tuesday, 7 February, 6.30pm, Wolfson Theatre, LSE campus
Panel speakers: Mark Leonard, ECFR, Karen Smith, LSE, more speakers tbc
Chair: Maurice Fraser
Co-organised by LSE European Institute and ECFR, in association with the Jean Monnet Programme
"Assessing Europe's Global Power in 2011: The ECFR European Foreign Policy Scorecard"
Forum For European Philosophy
Wednesday 8 February, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Nicola Dandridge and Sue Mendus
Chair: Janet Hartley
"Freedom of Speech on Campus"
Hellenic Observatory
Friday 10 February, Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE
Attendance is strictly by pre-registration through LSE's e-shop.
Press should register directly with the LSE's Press Office.
"Hellenic Observatory & LSEE-Research on South Eastern Europe one-day Conference"
30 January - 3 February
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday 30 January, 6-8pm, COW1.11, Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, LSE
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars
Dr. İpek Demir (Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Leicester)
Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk
"Turkishness and its 'Others'?"
Forum On Religion
Wednesday 1 February, 6-7:30pm, room COW1.11 in Cowdray House
Sermons in the Village and Evangelising in the City
'The Metropolis and Evangelical Life: coherence and fragmentation in "the lost city of London"
Anna Strhan, PhD Candidate, Department of Religious Studies, University of Kent
and
'Eating words through the ear: sermons as sacrifice'
Dr. Joseph Webster, Research Fellow in Social Anthropology, Downing College, Cambridge University
European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Wednesday 1 February, 6.30-8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Vítor Gaspar Portuguese Minister of Finance
Chair: Dr Waltraud Schelkle
"The Portuguese Economy: restoring credibility and confidence"
Forum for European Philosophy
Thursday 2 February, 6.30-8pm; Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
Speaker: Alain de Botton
"Religion for Atheists"
23 January - 28 January
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday 23 January, 6-8pm, COW 1.11, Cowdray House
David Gardner, International Affairs Editor, Financial Times
"Turkey and the new Arab Awakening"
EILS
Tuesday 24 January, 1-2pm, COW 1.11, Cowdray House
Sony Kapoor, EI Visiting Fellow and Managing Director, Re-Define, an International Think Tank
'Building a Complete Crisis Managment Framework for the European Union'
European Forum For Philosphy
Tuesday 24 January, 6.30-8pm, Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Foad Dizadji-Bahmani
'The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics'
Hellenic Observatory
Friday 25 January, 6.30-8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Hellenic Observatory PUBLIC LECTURE, in association with APCO
Dr Erato Kozakou-Marcoulis, Cyprus Foreign Affairs Minister
'The Geostrategic Importance of Cyprus: Long Term Trends & Prospects'
16 January - 20 January
Forum For European Philosophy
Tuesday 17 January, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Guy Dammann
"Beyond the Eye of the Beholder"
Hellenic Observatoiry
Tuesday 17 January, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Hellenic Observatory RESEARCH SEMINAR
Professor Dimitris Venieris, Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Associate Professor of Social Policy, University of Peloponnese
"Social Policy and Social Justice in Greece: the unfair deficit"
European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Wednesday 18 January, 5-6pm, LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders
Mario Monti, talian Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy and Finance
"The EU in the global economy: challenges for growth"
European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Wednesday 18 January, 6.30pm, Hong Kong Theatre, LSE
Lino Cardarelli, Senior Deputy Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean
Chair: Maurice Fraser
"Supporting Reform on the Mediterranean's Southern Shores: The Role of Multilateral Cooperation"
9 January - 13 January
Forum For European Philosophy
Wednesday 11 January, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Owen Flanagan
"The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized"
Europe@lse
Thursday 12 January, COW1.11, 12.30 - pm
Jiri Priban (Cardiff University)
'EU Governance and Depoliticisation: A Critical Assessment of Political Deficits and Systemic Crises'
Michaelmas Term Events 2011
5 December - 9 December
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday 5 December 2011, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW.1.11, Cowdray House, LSE
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars
Speakers: Gül Berna Özcan Reader in International Business and Entrepreneurship, School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London
Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk
"Economic Liberalisation, Class Dynamics and New Business Groups in Turkey"
Forum for European Philosphy
Tuesday 6 December, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Armin Schulz
"Rules and Representations: Desire from an Evolutionary Point of View"
Hellenic Institute
Tuesday 6 December, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Research Seminar Hellenic Observatory
Dr Yanis Varoufakis, Professor of Economics, University of Athens
"Of Debts and Denial: The Greek Crisis in the context of the post-2008 world"
European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Tuesday 6 December, 1-2pm, Shaw Library, LSE Old Building
Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response.
Chair: Prof Robert Wade, Professor of Political Economy and Development, Department of International Development, LSE
"New Strategies for Disaster Response: How the increased frequency and intensity of disasters will reshape the EU approach"
Forum on Religion
Wednesday 7 December, 6pm-7:30 pm, room 1.11 in Cowdray House (COW)
Seminar on Critical Intersections between Religion and Law
Amanda van Eck, Deputy Director, Inform, LSE
'Researching "cults" and "extremism": methodological challenges and legal risks'
Andrew Scott, Senior Lecturer, Department of Law, LSE
"A battle of truths, or of wills? The interface between libel law and religion"
Forum for European Philosophy
Thursday 8 December, 6.00-7.30pm; Room ST274/275, Second Floor, Steward House, London WC1
Speaker: Barry Smith
Perspectives on Taste: "Philosophy and Neuroscience
The Philosophy of Wine"
28 November - 2 December
Hellenic Observatory
Monday 28 November, 6.15-7.45pm, Wolfson Theatre
Policy Seminar Hellenic Observatory
Dr Yannos Papantoniou, Former Minister of National Economy, 1994-2003, Greece
"Greece's Economy: Crisis and Exit Strategies"
Forum for European Philosophy
Tuesday 29 November, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
David Bell and Simon May
"On Love"
LSEE
Tuesday 29 November, 6.00pm, Room 1.11, First Floor, Cowdray House, LSE
Dr Radu Cinpoes, Kingston University London
"Socialisation and the Inclusion/Exclusion of Romanian Migrants in Britain"
European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
29 November, 6.30-8pm, LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders
This event is organized in collaboration with the Jean Monet Center for Excellence
Dr Heinz Fischer, President of the Republic of Austria
"1989 and EU-enlargement: Austria's role in European politics"
Europe@LSE
Thursday 1 December, NAB.2.13, 13.00 - 14.00 (please note change of time and venue)
Simon Glendinning
"Blows to the amour-propre of European Man"
Forum fo European Philosophy
Thursday 1 December, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Barry Smith
"Perspectives on Taste: Philosophy and Neuroscience
The Nature of Tastes and Tasting"
21 November - 25 November
Forum For European Philosophy
Tuesday 22 November, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Jason McKenzie Alexander, Andrew Pinsent and Keith Jensen
Chair: Kristina Musholt
"The Evolution of Morality"
Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 22 November, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Research Seminar Hellenic Observatory
Dr Theodoros Papadopoulos, Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Bath
"Familistic welfare capitalism in Greece: from the crisis of social reproduction to the emergence of a political economy of generalised insecurity"
Hellenic Observatory
Thursday 24 November, 6.30-8pm; Thai Theatre
Public Lecture Hellenic Observatory
Professor Nikiforos Diamandouros, The European Ombudsman
"Politics, Culture and the State: the Greek crisis in historical perspective"
Forum fo European Philosophy
Thursday 24 November, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Axel Gosseries and Paul Loach
"Democracy in the Workplace"
14 November - 18 November
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday, 14 November 2011, 6:30-8:00 pm, Wolfson Theatre,New Academic Building, LSE
Event organized in collaboration with the Forum For European Philosophy
Speakers: John Breuilly Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity, Government Department, LSE, Sir Francis Jacobs Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Professor, King's College London, Umut Özkirimli Visiting Professor, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University
Chair: Simon Glendinning Reader in European Philosophy, European Institute, LSE
"European Questions-Turkish Angles: Europe's Nation States"
LSEE
Tuesday 15 November 2011, 6.00pm, Room 1.11, First Floor, Cowdray House, LSE
Dr Dominik Zaum, Reading University
"The Political Economy of Statebuilding in Kosovo"
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 6:00-8:30 pm, ROOM TO BE ANNOUNCED, LSE
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference
Speakers: James Dingemans Q.C. Barrister& Deputy High Court Judge, Levent Gönenç Professor of Constitutional Law, Ankara University, Ankara
Chair: Can Yeğinsu Barrister, and Director of The Global Rule of Law Forum
"Turkey's New Constitution"
7 Novembre - 11 November
Hellenic Observatory
This Seminar has been cancelled and will be re-scheduled for a later date
Tuesday 8 November 2011, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Research Seminar Hellenic Observatory
Dr Vassilis Leontitsis HO Research Fellow
"The "Callicrates" reform: Transforming Greek local government in the years of austerity"
European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Tuesday 8 November 2011, 1-2pm, LSE New Academic Building, Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ
Mr. Erkki Tuomioja, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Chair: Prof Kevin Featherstone
"More Cooperation is More Security; Towards European Coherence in International Affairs"
Canada Blanch Centre
Thursday 10 Novembre 2011, 6.30pm, LSE, New Academic Building, Wolfson Theatre, Lincoln's Inn Field
Josu Ugarte (President of Mondragon International) MONDRAGON, Chaired by Paul Preston
"Humanity at Work"
31 October - 4 November
LSEE
Tuesday 1 November 2011, 6.00pm, Room 1.11, First Floor, Cowdray House, LSE
Dr Jelena Obradović-Wochnik, Aston University
"What does 'Coming to Terms with the Past' Mean? The Serbian Public and War Crimes"
Forum on European Philosophy
Tuesday 1 November 2011, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Nancy Cartwright
"Predicting if Your Policy will Work for You: Doing it Better"
Forum on Religion
Wednesday 2 November 2011, 6pm–7:30pm, Cowdray House J116
Fr Jim Walters, LSE Chaplaincy
"Sacred Action: what social policy can learn from religious groupsTimothy Stacey, Faiths and Civil Society Unit, Goldsmiths"
and "Sacraments and simulacra: the role of symbolic ritual in Jean Baudrillard's critique of capitalism"
Forum on European Philosophy
Thursday 3 November 2011, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Rachel Bowlby, Robert Eaglestone and Sarah Wood
Chair: Simon Glendinning
"Derrida and (the) English"
European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Thursday 3 November 2011, 6.30-8pm, Old Theatre
Mark Leonard, Co-Founder and Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations
"Is the Western Liberal Order China-Proof?"
24 October - 28 October
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday 24 October 2011, 6:30-8 pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Speakers: Philip Goodchild Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham, Şevket Pamuk Professor of Economics and Economic History, European Institute, LSE, Waltraud Schelkle Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE and Adjunct Professor, Economics Department, Free University of Berlin , Simon Glendinning Reader in European Philosophy, European Institute, LSE
(Organized jointly with Forum for European Philosophy)
"European Questions-Turkish Angles: Europe's Banking System"
Forum for European Philosophy
Monday 24 October 2011, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Philip Goodchild, Şevket Pamuk and Waltraud Schelkle
Chair: Simon Glendinning
"European Questions - Turkish Angles: Europe's Banking System"
Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 25 October 2011, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Research Seminar Hellenic Observatory
Mr Dimitris Micharikopoulos, Senior Advisor, Social Insurance Institute (IKA-ETAM)
“The current reform of IKA and the re-establishment of Social Insurance credibility in Greece - Reconciling social dilemmas and funding challenges”
Europe@LSE
Thursday 27 October 2011, KSW.1.04, 12.30 - 14.00
Waltraud Schelkle (LSE) and Deborah Mabbet (Birkbeck, University of London)
"Hegemony without stability: The fiscal vulnerabilities of monetary union"
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Thursday 27 October 2011, 6:30-8:30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with School of Oriental and African Studies, and New Perspectives on Turkey)
Speakers: Asaf Savaş Akat Professor of Economics, Istanbul Bilgi University,
Fikret Şenses Professor of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk
"Turkey's Experience with Neoliberal Policies since 1980"
European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Thursday 27 October 2011, 6.30-8pm, CLM.302, 3rd Floor, Clement House, LSE Dr Heather Grabbe, Director of the Open Society Intitute-Brussels
"Crisis, which crisis? The implications for the open society in Europe"
18 October - 21 October
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Wednesday 19 October 2011, 6-8 pm, D302, Clement House, LSE
Speaker: Sami Zubaida,Birkbeck, University of London
(Organized jointly with LSE Middle East Centre )
"Can Turkey be a Model for the Arab World?"
EILS
Tuesday 18 October 2011, 1-2pm, KSW.1.01
Jonathan White will present on 'Thinking Generations'.
Forum For European Philosophy
Tuesday 18 October 2011, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Paul Glendinning and Charlotte Werndl
"Chaos, Unpredictability and the Evolution of Mathematical Ideas"
Forum For European Philosophy
Thursday 20 October 2011, 7-8.30pm; Institut Français, London SW7
Speaker: Andrew Asibong
"Marie NDiaye on Blackness, Blankness and Recognition"
Forum on Religion
Thursday 20 October 2011, 6.30pm–8pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
Forum on Religion and Theos public debate
Public speakers: Dr Jonathan Chaplin, Claire Fox, Professor Tariq Modood and Dr Jenny Taylor
Chair: Jane Little
"Is There A Future For Multiculturalism?"
10 October - 15 October
Forum For European Philosophy
Monday 10 October 2011, 6.30-8pm, Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Katalin Farkas
"Extended Selves"
Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 11 October 2011, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Research Seminar Hellenic Observatory
Professor Yannis Valinakis HO Senior Research Fellow, Former Minister
" Greece's European Policy Making"
LSEE
Wednesday 12 October 2011, 6.00pm, Thai Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Borko Handjiski, Ivana Prica and Peter Sanfey
"Obstacles to Western Balkan Trade in Services?"
The lecture will include a presentation of the recent World Bank study on 'Barriers to Trade in Services in the CEFTA Region'
European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Wednesday 12 October 2011, 6.30 – 8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE
Paulo Portas, Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs
"Portugal Delivers"
3 October - 8 October
LSEE
Tuesday 4 October 2011, 6.45pm, New Theatre, East Building, LSE
Professor Richard Caplan, Oxford University
"Exit Strategies and Lesson Learned: From the Balkans to Afghanistan"
Forum for European Philosophy
Tuesday 4 October 2011, 6.30-8pm, Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Katrin Flikschuh
"Personal Autonomy and Public Authority"
Hellenic Observatory
Wednesday 5 October 2011, 6.30-8pm, Old Theatre
Public Lecture co.organized by the Hellenic Observatory & London Hellenic Society
Advocate George Bizos, Lawyer & Philanthropist
"Hellenism, Universal Rights and Apartheid"
Forum for European Philosophy
Thursday 6 October 2011, 6.30-8pm, Old Theatre, LSE
Speakers: Ben Rogers and Roger Scruton
"Architecture and Happiness"
5 September - 9 September
European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Wednesday 7 September 2011, 4.30-6pm, LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders
Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council
"Beyond the crisis: lessons for the future of the eurozone"