The American Election and the Left
Recorded on: 16 November 2016
Speaker(s): Steven Erlanger, Professor Gary Gerstle, Bonnie Greer
The US election has seen a wave of authoritarian populism and xenophobia, the first real chance for a woman to win...
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Investing in Inclusive Growth
Recorded on: 15 November 2016
Speaker(s): Bill Morneau
Canada’s Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau, shares his views on the global economy and how Canada is investing to...
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Karl Marx: greatness and illusion
Recorded on: 10 November 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Gareth Stedman Jones
Gareth Stedman Jones will discuss Marx, history and nature; challenge ideas of Marx's ‘materialist conception of...
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What's Next? Analysing the 2016 US Presidential Election
Recorded on: 9 November 2016
Speaker(s): Bronwen Maddox, Professor Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Professor Peter Trubowitz
America goes to the polls on 8 November to decide who will succeed Barack Obama as the 45th President. With Donald...
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What Next for Growth in the UK?
Recorded on: 2 November 2016
Speaker(s): Vince Cable, Lord Darling, Stephanie Flanders, George Osborne
In 2013 the LSE Growth Commission published a report - Investing for Prosperity, a Manifesto for Growth. Those...
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The Legacy of Peace
Recorded on: 2 November 2016
Speaker(s): Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón was awarded with the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his resolute efforts to...
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How Change Happens
Recorded on: 1 November 2016
Speaker(s): Duncan Green
In his latest book How Change Happens Duncan Green explores how political and social change takes place, and the role...
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Women in Politics: change and continuity
Recorded on: 26 October 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Sarah Childs, Professor Emma Crewe, Dr Mona Morgan-Collins, Sam Smethers
Has the emergence of a woman as Prime Minister in the UK and a possible President of the US indicated a new...
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Policies to Improve Upward Mobility
Recorded on: 25 October 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Raj Chetty
Professor Raj Chetty will give three lectures over three consecutive days in the 2016 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lecture...
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When Elephants Fight
Recorded on: 24 October 2016
Speaker(s): Peter Jones, Bandi Mbubi, JD Stier
#StandWithCongo presents the London premiere of When Elephants Fight, a documentary on how multinational corporations...
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The Euro and the Battle of Ideas
Recorded on: 19 October 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Markus K. Brunnermeier, Professor Harold James
Why is the Euro in trouble? A string of economic difficulties in Greece, Ireland, Spain, Italy, and other Eurozone...
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Politics in Modern Arab Art
Recorded on: 18 October 2016
Speaker(s): Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
In his lecture, UAE based writer and art collector Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi will be discussing the political undertones...
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Post Brexit Diplomacy
Recorded on: 17 October 2016
Speaker(s): Tom Fletcher
With Britain plunged into uncertainty by the EU referendum, what does this mean for European and global diplomacy? Is...
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Everyday Sexism
Recorded on: 11 October 2016
Speaker(s): Laura Bates
Laura Bates will talk about the everyday sexism project, with a particular focus on students at university, and women...
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Mistaken Identities
Recorded on: 6 October 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah delivers the 2016 BBC Reith Lectures, focusing on four themes: colour, country, culture and creed....
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Why Washington Won't Work
Recorded on: 5 October 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Marc Hetherington
Marc Hetherington examines why Americans today viscerally dislike and distrust the party opposite the one they identify...
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The Worst Form of Government?
Recorded on: 5 October 2016
Speaker(s): Beatrix Campbell, Professor Peter Hallward, Dr Edward Kanterian
Winston Churchill famously described democracy as ‘the worst form of government except for all the others that have...
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The Future of the Labour Party
Recorded on: 4 October 2016
Speaker(s): Andy Beckett, Professor Matthew Goodwin, Faiza Shaheen
After a summer dominated by a bruising leadership contest, what is the future for the Labour party in Brexit Britain?...
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Museums in a Global Age
Recorded on: 4 October 2016
Speaker(s): Richard Armstrong, Adrian Ellis, Tiffany Jenkins
A panel discussion considering the roles and responsibilities of museums as cultural dialogue takes on a new urgency in...
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Politics: between the extremes
Recorded on: 15 September 2016
Speaker(s): Nick Clegg
A cautionary tale. An exposé. A defence of the centre-ground. An appeal to reason. A call to arms. An honest account...
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Anti-Semitism in the Modern Age
Recorded on: 7 September 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Yehuda Bauer
Professor Bauer will explore the fault lines and distinctions between radical criticism of the Israeli government's...
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The Euro: and its threat to Europe
Recorded on: 30 August 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Joseph Stiglitz
In his new book The Euro: And its Threat to Europe, Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author Joseph...
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Tough Rides: Brazil
Recorded on: 4 August 2016
Speaker(s): Ryan Pyle
Join adventurer and TV presenter, Ryan Pyle as he talks about his two months traveling through the most remote and...
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Power and Pragmatism
Recorded on: 25 July 2016
Speaker(s): Sir Malcolm Rifkind
For almost forty years, Malcolm Rifkind served at the forefront of British politics. In this lecture, Sir Malcolm will...
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Growing Trade the Progressive Way
Recorded on: 14 July 2016
Speaker(s): Chrystia Freeland
In a world of growing protectionist trends, how can trade respond to the concerns of people who feel they were left...
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The Rise and Fall of Nations
Recorded on: 12 July 2016
Speaker(s): Ruchir Sharma
Ruchir Sharma explores the forces triggering political revolts and economic slowdowns in every major region. By...
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The Secret of Our Success
Recorded on: 22 June 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Joseph Henrich
The ability of human groups to socially interconnect and learn from one another has allowed us to create ingenious...
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The European Union: a citizen's guide
Recorded on: 15 June 2016
Speaker(s): Dr Chris Bickerton
For most of us today, 'Europe' refers to the European Union. At the centre of a seemingly never-ending crisis, the EU...
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Growth Challenges in Fragile States
Recorded on: 2 June 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Tim Besley, Professor Sir Paul Collier
This panel of experts will explore the major challenges that state fragility poses for creating an environment...
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UN - to be fit for purpose
Recorded on: 2 June 2016
Speaker(s): Dr Igor Lukšić
Many believe that this is by far the best time in history a human being can be born. Growing life expectancies, ever...
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The UK and Europe: an insider's view
Recorded on: 2 June 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Jonathan Faull
Jonathan Faull (@FaullJonathan) has worked in senior positions across the European Commission for most of the period of...
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The History of China's Future
Recorded on: 26 May 2016
Speaker(s): Isabel Hilton, Dr Leigh Jenco, Professor Jeffrey Wasserstrom
In China, history isn't just about the past - it shapes the future. With the rise of China over the past four decades,...
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Challenging Inequalities
Recorded on: 25 May 2016
Speaker(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Duncan Green, Phumeza Mlungwana
This panel will debate different approaches to addressing key inequalities. Shami Chakrabarti is the Former Director of...
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Cities for a Small Continent
Recorded on: 24 May 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Bruce Katz, Professor Anne Power
Cities for a Small Continent is an international handbook, drawing together 10 years of ground-level research into the...
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In Conversation with Steve Schwarzman
Recorded on: 23 May 2016
Speaker(s): Stephen A Schwarzman
This event will be a wide ranging discussion and interview with Mr Schwarzman about his life and career. Mr Schwarzman...
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Somalia's Foreign Policy Priorities
Recorded on: 20 May 2016
Speaker(s): Dr Abdusalam H Omer
In this lecture the Foreign Minister will present Somalia's newly adopted foreign policy. He will also discuss the...
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Rebuilding the Politics of Hope
Recorded on: 17 May 2016
Speaker(s): Jeremy Corbyn
Trust and belief in politicians is low, while the crash has broken the idea that each generation will be better off....
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth
Recorded on: 11 May 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Robert J Gordon
Professor Gordon will examine the history of economic growth in the USA, and explore solutions needed to overcome the...
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Should We Stay or Should We Go?
Recorded on: 10 May 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Danny Dorling
The UK fares unfavourably in relation to other large countries in the EU in terms of health, educational fairness,...
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Protect and Develop
Recorded on: 5 May 2016
Speaker(s): Sir David Chipperfield
In this lecture renowned British architect David Chipperfield will discuss the current state of planning in London and...
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ISIS – a History
Recorded on: 3 May 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Fawaz A Gerges
The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What...
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A Changing World - a UN in Progress
Recorded on: 28 April 2016
Speaker(s): Natalia Gherman
Natalia Gherman is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the...
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Clash! How to Thrive in the Multicultural World
Recorded on: 25 April 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Hazel Markus, Professor Chandran Kukathas, Dr Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington
As the world gets smaller, people with different cultural backgrounds are colliding more than ever before. Drawing on...
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What Works: gender equality by design
Recorded on: 14 April 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Iris Bohnet
Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds...
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Culture and Intelligence
Recorded on: 12 April 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Richard Nisbett
Are humans getting smarter? Are some groups smarter than others? Are some groups getting smarter faster than others?...
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Europe and the Return of Geopolitics
Recorded on: 22 March 2016
Speaker(s): Pierre Vimont
The Ukraine crisis marked the return of geopolitics in Europe. Can the EU, which has been originally designed to...
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What Are Prisons For?
Recorded on: 15 March 2016
Speaker(s): Dr Christopher Bennett, Professor Kimberley Brownlee, Andrew Neilson
In this time of austerity, many of those who want a small state are also committed to a highly expensive criminal...
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A Question of Law and Wealth
Recorded on: 2 March 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Jonathan Fisher, Dr Eva Micheler, Professor Niamh Moloney, Dr Joseph Spooner
The law plays a crucial part in the creation, proliferation, and distribution of wealth. Through private law...
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Darwinism and the Social Sciences
Recorded on: 29 February 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Tim Lewens, Dr Alex Mesoudi, Professor Christina Toren
A growing number of researchers are applying Darwinian ideas to explain aspects of human society, but this work has...
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Literary Festival 2016: Re-Writing History
Recorded on: 27 February 2016
Speaker(s): Tom Holland, Margaret MacMillan
This discussion explores the ways in which history has been re-written to serve the purposes of political leaders or...
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Literary Festival 2016: BBC: British Born Chinese
Recorded on: 27 February 2016
Speaker(s): Dr Elena Barabantseva, Anna Chen, Andy Lawrence, Dr Véronique Pin-Fat
British Born Chinese engages the everyday struggles of two boys, Dan (aged between 11-13) and Kevin (aged between...
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Literary Festival 2016: United Nations on Trial
Recorded on: 26 February 2016
Speaker(s): The Hon. Mr Justice Jay, Gráinne Mellon, Professor Gerry Simpson, Paul Clark, Natalie Samarasinghe, Dr Nazila Ghanea, Professor Francoise Hampson, Antony Loewenstein, Carne Ross
The Charter of the United Nations, drafted in 1945, pledged in the name of the peoples of the United Nations to save us...
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Literary Festival 2016: One School, Two Visions
Recorded on: 25 February 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Michael Cox, Professor Chandran Kukathas
A discussion of the competing utopian ideas of prominent LSE figures set in the context of the history of 20th century...
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Who will be the next US President?
Recorded on: 24 February 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Lawrence Jacobs
The most polarizing and anti-establishment candidates in modern US politics are dominating the battles for nomination...
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Literary Festival 2016: Utopias in History
Recorded on: 24 February 2016
Speaker(s): Dr Tim Hochstrasser, Dr Padraic Scanlan
Utopias come in many shapes and sizes - theological, ideological, or pure fantastical and visionary projections that...
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Can Imagination Change the World?
Recorded on: 18 February 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun
The world is given its contours, reality and limits partly by how it is imagined. Creativity, unrealistically ‘utopian’...
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Getting Real about Utopia
Recorded on: 17 February 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Justin Champion, Dr John Guy, Kwasi Kwarteng, Gisela Stuart
Is politics about building a better world, or simply the art of the possible? Ahead of this year's LSE Literary...
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Literary Festival 2016: Faithful Visions
Recorded on: 16 February 2016
Speaker(s): Mark Lawson, Jonathan Moore
As part of this year’s LSE Literary Festival Fringe, Mark Lawson will be interviewing Jonathan Moore about his much...
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Are Conspiracy Theories Bad for Democracy?
Recorded on: 10 February 2016
Speaker(s): Professor David Runciman
Conspiracy theories go hand in hand with political mistrust. Are they symptom or cause of current levels of mistrust in...
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Russia and the EU: back to realism?
Recorded on: 3 February 2016
Speaker(s): Fyodor Lukyanov
Leading Moscow analyst Fyodor Lukyanov argues that it's time to redefine the Europe – Russia relationship based on a...
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Comrade Corbyn: a very unlikely coup
Recorded on: 3 February 2016
Speaker(s): Rosa Prince
Until recently, Jeremy Corbyn was barely known outside political circles, yet last summer he rode a wave of popular...
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One Second of Light
Recorded on: 3 February 2016
Speaker(s): Giles Duley
One Second of Light is Duley’s latest book, covering his work on the effects of conflict and humanitarian disaster over...
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LSE SU China Development Forum 2016 - Navigating Complexity
Recorded on: 30 January 2016
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The LSE SU China Development Forum (CDF) is the flagship annual conference of the LSE SU China Development Society...
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Lessons from the Greek Crisis
Recorded on: 28 January 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Louka T Katseli
The Chair of the National Bank of Greece visits LSE to discuss the lessons from the Greek crisis. A welcome address...
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Why I should be Mayor of London Tomorrow
Recorded on: 28 January 2016
Speaker(s): Sian Berry, Zac Goldsmith, Sadiq Khan, Caroline Pidgeon, Peter Whittle
Ahead of the 2016 London Mayoral elections, this event will allow the candidates from the main political parties to...
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This Is London
Recorded on: 26 January 2016
Speaker(s): Ben Judah
This is the new London: an immigrant city. Over one-third of Londoners were born abroad, with half arriving since the...
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Lessons for the Euro from America's Past
Recorded on: 19 January 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Jeffry Frieden
Drawing on early America’s struggle to develop a single currency, Professor Frieden will discuss the implications for...
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Business for Punks
Recorded on: 19 January 2016
Speaker(s): James Watt
BrewDog has been built in an unconventional way, borne out of boredom with conventional lagers and a desire to enjoy...
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Your Body By Darwin
Recorded on: 19 January 2016
Speaker(s): Jeremy Taylor
An evolutionary understanding of our bodies throws new light on why we get ill and how to cure disease. Jeremy Taylor...
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Emotions: do they control us?
Recorded on: 18 January 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Lisa Bortolotti, Professor Giovanna Colombetti; Dr Benedetto De Martino
From financial decisions to medical choices and political beliefs, emotion plays a crucial role. What is emotion and...
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Non-Western Mathematics
Recorded on: 18 January 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Robin Wilson
Explore the mathematics of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and the Mayans. Robin Wilson is Emeritus Professor...
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How to Have a Good Day
Recorded on: 13 January 2016
Speaker(s): Caroline Webb
Behavioural economics has the capacity to transform our everyday lives. Caroline Webb will demonstrate how easy it is...
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Economics Of Migration
Recorded on: 12 January 2016
Speaker(s): Professor Alan Manning
Immigration is currently the most common response when asked about the most important issues facing Britain. This...
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