The Director's channel

Welcome to LSE

Released on: 26 September 2016

Contributor(s): Professor Julia Black

Welcome to all LSE students and staff from Professor Julia Black, interim Director

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The final Gearty Grilling: Craig Calhoun on facing the future

Released on: 2 July 2015

Contributor(s): Craig Calhoun

Craig Calhoun, Director of LSE and world-renowned social scientist, discusses his research and the future of LSE.

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Season's Greetings from LSE

Released on: 17 December 2014

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2014 was another extraordinary year for LSE. We saw accolades for our staff, students and graduates, a stellar array of...

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LSE Director Professor Craig Calhoun discusses the legacy of WW1

Released on: 25 September 2014

Contributor(s): Professor Craig Calhoun

World War One was the most catastrophic event of the last century, responsible for the transformation of nation states...

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LSE Literary Festival 2014 - The books that inspired Craig Calhoun

Released on: 17 February 2014

Contributor(s): Amy Mollett, Craig Calhoun

To celebrate and support the LSE Literary Festival the LSE Review of Books is asking prominent LSE academics and event...

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Human Suffering and Humanitarian Emergencies

Recorded on: 5 November 2013

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun

Humanitarian emergencies are not simply brute facts, appealing directly to our emotions or our moral sensibilities....

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Social Movements in the US: From the American Revolution to Obama

Recorded on: 23 July 2013

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun

Professor Calhoun is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects sociology to culture, communication,...

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The Democracy Project

Recorded on: 30 April 2013

Speaker(s): Dr David Graeber, Professor Craig Calhoun

From the earliest meetings for Occupy Wall Street, David Graeber felt that something was different from previous...

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LSE China Lecture Series - What Threatens Global Capitalism Now?

Recorded on: 20 March 2013

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun

In this lecture LSE Director Professor Craig Calhoun, considers the threats, internal and external to global capitalism.

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Get to know LSE's Director

Released on: 4 February 2013

Contributor(s): Professor Craig Calhoun

In this short film Professor Craig Calhoun talks about his academic career and intellectual development. Find out what...

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LSE Director's Inaugural Alumni Lecture

Recorded on: 30 January 2013

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun

Craig Calhoun took up his post as LSE Director on 1 September 2012, having left the United States where he was...

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Social Movements and Social Change

Recorded on: 27 November 2012

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun

Drawing on his decades of research on social protest, Professor Calhoun will explore the roots of radicalism and the...

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Knowledge Matters: the public mission of research universities

Recorded on: 13 November 2012

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun

The university is an institution in upheaval. In his Inaugural Lecture as Director of LSE, Professor Craig Calhoun...

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America and the World - After the Election

Recorded on: 12 November 2012

Speaker(s): Professor Anne Applebaum, Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Michael Cox, Gideon Rachman

After a closely fought election, this highly topical LSE public debate will look ahead to Obama’s second administration...

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America Votes

Recorded on: 29 October 2012

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Michael Cox, Dr Pippa Malmgren, Professor Sir Robert Worcester

With just a week to go to the US presidential election, this panel of experts will assess the state of the race, look...

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Occupy's Predicament: The Moment and the Prospects for Movement

Recorded on: 18 October 2012

Speaker(s): Professor Todd Gitlin, Professor Craig Calhoun

Erupting in September 2011, Occupy Wall Street was jump-started by a radical core who devised a form of action,...

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Financial Reform in China

Recorded on: 14 October 2010

Speaker(s): Howard Davies

In the 6th of an annual series of lectures, Howard Davies reviews the development of the Chinese financial system over...

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Steering the British Economy

Recorded on: 6 October 2010

Speaker(s): Howard Davies

Howard Davies delivers an orientation lecture to LSE students giving an insiders perspective on monetary policy and the...

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The Financial Crisis: Who is to Blame?

Recorded on: 28 September 2010

Speaker(s): Howard Daves, Robert Peston

There is still no consensus on who or what caused the financial crisis which engulfed the world, beginning in the...

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LSE Director's Dialogue with Paul Volcker

Recorded on: 13 May 2010

Speaker(s): Howard Davies and Paul Volcker

Howard Davies is director of LSE. Prior to this, from 1997-2003 he was Chairman of the Financial Services Authority,...

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