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30 November 2011 |
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LSE appoints leading social scientist and public intellectual as new
Director Professor Craig Calhoun (pictured) has been appointed the new
Director of LSE.
Professor Calhoun, a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects
sociology to culture, communication, politics, philosophy and economics,
will take up the post on 1 September 2012.
He is currently University Professor at New York University, director of
the Institute for Public Knowledge and president of the Social Science
Research Council.
Peter Sutherland, chairman of LSE's Court of Governors, said: 'Craig is
an outstanding appointment - an intellectual completely at ease in public
life whose career shows how academia is not aloof from society but embedded
in it.
'He is also a vastly experienced leader of academic organisations,
finding new ways of drawing out their inherent strengths and bringing their
expertise to bear on society. I have no doubt LSE will thrive under his
leadership.'
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LSE students take interfaith dialogue into local primary schools
Students representing the different LSESU faith societies visited two local
primary schools last week to speak in assemblies and classrooms.
Organised by the chaplain and interfaith advisor, Reverend Dr James Walters,
the students (Tasif Zaman, Hannah Geis, Catalina Geib, Chirag Shah, Pradyumn
Kothari, Sharafath Khandoker, Oren Garonzik, Desiree Sim, Gaurev Srivastava
and Victoria Desmond) worked with children at St Clement Danes School on Drury Lane and
St George the Martyr School on Holborn, both of which have a diverse
religious make-up.
They presented to school assemblies about objects used to aid prayer in
the different faiths and led discussion with the children on differing
understandings of God.
Rebecca Harris, head teacher of St George the Martyr said: 'The children
responded very thoughtfully to what the students had to say. It would be
good if they would consider coming back because seeing visitors from diverse
backgrounds who they can relate to is so important.'
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Travelling during the holidays? Students who are planning to
leave the UK during the holidays are advised to take photocopies of
their passport (and visa if applicable), as well as a stamped copy of their
Certificate of Registration, in case these are needed whilst travelling. International
students are also strongly advised to review the ISIS information
what to do if you need to travel overseas.
If you will be travelling abroad, always check to see if a visa is
required and review visa application instructions carefully. If you require
documentation that proves that you are a student at LSE, see the
Certificate of Registration website to learn how to obtain what you
need. It may be necessary for you to request documents from the School.
Please note that the Student Services Centre (SSC) opening hours change
during the vacation period, and so arrangements for documents should be made
as early as possible to avoid delays. The SSC is closed from 14-15 December
due to the presentation ceremonies, and will close from 1pm on Wednesday 21
December through to Monday 2 January, during the School closure period,
inclusive. Please check the
SSC opening hours and plan accordingly. |
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 Notices
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Christmas lunch and dinner at LSE Catering
Come along and enjoy a traditional Christmas meal at your favourite LSE
Catering outlet. Lunch and dinner will be available on the following dates:
On campus
- LSE Garrick
Lunch - Thursday 1 December
- Staff Dining Room (members only, bookings essential)
Lunch - Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 December
- Fourth Floor Restaurant
Lunch and dinner - Thursday 8 December
Halls of Residence
- Rosebery
Dinner - Tuesday 29 November
- Bankside
Dinner - Sunday 4 December
- Passfield
Dinner - Wednesday 7 December
- Carr- Saunders
Dinner - Thursday 8 December
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Meat Free Monday LSE Catering will once again be supporting
this international campaign in the Fourth Floor Restaurant and the Staff
Dining Room on Monday 5 December.
However, whilst LSE Catering seeks to highlight the health and
environmental benefits of this campaign, it values its customers' views and
freedom of choice. Therefore, instead of going completely meat free on
Monday 5 December, LSE Catering will be offering an increased selection of
vegetable and fish dishes and reduced meat options.
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Training for students Courses scheduled for next week include:
- Microsoft Office: various topics covering Word 2010, Excel 2010,
PowerPoint 2010 and Outlook 2010
- End of term review for MSc students
- PhD: using lateral thinking to think creatively
- PhD thesis surgery
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information, see
www.lse.ac.uk/training.
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Having friends and family to stay? Try LSE TopFloor! There is
some last minute availability for short stays in November and December -
ideal for friends and family visiting you in London.
- Bankside House just behind the Tate Modern has rooms and apartments
available.
- Northumberland House offers en-suite rooms a stone’s throw from
Trafalgar Square.
- There is also availability at the Anchorage and George IV apartments
on campus.
LSE TopFloor! is a
range of accommodation that can be booked year-round, providing a great
combination of quality and value, cheaper than many local hotels. What’s
more, students receive a 10 per cent discount on standard rates.
For more information and to check availability, visit
www.lsetopfloor.co.uk/lse.
Please remember that in order to receive your discount, you must book direct
with your chosen residence.
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Get your nominations in…. Nominations are invited for Honorary
Fellowships.
The Court of Governors may elect as an Honorary Fellow of LSE any member
of the School whose achievements are of conspicuous merit, or any person,
including members of the School, who has rendered outstanding service to the
School.
Please note that nominations received in the current academic year will
be considered by the Nominations Committee in Michaelmas term 2012-13, for
awards to be presented in July 2013.
For more information, visit
Honorary Fellows Nominations. If you have any queries, contact Joan
Poole at j.a.poole@lse.ac.uk or on
ext 7825.
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LSE Photo Prize Exhibition 2012: overcoming hurdles LSE Photo
Prize is an annual competition run by LSE Arts and supported by LSE Annual
Fund. The competition is open to all students and staff and is now open for
submissions.
This year’s theme is ‘Overcoming Hurdles’. Winning photos will be
selected by a panel of art professionals and LSE staff, and will be
printed and showcased in an exhibition in the Atrium Gallery, Old Building
from February to April 2012.
For more information on how to enter, visit
LSE Photo Prize 2012.
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LSESU Literary Society poetry competition To coincide with next
year's LSE Literary Festival, the LSESU Literature Society has organised a
poetry competition for students and staff to show some literary creativity.
To get involved, submit any self-written poem relating to 'Aestheticism:
is beauty the basic principle?' to
su.soc.literature@lse.ac.uk
by 6 February 2012.
Prizes include publication of work, one kindle and two £50 book tokens.
There will also be an opportunity to attend a professional poetry workshop
in week two of Lent term.
Prize-giving will take place at the LSE Space for Thought Literary
Festival 2012, after a special event celebrating poetry on Thursday 1 March
(full details will be online in December 2011).
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'Write for Rights' campaign The LSESU Amnesty
International Society is holding a card-making event to support
Amnesty International's 'Write for Rights' campaign.
For the campaign, Amnesty International has selected
25 individuals to whom you can send solidarity messages. Cases range from a
group of Mexican women fighting for justice for rape victims, to a youth
activist jailed for writing anti-government sentiments on Facebook. For more
information on the cases,
click here.
At the event, which is being held on Thursday 1 December from
5-7pm in the Seligman Library, Old Building, you will be able to paint,
draw, glitter, glue and even lino print your own cards in which you can
write messages of support to the cases which are most important to you.
So please come along, pick up a pen and paper and take five minutes to
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 What's
on
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A lecture by Hamid Karzai, president of the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan
On: Wednesday 7 December from 5-6.30pm. The venue will be confirmed
to ticketholders.
Hamid Karzai (pictured), president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
will deliver a lecture to LSE students and staff on Wednesday 7 December.
This event is free and open to all LSE students and staff. One ticket per
person can be requested from 1pm on Friday 2 December. For more information,
visit the
web listing.
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Upcoming events include....
Repositioning Bangladesh in the Western Imagination
On: Monday 5 December at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor David Lewis (pictured), professor of social policy
and development at LSE.
Discussants: Professor Ramachandra Guha, Philippe Roman Chair in
History and International Affairs for the 2011-12 academic year at LSE, and
Professor Naila Kabeer, professor of development studies at SOAS.
A Lecture by Kristalina Georgieva
On: Tuesday 6 December at 1pm in the Shaw Library, Old Building
Speaker: Kristalina Georgieva (pictured), European commissioner for
international cooperation, humanitarian aid and crisis response.
A New Synthesis of Public Administration: serving in the 21st century
On: Tuesday 6 December at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Jocelyne Bourgon, president of PGI (Public Governance
International).
The US and the Arab Revolutions
On: Thursday 8 December at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor William Quandt, professor in the Department of
Politics at the University of Virginia.
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The Role of Information and Communication Technology in International
Development On: Thursday 1 December from 6.30-8pm in room
NAB2.04, New Academic Building
The International Growth Centre and STICERD invite you to a presentation
of Development Connections: unveiling the impact of new information
technologies, the new flagship publication by the Inter-American Development
Bank (IDB) on the role of ICT in international development.
Speakers will include:
- Dr Andrew Powell, principal advisor at the research
department of Inter-American Development Bank, who will present the
publication
- Dr Celia Szusterman, director of the Latin America programme
at The Institute for Statecraft, who will discuss the publication
- Dr Greg Fischer, lecturer in economics at LSE and program
director for finance at the International Growth Centre, who will chair
the event and discuss the publication.
This event is free and open to all, with no ticket required. For an
executive summary of the book,
click here.
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LSESU Food Appreciation Society Christmas Party
On: Friday 2 December at 6.30pm. The venue will be confirmed
shortly.
The LSESU Food Appreciation Society (FAS) invites you to its annual
Christmas Party, where there will be a selection of Christmas treats and
drinks. There will also be a food quiz with an amazing prize to be won.
The cost for FAS members is £1.30, and for non-members it will cost
£3.50. For more information, visit
Facebook.
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Random Hacks of Kindness On: Saturday 3 December from
9am-10pm and Sunday 4 December from 9am-4pm
The LSESU Information Systems Society and MyBnk invite you to put your
creative thinking hats on to help solve the problem of financial illiteracy.
MyBnk, a charity founded in 2007 with the aim of increasing financial
literacy among today’s youth, is partnering with Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK)
and the LSESU Information Society, to host the London chapter of RHoK.
The event will bring together diverse minds with the goal of supporting
research, education, and understanding of financial illiteracy through two
days of hacking and brainstorming.
The LSESU
Information Society encourages you to share new ideas that you would
like to see developed, that involve global change data or information, or
simply your expertise and enthusiasm in solving financial illiteracy among
the youth of today. There are exciting prizes to be won.
For more information and to register your attendance, visit
www.rhok.org/event/london-united-kingdom.
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Spanish in Motion On: Tuesday 6 December from
6.30-8.30pm in room CLM.5.02, Clement House
The Language Centre invites you to the first ‘Spanish in Motion’ session
of this academic year. This year, the Language Centre will screen two documentaries
under the title 'El color con que se mira' (The crystal that one looks
through).
On Tuesday 6 December, the Language Centre will be screening Suite Havana (Suite
Habana, 84”, 2003, Fernando Pérez). Suite Habana shows a day in the lives of
ten ordinary habaneros. There are no interviews, no dialogues and no
narration: just images, sound and music to express in purely cinematic
terms the everyday existence of some very peculiar and unique realities.
Each character is a representative of the wonderful diversity of the
different social groups that move about the city, because there is not one
single Havana but many invisible Havanas, each with its very characteristic
lifestyle.
After the film, there will be a Q&A session with Professor Michael Chanan,
professor at University of Roehampton and a documentary film-maker. For more
information, visit
Spanish in Motion Screenings.
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LSE Christmas Carol Service
On: Wednesday 7 December at 5.30pm in the Shaw Library, Old Building
All staff and students are invited to celebrate the festive season with
traditional carols and readings.
Featuring the LSE choir and Timothy Radcliffe OP, author of What Is The
Point of Being a Christian? and Why Go To Church?, the service
will be followed by mulled wine and mince pies.
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British Journal of Industrial Relations 50th Anniversary
Conference On: 12-13 December in the Wolfson Theatre, New
Academic Building
The
British Journal of Industrial Relations (BJIR) will be
celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special conference entitled 'Across
Boundaries: an interdisciplinary conference on the global challenges facing
workers and employment research' and an anniversary issue.
The conference is free and open to all, email
bjir@lse.ac.uk to register. For more
information and the conference timetable, visit
www2.lse.ac.uk/BJIR.
The conference will be followed by a round table event which is also free
and open to all:
BJIR Anniversary Round Table
'The unsolved problems in the research of work and employment' -
a round table discussion among previous chief editors
On: Tuesday 13 December from 5.30-6.30pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New
Academic Building.
Speakers: Ed Heery, John Kelly, David Metcalf, and Stephen Wood.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Leading Colombia towards Prosperity for All
Recorded: Tuesday 22 November, approx 62 minutes
Speaker: Juan Manuel Santos Calderon
Click here to listen
Social Business: to solve society's most pressing problems
Recorded: Thursday 24 November, approx 69 minutes
Speaker: Professor Muhammad Yunus
Click here to listen
Social Movements in the Age of the Internet
Recorded: Thursday 24 November, approx 95 minutes
Speaker: Professor Manuel Castells
Click here to listen |
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second interview
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with..... Nikesh Mistry
I'm a second year law student and
president of the LSESU Timeless
Society.
What is Timeless?
Whenever I say Timeless a lot of
people still don’t know what we
actually do, so let me give you a
brief summary. A brilliant
collaboration of drama, dance and
music from different cultures from
all over the globe builds the
foundation of LSE's biggest
production - Timeless. With over 150
people performing in the production
and more than 1,500 people coming to
watch it, Timeless is something that
can’t be missed.
How and why did you get
involved with the show?
Last year I performed in the show
and ever since I wanted to get more
involved. It is incredible what the
students at LSE can do. A lot of
people think that LSE students are
only good at getting internships and
working hard but there is so much
diversity in our capabilities. I’m
really enjoying the opportunity to
showcase all the talents that the
School has to offer.
Can other people still get
involved? If so, how?
Of course people can still get
involved. Although we have had a lot
of auditions for our dances and
acting roles, we always welcome new
members. If people are interested in
any role, ranging from backstage
work to promoting the show, they
should visit
www.lsesutimeless.com, become a
member through the LSESU website
(which is FREE), or just email us at
su.soc.timeless@lse.ac.uk.
When is the show taking place
and how do people get tickets?
The show is taking place on
Monday 6 February 2012 at the Lyceum
Theatre, which is only down the road
from LSE. Tickets are not on sale
yet but will be sold online and on
Houghton Street.
In addition, our launch party
tickets have just gone on sale and
will be sold on Houghton Street
until Tuesday 6 December, the date
of the party. This night
out at Kings Club (Kings Road,
Chelsea) will be a great way to meet
new people and find out more about
the society. Everyone is welcome.
What can people expect to see
in this year’s show?
With so much variety in our show,
people can expect to see a lot this
year. We have collaborated with the
LSESU Dance and Music societies to
ensure that new and dynamic acts are
performed throughout the show. We
have a range of dances (salsa,
swing, bollywood, bhangra,
classical, contemporary and hip-flop
to name a few) and musical
performances (a capella, gospel
choir, as well as many other
singers) woven into the story line,
making this an unforgettable night.
Has anyone that has been
involved in previous shows gone on
to be famous?
Not yet, but with the abilities of
our performers it is only a matter
of time.
Can you name some ‘timeless’
moments?
I was playing table tennis in
Parish Hall with some of the actors,
while rehearsals were going on in
the background with hip-flop there,
as well as break-dancing alongside us.
Energy, variety and just having a
good laugh along the way - this
memory pretty much sums up Timeless
for me. |
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