IDEAS-CWSC public lecture series
Date: Tuesday 26 February 2008
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Paul Kennedy
Chair: Professor Christopher Coker
All great empires have required a sophisticated logistical system, and a secure communications system to sustain themselves. In a world of endless challenges imperial ambitions soon collapse. This lecture will examine the hard, infrastructural underpinnings of the Roman, Spanish and British Empires, and reflect on how the USA compares in this regard.
Paul Kennedy is J Richardson Dilworth Professor of History at Yale University and Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at LSE.
Podcast and Slides
A podcast of this event is available to download from the LSE public lectures and events podcasts channel.
Professor Kennedy's slides are also available to download.
Download: The Nuts and Bolts of Empire (pdf)
The next event organised by IDEAS will take place on Tuesday 4 March and is entitled The Pivot of the 20th Century.