The Ralph Miliband Programme
The Ralph Miliband programme is one of the LSE's most prestigious public lecture series, receiving attention not only at the LSE but across London, the UK, and globally.
The programme was set up in 1996 thanks to a generous anonymous benefaction from a former PhD student inspired by 'Ralph Miliband's contribution to social thought'. He specified that the funds be used in memory of his friend and mentor 'to advance his spirit of free social inquiry' and the diversity of thought that has always been the hallmark of LSE.
Convenor: Dr Robin Archer, Associate Professor in Political Sociology at LSE, and Director of the Postgraduate Programme in Political Sociology.
Upcoming events
The programme for the academic year 2025/26 will be announced in September.
Past events (September 2024 - May 2025)
The death and life of the center left
Speaker: Professor Robert Kuttner
Discussant: Will Hutton
Chair: Professor Jonathan Hopkin
Date: Monday 07 May 2025
Time: 6.30pm to 8.00pm (GMT)
Place: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Beyond disaster capitalism: taming corporate power in an age of instability - Postponed
Speaker: Dr Isabella M Weber
Chair: Professor Lea Ypi
Date: Monday 03 March 2025
Time: 6.30pm to 8.00pm (GMT)
Place: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Climate capitalism: can market-based solutions save the planet?
Speaker: Professor Brett Christophers, Professor Daniela Gabor, Dr Benjamin Braun
Chair: Prof Jonathan Hopkin
Date: Tuesday 18 February 2025
Time: 6.30pm to 8.00pm (GMT)
Place: Sheikh Zayed Lecture, Cheng Kin Ku Building
From liberal peace to new Cold War? Turbulence and conflict in the 21st century
Speakers: Professor Barry Buzan, Dr Elizabeth Ingleson, and Professor Vladislav Zubok
Chair: Professor Michael Cox
Date: Tuesday 28 January 2025
Time: 6.30pm to 8.00pm (GMT)
Place: Sheikh Zayed Lecture, Cheng Kin Ku Building
Adventures in Democracy: The Turbulent World of People Power
Speaker: Professor Erica Benner
Chair: Professor Anne Phillips
Date: Thursday 05 December 2024
Time: 6.30pm to 8.00pm (BST)
Place: Centre Building Auditorium, CBG
The US presidential election and the Left
Speakers: Kate Aronoff, Professor Inderjeet Parmar, Stephen Castle and Richard Seymour
Chair: Dr David Madden
Date: Monday 11 November 2024
Time: 6.30pm to 8.00pm (BST)
Place: Sheikh Zayed Lecture, Cheng Kin Ku Building
Labour's first 100 days: a new era of progressive politics in the UK?
Speakers: Professor Sir John Curtice, Professor Anand Menon and Professor Paula Surridge
Chair: Professor Jonathan Hopkin
Date: Monday 07 October 2024
Time: 6.30pm to 8.00pm (BST)
Place: Sheikh Zayed Lecture, Cheng Kin Ku Building