The Department of International History hosts numerous lectures, roundtables, debates and workshops by our academics, visiting academics and others. Members of the Department are also involved in a series of events around LSE.
Below is a list of these events by chronological order. Our events are usually free and open to all with exceptions duly noted. Please note that pre-registration for events is usually required.
We make video and audio recordings available whenever possible.
From time to time there are changes to event details so we strongly recommend that you check the listing on the day of the event.
Thursday, 26 March 2026 (6.30pm - 8pm)
Venue: MAR.1.08, Marshall Building, LSE (and online)
Chair: Professor Marc Baer (Head of Department)
The Department welcomes Prof Beatrice Heuser to deliver the Annual Lecture 2025-26.
The USA withdrew into isolation from the “old world” after ridding itself of British rule. Only in the “Cold War” did it commit to the defence of Europe. Is the US returning to a state of normality by disengaging?
Full event details and registration HERE
Tuesday, 24 March (6pm - 8.30pm)
Venue: Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre, Centre Building (CBG), LSE
Chair: Dr Tanya Harmer
Film screening of Una y mil veces and Q&A with its director Ernesto Fontan. The film is about fifty-two Uruguayan political exiles, and is a moving account of the motivations for participating in seeming distant political and social struggles.
Full event details and registration HERE
Thursday 26 February (6pm - 7.30pm)
Venue: CKK.1.15, Cheng Kin Ku (CKK) Building, LSE
Chair: Dr Matthew Jones
Dr Alex Wellerstein argues our understanding of President Truman's specific role in the use of the atomic bomb in 1945 has been dramatically misunderstood. With a new interpretation, Dr Wellerstein argues that contrary to his reputation, Truman was perhaps the most anti-nuclear American president of the 20th century.
Full event details and registration HERE
Tuesday, 3 February (6pm - 7.30pm)
Venue: SAL.G.03, Sir Arthur Lewis (SAL) Building, LSE
Chair: Dr Qingfei Yin
Professor Xin Fan discussed how Shanghai’s historical experience of colonialism highlights sovereignty as a negotiated practice shaped by transnational flows of culture, commerce, and knowledge and how power operates through culture as much as through law.
Full event details and registration HERE