Revolutions Are Back!
Monday 26 January 5.30pm to 7.00pm
Room: CBG.1.02, LSE Centre Building (CBG)
Join Professor George Lawson to hear about his ongoing work on revolutions in international politics. Following a presentation by George, we will open the floor to audience Q&A. This seminar will be of interest to those working on global historical sociology, historical IR, and revolutions in world politics.
Meet our speaker:
George Lawson is Professor in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University.
He completed his PhD in International Relations at LSE in 2003, going on to teach in the department and then holding the post of Associate Professor from 2013 to 2020.
His work and research interests are oriented around the relationship between history and theory, with a particular interest in global historical sociology; as well as processes of radical change, especially revolutions.
George has applied this interest to the study of revolutions in three books: Anatomies of Revolution, Negotiated Revolutions: The Czech Republic, South Africa and Chile, and On Revolutions: Unruly Politics in the Contemporary World, co-authored with Colin Beck, Mlada Bukavansky, Erica Chenoweth, Sharon Nepstad and Daniel Ritter.
He is also co-author of: The Global Transformation: History, Modernity and the Making of International Relations, with Barry Buzan (Emeritus Professor of International Relations at LSE). This book charts the ways in which a range of important dynamics in contemporary international relations have their roots in the 19th century ‘global transformation’.
Chair:
Martin J Bayly is an Associate Professor in International Relations Theory in the Department of International Relations at LSE, where he has taught International Relations since 2014.
This event is for LSE staff and students only and you should register for a free ticket with your LSE email below.
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