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EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES, DEBATES, CONCERTS
A diary o events open to the
LSE community and the public
9 January 2 April 2012
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The event is ree and open to all with no ticket required,entry is on a rst come rst served basis. See individual listingor contact details or urther event inormation.
This event is ree and open to all (unless otherwise stated)but a ticket is required. One ticket per person can be requestedat lse.ac.uk/events, see individual listing or ticket releasedate. Ticket lines will be open or a set period o time asadvertised on the listing, with tickets allocated randomly torequests received in this time period. For events where ewerrequests are received than tickets available, ticket lines willremain open until all tickets have been allocated.
Ticketing information
Everyone is welcome to attend LSEs public events, where some
o the most infuential gures in the social sciences can be heard.
Events are generally ree and open to all, with entry on a rst come,
rst served basis unless otherwise stated. It does get busy so we
advise people to turn up 30 minutes beore the advertised time.
For ticketed events, please go to lse.ac.uk/events and ll in the
online booking orm to obtain a ticket. LSE sta and students can
obtain tickets rom the Students Union Shop in the New Academic
Building.Transcripts, podcasts and videos o an increasing number
o LSE events are available online ater the event. Details o all o
these can be accessed at lse.ac.uk/events. Do remember that i
you ancy grabbing a bite to eat beore an event, or you want to
sit and discuss the event with riends over a drink aterwards, there
are a range o LSE catering outlets on campus. To see the dierent
venues and their opening times please view
lse.ac.uk/collections/cateringServices/venues
Just economics and politics? Think again. While LSE does not
teach arts or music, there is a vibrant cultural side to the School
rom weekly Thursday lunchtime ree music concerts in the ShawLibrary, and an LSE orchestra and choir with their own proessional
conductors, to various lm, art and photographic student
societies, the annual LSE photo prize competition, the LSE Literary
Festival and artist-in-residence projects. For more inormation
please visit lse.ac.uk/arts. I you would like to receive a copy o this
leafet termly, you can join our mailing list: email [email protected].
For the latest inormation, visit lse.ac.uk/events or phone thepublic events inormation line on 020 7955 6043.
Alan Revel
LSE events manager
Welcome
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Member o the press?Email [email protected]
to reserve seats
January
From time to time there are changes toevent details ater this leafet goes to printso we strongly recommend that i you plan
to attend an LSE event you check theevent listing on the LSE events website,
lse.ac.uk/events on the day o the event
Monday 9 January Friday 17 February
Atrium Gallery, Old Building
Changing the Paradigm o Development PolicyThrough Media
An exhibition o international editorial cartoons and video journalismrelating to development policy, hosted by the Justice and SecurityResearch Programme.
This exhibition is open to all, no ticket required. Visitors are welcome
during weekdays (Monday Friday) between 10am and 8pm.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7107 5342.
Monday 9 January, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Middle East Centre Arab Uprisings Lecture Series
The Year o Egypts Second Revolution:the balance sheet so ar
SPEAKER: Proessor Roger Owen
Proessor Owen will look at Egypts Tahrir Square revolution in thelight o the revolutions o 1919 and 1952, drawing on them toindicate some o the problems and possibilities ahead.
Roger Owen is A J Meyer Proessor o Middle East History atHarvard University.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
EXHIBITION
PUBLIC LECTURE
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Tuesday 10 January, 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
Asia Research Centre public lecture
Deleveraging and Growth: is the developed worldollowing Japans long and winding road?
SPEAKER: Masaaki Shirakawa
Masaaki Shirakawa will reect on the experience o Japan leadingto and ollowing the bursting o the Japanese bubble, and discusssimilarities and dierences between Japan in the 1990s and the
current state o developed economies.
Masaaki Shirakawa is governor o the Bank o Japan.
Ino: Tickets available rom Wednesday 4 Januaryatlse.ac.uk/events
Tuesday 10 January, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
LSE public lecture
The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and thestruggle or Russia
SPEAKER: Angus Roxburgh
Angus Roxburgh talks about his new book on the Putin years andRussias relationship with the West. Drawing on exclusive interviews,he describes Putins descent into authoritarianism, and argues thatthe West threw away chances to bring Russia in rom the cold.
Angus Roxburgh was the Sunday Times Moscow correspondentin the mid-1980s and the BBCs Moscow correspondent during theYeltsin years. He is the author o The Second Russian Revolution andPravda: inside the Soviet press machine.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Tuesday 10 January, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE public lecture
Is it Time or a Digital Detox?SPEAKER: Daniel Sieberg
The author o The Digital Diet: the our-stepplan to break your tech addiction and regainbalance in your lie, oers timely advice ortechnology gluttons everywhere, explaininghow best to ditch the digital dependency.
Daniel Sieberg works with Googlemarketing in New York. An Emmy-nominated journalist, he is a ormertechnology correspondent or CBSand CNN.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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Thursday 12 January, 1.05-2pm
Shaw Library, Old Building
Helen Sherman (mezzo-soprano)
James Baillieu (piano)Hahn Songs
Mahler Songs rom DasKnaben Wunderhorn
Wagner Wesendonck Lieder
Britten Cabaret Songs (WH Auden)
Tell me the truth about loveFuneral Blues; Johnny; Calypso
Winner o several prizes and representingAustralia in 2011 Cardi Singer o the World
competition. Helen Sherman is currently appearing with Opera North.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Thursday 12 January, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Department o Geography and Environmentpublic lecture
Redesigning the Worlds Largest
Development Programme: EU cohesion policySPEAKER: Proessor Philip McCann
The special adviser to the European Commissioner or Regional Policywill discuss one o the great policy-making challenges o recent times.
Philip McCann is special adviser to Johannes Hahn and proessor oeconomics at the University o Waikato, New Zealand.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Thursday 12 January, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Department o Management public lecture
The Lean StartupSPEAKER: Eric Ries
Most new businesses ail. But most o those ailures are preventable.The Lean Startup is a new approach to business thats being adoptedaround the world.
Eric Ries is an entrepreneur and author o the New York Timesbestseller The Lean Startup and the popular entrepreneurship blogStartup Lessons Learned.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
LUNCHTIME
CONCERT
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Monday 16 January, 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
British Government@LSE public lecture
Total Policing: the uture o policing in London
SPEAKER: Bernard Hogan-Howe
The current commissioner o the Met and ormer chie constableo Merseyside Police will speak about his hopes and aspirations inrelation to the uture o policing in the capital.
Bernard Hogan-Howe is the commissioner o the MetropolitanPolice Service.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Monday 16 January, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Gendering the Social Sciences: a Gender Institutepublic lecture
Gender and Mens Studies: peril or promise?
SPEAKER: Proessor Michael Kimmel
The insights generated by womens studiesare both available to men and, indeed,
important or men to live the lives they saythey want to live.
Michael Kimmel is among theworlds leading researchers on menand masculinities.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Tuesday 17 January, 6.30-8pmSheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE public lecture
Realeconomik: the hidden cause o the greatrecession (and how to avert the next one)
SPEAKER: Grigory YavlinskyGrigory Yavlinsky makes a powerul casethat the oten-cited causes o globaleconomic instability are only secondary toa ar more signifcant underlying cause:the ailure to understand that universalsocial norms are essential to social andeconomic progress.
Grigory Yavlinsky is proessor oeconomics at the Higher School oEconomics at the National Research
University in Moscow. As deputy prime minister o Russia, he wrotethe frst Russian economic program or transition to a ree-marketeconomy, 500 Days. His latest book is Realeconomik.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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ALEXEIA
NTONOV
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Tuesday 17 January, 6.30-8pm
Wolson Theatre, New Academic Building
Forum or European Philosophy public lecture
Beyond the Eye o the Beholder
SPEAKER: Dr Guy Dammann
Everyone admits that there is no act o the matter about aestheticjudgements. Nonetheless, constantly reerring to artistic taste asrelative limits the power o art to change us.
Guy Dammann is the music critic o the Times Literary Supplement,and a critic and commentator or the Guardian.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7539.
Tuesday 17 January, 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
Department o International History annual lecture
Israel: the strategy o the iron wall revisited
SPEAKER: Proessor Avi Shlaim
This talk will ocus on Israels iron wallstrategy o dealing with the Arabs rom aposition o unassailable military strength,and how this strategy was applied bysuccessive prime ministers.
Avi Shlaim is proessor o internationalrelations at the University o Oxord. Hisbooks include The Iron Wall: Israel and the
Arab world(2000); and Israel and Palestine:reappraisals, revisions, reutations (2009).
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Wednesday 18 January, 6.30-8.30pm
Wolson Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE Arts lm screening and discussion
Margin Call
A preview screening o the highlyanticipated flm Margin Callbased on thefnancial crash starring Kevin Spacey,Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore, ZacharyQuinto, Paul Bettany and Stanley Tucci.This will be ollowed by a panel discussion.
Ino: Tickets available rom Wednesday11 January atlse.ac.uk/events
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FILM
SCREENING
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Thursday 19 January, 1.05-2pm
Shaw Library, Old Building
Victoria Simonsen (cello), Ben Powell (piano)
Beethoven Sonata no. 2 in G Minor,op. 5 no. 2
Britten Sonata in C major, Op. 65
Gold medallist o the Royal NorthernCollege, New Zealand Young Musiciano the Year, winner o several prizes andscholarships, Victoria Simonsen has
been praised by The Stradas a musiciano rare quality.
Ino: [email protected] orcall 020 7955 6043.
Thursday 19 January, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE public lecture
Paper Promises: money, debt and the newworld order
SPEAKER: Philip Coggan
The world is drowning in debt. But as
Philip Coggan shows in his new book,which he will discuss in this talk, theglobal crisis is part o an age-old battlebetween creditors and borrowers.
Philip Coggan is the Buttonwoodcolumnist o The Economist. This eventmarks the publication o his new bookPaper Promises: money, debt and the new
world order. Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Monday 23 January 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Academic Building
Global Policydialogue
The State o the World Economy in 2012
SPEAKERS: Jean-Michel Severino, Martin Wol
Two economic experts discuss the state o the world economy aterthe eurozone fnancial crisis.
Jean Michel Severino is the inspector general at the French Ministry
o Finance. Martin Wol is a journalist at the Financial Times. Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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Monday 23 January, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Sir Patrick Gillam Lecture
The Global Banking Crisis: an Aricanbankers response
SPEAKER: Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Against the backdrop o the ongoing global banking crisis, SanusiLamido Sanusi discusses the economic problems and prospects osub-Saharan Arica over the decade ahead.
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is the governor o the Central Banko Nigeria.
Ino: Tickets available rom Monday 16 January atlse.ac.uk/events
Monday 23 January, 6.30-8pm
New Theatre, East Building
Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit publicdiscussion
Bottom-up Politics: an agency-centredapproach to globalisation
SPEAKERS: Proessor Helmut Anheier, Proessor Christine Chinkin,Proessor Mary Kaldor, Proessor Saskia Sassen
The panel will discuss the political implications o giving power toordinary people in an era when the nation-state has lost its primacyas a political actor. The event launches the book Bottom-up Politics:an agency-centred approach to globalisation.
Helmut Anheier is proessor o sociology at the Hertie School oGovernance, Berlin. Christine Chinkin is proessor o internationallaw at LSE and a barrister. Mary Kaldor is director o the Civil Society
and Human Security Research Unit, LSE. Saskia Sassen is RobertS Lynd Proessor o Sociology at Columbia University and a visitingproessor at LSE.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Tuesday 24 January, 6.30-8pm
Wolson Theatre, New Academic Building
Philosophy@LSE public lecture
The Many-Worlds Interpretation oQuantum Mechanics
SPEAKER: Dr Foad Dizadji-Bahmani
Despite being one o our most empirically successul
theories, there is still no consensus about how QuantumMechanics is to be understood. This talk will explorethe controversial Many-Worlds interpretation.
Foad Dizadji-Bahmani is an LSE ellow in the Departmento Philosophy, Logic and Scientifc Method.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7539.
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DISCUSSION
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Tuesday 24 January, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
LSE IDEAS public discussion
The Soviet Unions Collapse: causesand consequences
SPEAKERS: Rodric Braithwaite, Andrei Grachev,Proessor Margot Light
What were the origins o the collapse o the USSR? What did 1991 lookand eel like rom the inside? What is the legacy o 1991 or the ormer
USSR itsel? This expert panel will reect on how history unolded.
Rodric Braithwaite was British Ambassador to Moscow rom 1988 to1992. Andrei Grachev served on the International Relations Departmento the CPSU and was confdant and ofcial spokesman or MikhailGorbachev. Margot Light is Proessor Emeritus in the Department oInternational Relations, LSE.
Ino [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
DISCUSSION
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Tuesday 24 January, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE public lecture
Willpower: sel-control, decision atigue,and energy depletion
SPEAKER: Dr Roy F Baumeister
A new understanding o how peoplecontrol themselves has emerged rom thepast decade o research studies.
Roy Baumeister is Eppes EminentScholar and head o the social psychologygraduate program at Florida StateUniversity. He is co-author o Willpower:rediscovering our greatest strength.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Wednesday 25 January, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Department o Law public lecture
Histories o International Law: dealing
with Eurocentrism
SPEAKER: Proessor Martti Koskenniemi
Martti Koskenniemi is director o the Erik Castrn Instituteo International Law and Human Rights and visiting proessorat LSE Law.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Wednesday, 25 January, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Hellenic Observatory/APCO European Institutepublic lecture
The Geostrategic Importance o Cyprus: longterm trends and prospects
SPEAKER: Dr Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis
Placed at the crossroads o threecontinents, Cyprus remains o keystrategic importance in the EasternMediterranean.
Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis is theminister o oreign aairs or Cyprus.
Ino: [email protected] orcall 020 7955 6043.
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FLORIDASTATEUNIVERSITY
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Thursday 26 January 1.05-2pm
Shaw Library, Old Building
Sulki Yu (violin)
MinJung Baek (piano)Chausson Pome Op. 25
Ysae Sonata Op. 27 No. 1
Schubert Rondo Brillant in B minor
A welcome return o the Korean violinisthailed by The Stradas having ...acutely
tuned musicianship... brilliance andassurance... a very signifcant career inthe making.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Thursday 26 January, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE IDEAS public lecture
Ten Reasons Why India Will Not and MustNot Become a Superpower
SPEAKER: Dr Ramachandra Guha
High annual growth rates, a rising middleclass, and successes in the sotware sectorhave led to much talk o India becominga superpower. But rather than seek toexpand Indias inuence abroad, thepolitical class and intellectual elite woulddo well to ocus on the fssures within.
Ramachandra Guha is Philippe RomanChair in History and International Aairs
at LSE IDEAS or 2011-2012.
Ino: Tickets available rom Wednesday 18 January atlse.ac.uk/events
Monday 30 January, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Department o Sociology public lectureWhy its Kicking O Everywhere: the newglobal revolutions
SPEAKER: Paul Mason
Paul Mason will explore the causes and consequences o the currentwave o struggle illuminating the links between the economic and
social crisis.
Paul Mason is economics editor o BBCs Newsnightand authoro Why its Kicking O Everywhere.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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Tuesday 31 January, 6.30-8pm
Wolson Theatre, New Academic Building
British Government@LSE public lecture
The Work o the Public AdministrationSelect Committee
SPEAKER: Bernard Jenkin MP
A look at the work o the Public Administration Select Committee,which examines the quality and standards o administration withinthe Civil Service and scrutinises the reports o the Parliamentary and
Health Service Ombudsman.
Bernard Jenkin is MP or Harwich and North Essex and chair o thePublic Administration Select Committee.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7204.
Tuesday 31 January, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
LSE public lecture
Gods Jury: the Inquisition and the makingo the modern world
SPEAKER: Cullen Murphy
For centuries states have used their power to censor inormation,conduct surveillance, impose belie, manipulate and punish. CullenMurphys new book, Gods Jury, explores the idea that the Inquisitionis not a medieval oddity, but is intrinsically bound up with the creationo the modern world.
Cullen Murphy is Vanity Fairs editor at large and the author oAreWe Rome? and The Word According to Eve.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Tuesday 31 January, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Middle East Centre public lecture
Revolution 2.0
SPEAKER: Wael Ghonim
Social media allow ideas to be shared. They are places where peoplecan unite and new types o revolutions can begin. Wael Ghonim givesunparalleled insight into why the Egyptian people fnally rejected 30years o oppression and ound a voice.
Wael Ghonim is a prominent internet entrepreneur who set up
the Facebook page that helped acilitate the protests that led to thedeparture o Hosni Mubarak. His new book is Revolution 2.0.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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February
Wednesday 1 February, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Department o Sociology/Runnymede Trust Jim RoseMemorial Lecture
A Tale o Tottenham: race, riots and the uture
SPEAKER: David Lammy MP
The riots across England in the summer
o 2011 were sparked by events inTottenham, North London. Tottenhamwas also the site o the BroadwaterFarm riots in 1985. David Lammy, MPor the area, reects on the causeso these events and what role racialinequality played.
David Lammy has been the Labour MP
or Tottenham since 2000.Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Thursday 2 February, 1.05-2pm
Shaw Library, Old Building
Heath String Quartet
Oliver Heath (violin), Cerys Jones (violin)
Gary Pomeroy (viola) Christopher Murray (cello)
Mendelssohn String Quartet No.1 in E at, Op.12
Jancek String Quartet No.2 Intimate Letters
Winners o the Trump International Music Competition and HaydnVienna Competition, this rising young quartet has perormed tocritical acclaim in major halls and estivals.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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LUNCHTIME
CONCERT
STEFANO
SCHEGGI
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Thursday 2 February, 6.30-8pm
Wolson Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE IDEAS public lecture
Reections on Russias Place in Europe in the18th Century
SPEAKER: Proessor Alexander Kamenskii
In the course o the eighteenth century, Russiabecame an active participant in Europeandiplomatic relations. But to what extent was
Russia part o Europe? And is it possible tostudy Europe without including Russia?
Alexander Kamenskii is deacon o theFaculty o History and chie research ellowo the Poletaev Institute or Theoretical andHistorical Studies in the Humanities at theHigher School o Economics in Moscow.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7849 4612.
Thursday 2 February, 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
Forum or European Philosophy public lecture
Religion or Atheists
SPEAKER: Alain de Botton
Is it possible to remain a committed atheist but nevertheless beneftrom the wisdom o religion? Marking the publication o his new bookReligion or Atheists, Alain de Botton proposes that we look to religionsor insights into how we might live in and arrange our societies.
Alain de Botton is the author o non-fction essays on themes
ranging rom love and travel to architecture and philosophy. Hisbestselling books include The Architecture o Happiness.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Monday 6 February, 6.30-8pm
New Theatre, East Building
Gender Institute and the Department o Governmentpublic lecture
Social Reproduction andDepletion: mappinggendered harm
SPEAKER: Proessor Shirin M Rai
At times o crisis social expenditure iscut, but with what consequences? Usingthe concept o depletion, Proessor Raimeasures the extent o loss or individuals,households and communities.
Shirin Rai is proessor o politics and international studies at theUniversity o Warwick.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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Monday 6 February, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Department o International History Inaugural Lecture
Frederick the Great, Napoleon and AbrahamLincoln: what makes a national icon?
SPEAKER: Proessor Alan Sked
Why do some people retain iconic status in the historical consciousnesso various nations? What does this tell us about them? More importantly,what does it reveal about later and present generations?
Alan Sked is proessor o international history at LSE.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Monday 6 February, 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
Department o Sociology public lecture
Together: the rituals, pleasures and politicso co-operation
SPEAKER: Proessor Richard Sennett
Modern politics emphasises unity andsimilarity, encouraging the politics o thetribe rather than o complexity. RichardSennett, in his new book Together,argues that living with people unlikeourselves requires more than goodwill:it requires skill.
Richard Sennett retired in 2011 asUniversity Proessor at NYU and AcademicGovernor and Proessor o Sociology at LSE.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Tuesday 7 February, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
LSE public lecture
The Origin o Sex: a history o the frstsexual revolution
SPEAKER: Dr Faramerz Dabhoiwala
For most o western history, all sex outside marriage was illegal, and thechurch, the state, and ordinary people devoted huge eorts to suppressingand punishing it. Between 1600 and 1800, this entire world view was
shattered by a revolutionary new idea that sex is a private matter.Faramerz Dabhoiwala is the Senior Fellow in History at ExeterCollege, Oxord. This event marks the publication o his new bookThe Origins o Sex: a history o the frst sexual revolution.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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Tuesday 7 February, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE public lecture
Pity The Billionaire: the hard times swindleand the comeback o the right
SPEAKER: Thomas Frank
Economic meltdown usually brings calls or change. But whenThomas Frank set out to fnd these, all he heard were loud demandsthat the losers be hit harder and that the winners get more.
The ounding editor o the Baer, Thomas Frank is the author oOne Market Under God, Whats the Matter with America? and TheWrecking Crew. His latest book is Pity the Billionaire.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Tuesday 7 February, 6.30-8pm
New Theatre, East Building
Department o Law public lecture
Does Law Have a Place in the Modern University?
SPEAKER: Proessor Roderick MacDonald
Universities are acing increasing pressure to be relevant or studentsentering the job market. Yet law aculties are under increasing pressureto become less proessional and to broaden their curriculum withinterdisciplinary courses in the liberal arts. Might the study o law reclaimthe central role that it played in the University a millennium ago?
Roderick MacDonald is F R Scott Proessor o Constitutional andPublic Law at McGill and visiting proessor at LSE Law.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Wednesday 8 February, 6.30-8pm
Wolson Theatre, New Academic Building
Forum or European Philosophy dialogue
Freedom o Speech on Campus
SPEAKERS: Nicola Dandridge, Proessor Sue MendusWhen does reedom o speech threaten the cohesion o a universityas a learning community? Should there be any limits on what can besaid in a university?
Nicola Dandridge is chie executive o Universities UK. Sue Mendusis proessor o political philosophy at the University o York.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7539. This
event is jointly organised with the Department o Philosophy,Logic and Scientifc Method and the LSE Chaplaincy.
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Thursday 9 February, 1.05-2pm
Shaw Library, Old Building
Adam Walker (ute), James Baillieu (piano)
Schubert Variations on Trockene Blumen in E minor, D802
Martinu Scherzo
Barber Canzone
Bartok Suite Paysanne Hongroise
Described by Classic FM as one o the top fve international autists,in 2009 Adam Walker was appointed principal ute o the London
Symphony Orchestra aged 21 and received the Outstanding YoungArtist Award at the MIDE Classique Awards in Cannes.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Thursday 9 February, 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
Economica Phillips Lecture
OECD Labour Markets in the Great Recession
SPEAKER: Proessor Christopher Pissarides
Labour markets across the OECD reacteddierently to the 2008 fnancial crisis andsubsequent debt crisis. Proessor Pissarideswill review these responses and discussmeasures to contain rising unemployment.
Christopher Pissarides is the NormanSosnow Chair in Economics, LSE, andrecipient o the 2010 Nobel Prize orEconomic Sciences.
Ino: Tickets available rom Thursday2 February atlse.ac.uk/events
Thursday 9 February, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Civil Society and Human Security Research Unitpublic discussion
Ghosts o AghanistanSPEAKERS: Jonathan Steele,
Francesc Vendrell
Jonathan Steeles new book, Ghosts oAghanistan, is the defnitive study o theSoviet and US wars in Aghanistan, byone o the ew reporters who has covered
both occupations.Jonathan Steele (pictured) is acolumnist, author and ormer chieoreign correspondent o the Guardian.Francesc Vendrellwas the EU special
representative or Aghanistan, 2002-2008 and is a visiting ellow atthe Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit, LSE.
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Monday 13 February, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Department o Economics public lecture
How the Clash Between Keynes and HayekContinues to Defne the Dierence BetweenLet and Right Today
SPEAKER: Nicholas Wapshott
Eighty years ater Friedrich Hayeks assaultupon the economic thinking o John
Maynard Keynes, the dierences betweenthe two men have still not been resolved.
Nicholas Wapshott is a columnistor Reuters and regular contributor toNewsweekand The Daily Beast. He is theauthor o Keynes Hayek: the clash thatdefned modern economics.
Ino: Tickets available rom Tuesday 7 February atlse.ac.uk/events.
Tuesday 14 February, 6.30-8pm
Wolson Theatre, New Academic Building
Forum or European Philosophy Consiliencepanel discussion
Neuroscience, Responsibility and the Law
SPEAKERS: Proessor Roger Brownsword, Proessor Neil Levy,Proessor Sir Michael Rutter
Will developments in the neurosciences change our moral and legalnotions o criminality and responsibility and i so, how?
Roger Brownsword is proessor o law at Kings College London.
Neil Levy is deputy director o the Oxord Centre or Neuroethics andthe Florey Neuroscience Institute, University o Melbourne. MichaelRutter is proessor o developmental psychopathology in the MRCSocial, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at the Instituteo Psychiatry, Kings College London.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7539.
Wednesday 15 February, 6.30-8pmSheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
British Government@LSE public lecture
Independence and Responsibility: the utureo Scotland
SPEAKER: Alex Salmond MSP
Alex Salmond will set out his vision or Scotlands uture, includingthe opportunities provided by independence, setting the context orthe Scottish governments plans or a reerendum.
Alex Salmond is the frst minister o Scotland.
Ino: Tickets available rom Monday 6 February atlse.ac.uk/events.
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Thursday 16 February, 1.05-2pm
Shaw Library, Old Building
Morgan Szymanski (guitar)An aternoon in Spain
F.Sor Variations on a Themeo Mozart Op.9
Miguel Llobet Three Catalan FolkSongs Francisco
Trrega Capricho rabe
Isaac Albniz Sevilla Mayorca Granada Asturias
A top prize-winner at internationalcompetitions, Szymanski has perormedall over the world. A player destined oruture glories. (Classical Guitar Magazine)
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Thursday 16 February, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Centre or the Study o Human Rights public lecture
Dispatches rom the Dark Side: on torture andthe death o justice
SPEAKER: Gareth Peirce
Evidence suggests that the British government has colluded in a rangeo extrajudicial activities rendition, internment without trial, torture and has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal its actions.
Gareth Peirce is a solicitor whose battles against miscarriages ojustice have changed legal history.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Thursday 16 February, 6.30-8pm
Wolson Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE IDEAS public lecture
Arican Development: the miracle o Mauritius?SPEAKER: Pierre Dinan
Unlike other Arican economies sinceindependence, Mauritius has experiencedlong term sustained economic growth anddevelopment. What explains this success?
Pierre Dinan is an economic consultant and
external member o the Monetary PolicyCommittee o the Bank o Mauritius.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7849 4612.
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Saturday 18 February, 9am-6pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
LSESU China Development Forum 2012
Chinas Reorm Phase II
SPEAKERS: Proessor Ricky Burdett, Proessor Danny Quah,Proessor Xiaonian Xu, Dr Jonathan Woetzel
Against a background o domestic and international uncertainty, the2012 orum provides an exciting platorm on which to consider anddiscuss Chinas uture prospects.
This event is organised by the LSESU China Development Society.Ino: Tickets are 30-35 or students and 60-70 or non-
students. For inormation and tickets visit: lsecds.org
Monday 20 February, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Department o Sociology public lecture
European Community o Democracies Towards a New Foundation o Europe
SPEAKER: Proessor Ulrich Beck
German euro-nationalism is notinevitable. Europes crisis is an
opportunity to enlarge democracy.
Ulrich Beck is proessor o sociology,University o Munich and British Journal oSociologyLSE Centennial Proessor in theDepartment o Sociology.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Tuesday 21 February, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Forum or European Philosophy dialogue in associationwith Hire Intelligence
On Friendship
SPEAKER: Dr Mark VernonWhat, in act, is the love called riendship? What is the nature oits rules and perils, as well as its promise?
Mark Vernon is a writer, broadcaster and journalist. He is anhonorary research ellow at Birkbeck, University o London.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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Tues 21, Weds 22, Thurs 23 February, 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures
Climate Change and the New Industrial Revolution
SPEAKER: Proessor Lord Nicholas Stern
In this series o three lectures Proessor Stern will discuss the economicsand ethics o climate change, and the need or a new industrial revolution.
Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Proessor o Economics and Government,and Chair o the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and
the Environment, LSE.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Wednesday 22 February, 5-6pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
LSE public lecture
A lecture by Mahmoud Mohieldin
SPEAKER: Mahmoud Mohieldin
Mahmoud Mohieldin is managing director o the World Bank.
Ino: Tickets available rom Tuesday 14 February atlse.ac.uk/events
Wednesday 22 February, 6.30-8pmHong Kong Theatre, Clement House
2012 LSE-Harvard public lecture on Islamic Finance
Global Calls or Economic Justice: the potentialo Islamic fnance
SPEAKERS: Mukhtar Hussain, Proessor Volker NienhausIt is elt that conventional fnancial systems have ailed and shouldbe replaced, or supplemented, by more ethical banking and sociallyresponsible fnance. Can Islamic Finance, as a system with a strongreligious background and moral ramework, satisy this hope?
Mukhtar Hussain is chie executive ofcer at HSBC Malaysia.Volker Nienhaus is visiting proessor, University o Reading.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Thursday 23 February, 1.05-2pm
Shaw Library, Old Building
Nigel Rogers (piano)
Beethoven Sonata in D op.10 no 3
Debussy Three Preludes: La terrasse des audiences au clair de lune;Les collines dAnacapri; Feux Dartifces
Chopin Ballade No.4 in F minor
A winner o the Kemble Chopin piano competition, 2009 and fnalistin the Classic FM/Piano Magazine Amateur competition 2005, NigelRogers has recorded late Sonatas o Beethoven and Schubert, andBachs Goldberg Variations.
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Thursday 23 February, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Middle East Centre Arab Uprisings Lecture Series
The Politics o Resistance and theArab Uprisings
SPEAKER: Proessor Charles Tripp
This talk will look at how resistance to regimes appropriation opublic space has been a central theme o the Arab uprisings.
Charles Tripp is a proessor o politics with reerence to the MiddleEast at the School o Oriental and Arican Studies.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Saturday 25 February, 10am-6pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
LSESU Economics ConerenceSPEAKERS: The conerence will play host to a number o eminent
fgures rom the world o economics and fnance.
One o the largest student-run economics conerences in Britain.Each year it brings together students, academics and proessionals todiscuss contemporary issues or the world economy.
Ino: Tickets are 25-45. To book a ticket please visitlsesu-ec.org.
For inormation contact [email protected] or call 0784 887 9255.
Monday 27 February, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE Annual Austrian History Lecture
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand and EnglandSPEAKER: Proessor Roy Bridge
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand was heir to the thrones o Austria-Hungary beore his assassination in 1914. Had he lived, his views oninternational aairs would have helped shape Europes destiny andmay have prevented world war.
Roy Bridge is Proessor Emeritus o Diplomatic History at the
University o Leeds.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7331.
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Monday 27 February Friday 13 April
Atrium Gallery, Old Building
LSE Photo Prize Exhibition 2012
The annual LSE Photo Prize Exhibition, run by LSE Arts, showcasesa wide range o photographs by LSE sta and students. This yearstheme is Overcoming Hurdles. Winning photos will be selected by a
judging panel o art proessionals and LSE sta.
This exhibition is open to all, no ticket required. Visitors are welcomeduring weekdays (Monday Friday) between 10am and 8pm.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7107 5342. This exhibition issupported by the LSE Annual Fund.
Tuesday 28 February, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Centre or Economic Perormance 21st BirthdayLecture Series
Cross Country Wage Comparisons: theMcWage index
SPEAKER: Proessor Orley Ashenelter
Proessor Ashenelter is conducting a study o McDonalds employeeswages in many countries to illustrate the relative strength o theireconomies. Early results indicate that developing nations still have along climb.
Orley Ashenelter is Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Proessor o Economicsand director o the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Tuesday 28 February, 6.30-8pm
Wolson Theatre, New Academic Building
Forum or European Philosophy panel discussion
European Questions Turkish Angles:Europes unemployment
SPEAKERS: Proessor Sean Sayers, Dr Marco Simoni,
Proessor I
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nsan TunaliThese events take up a theme at the heart o contemporary Europeanlie, and draw on the expertise o Turkish scholars who might providea resh perspective.
Sean Sayers is proessor o philosophy at the University o Kent.Marco Simoni is a lecturer in European political economy at theEuropean Institute, LSE. I
.nsan Tunali is associate proessor o
economics at Ko University, Turkey. Ino [email protected] or call 020 7955 7539. This event is
jointly organised with the LSE Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies.
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Wednesday 29 February, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Gendering the Social Sciences: a Gender Institute
public lecture
Rethinking Respectability: returning to valueand ideology?
SPEAKER: Proessor Beverley Skeggs
Proessor Skeggs will revisit her 1997 studyon respectability and its political parallels inthe present day. In doing so, she will discussthe current vogue or reality television as socialwork, and our response to it as an audience.
Beverley Skeggs is proessor o sociologyat Goldsmiths, University o London.
Ino: [email protected] or call020 7955 6043.
Wednesday 29 February, 6.30-8pm
New Theatre, East Building
Department o Media and Communications public lecture
Demonstrations, Riots, and Uprisings: mediated
dissent in a changing communication environmentSPEAKER: Proessor Simon Cottle
This lecture examines some o the complex ways in which mediaand communications represent and enter into demonstrations, riotsand uprisings.
Simon Cottle is general editor o the Global Crisis and the Media
series or the publisher Peter Lang. Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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Wednesday 29 February Saturday 3 March
New Academic Building
LSE Space or Thought Literary Festival 2012
Relating Cultures
SPEAKERS: including AS Byatt, Amith Chaudhuri, John
Lanchester, Marina Lewycka, Jonathan Powell, Michael
Rosen, Eli Shaak, Claire Tomalin, Jeanett Winterson,and many more.
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Thursday 1 March, 1.05-2pm
Shaw Library, Old Building
Rosamunde Piano Trio Martino Tirimo (piano),Daniel Veis (cello), Ben Sayevich (violin)
Brahms Piano Trio No 3 in C minor, Op. 101
Roussel Piano Trio in E at major, Op.2
A trio o world-class soloists whose perormances and recordings
have earned outstanding praise rom the music critics. Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Thursday 1 March, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Ralph Miliband Series on The Future o the Let
Social Democracy as a Highest Formo Liberalism
SPEAKER: Proessor Colin Crouch
Colin Crouch is proessor o governance and public management atWarwick Business School.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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Thursday 1 March, 6.30-8pm
New Theatre, East Building
Department o Law public lecture
Why Germany is the Real Heir to the OldEnglish Constitution
SPEAKER: Proessor Pasquale Pasquino
Pasquale Pasquino is a Global Distinguished Proessor o Politics atNYU and visiting proessor at LSE Law.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Thursday 1 March, 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, East Building
Association o Friends o the Centre or Philosophy oNatural and Social Science public lecture
Science and SocietySPEAKER: Proessor Sir Paul Nurse
How does society impact on science andscience on society.
Paul Nurse is a British geneticist andcell biologist. He is the current president
o the Royal Society and was awardedthe 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiologyand Medicine.
Ino: [email protected] orcall 020 7955 6043.
Tuesday 6 March, 6.30-8pm
Wolson Theatre, New Academic Building
Philosophy@LSE public lecture
Secession, Legitimacy, andTerritorial Justifcation
SPEAKER: Dr Amandine CatalaDo secessionists have a valid claim to the territory they are taking? DrCatala argues that in order to answer this we need to go beyond thequestion o what makes a state legitimate.
Amandine Catala is an LSE ellow in the Department o Philosophy,Logic and Scientifc Method.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7539.
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Tuesday 6 March, 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
LSE IDEAS public lecture
Sport and the Nation: interpreting Indian historythrough the lens o cricket
SPEAKER: Dr Ramachandra Guha
In India, cricketers are even more amous than its flm stars; they arevenerated and worshipped as gods. This lecture will explain how thissport became an Indian obsession.
Ramachandra Guha is Philippe Roman Chair in History andInternational Aairs at LSE IDEAS or 2011-2012.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Tuesday 6 March, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Centre or Economic Perormance 21st BirthdayLecture Series
Mental Health: the new rontier inlabour economics
SPEAKER: Proessor Lord Richard Layard
CEP ounder Richard Layard will close this series o lectures with adiscussion on the economic and social costs o mental illness.
Richard Layard is Emeritus Proessor o Economics at LSE. He isthe head o the Centre or Economic Perormances Programme onWell-Being.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Wednesday 7 March, 6.15-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
Confict Research Group/ Government Departmentpublic lecture
Can there be a Political Science o
the Holocaust?
SPEAKER: Proessor Charles King
Proessor King will address a question that has challenged many socialscience disciplines, how do we study the Holocaust?
Charles King is a proessor o international aairs and governmentat Georgetown University.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7553.
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Wednesday 7 March, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
British Government@LSE public lecture
A lecture by Alistair Darling
SPEAKER: Alistair Darling MP
Alistair Darling is MP or EdinburghSouth West and ormer Chancellor othe Exchequer.
Ino: [email protected] or call
020 7955 6043.
Wednesday 7 March, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
LSE Comparative Politics lecture series
The Future o Egalitarian Capitalism, inLight o its Past
SPEAKER: Proessor Kathleen Thelen
Do economic crisis and the emergence o service economies makeestablished ideas about liberal and coordinated capitalism obsolete?
Kathleen Thelen is the Ford Proessor o Political Science,Massachusetts Institute o Technology.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Thursday 8 March, 1.05-2pm
Shaw Library, Old Building
Theodore Tzovanakis (piano)
D.Mitropoulos Soere Beatrice
Prokofev Old Grandmothers Talesop.31, No.1
Prokofev Sonata No 1, op.1
Chopin Sonata No 2 in B atminor, op.35
Winner o the frst prize in the YamahaMusic Foundation o Europe Competitionand the Greek National Competition orYoung Soloists, Theodore Tzovanakis
has given world premiere perormances o works by Mitropoulos andhas been broadcast around the world.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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Monday 12 March 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
LSE IDEAS discussion
Indian Democracys Ferocious Faultlines
SPEAKERS: Dr Mukulika Banerjee, Patrick French,Proessor Sunil Khilnani
This panel will ocus on the underside o Indian democracy, asvisible in, among other things, the insurgencies in Kashmir; a Maoistrebellion in the heart o India; growing inequalities between rich and
poor; and the massively high rates o corruption within government.Mukulika Banerjee is a reader in anthropology at the Department oAnthropology, LSE. Patrick French is the author o Liberty or Deathand India: a portrait. Sunil Khilnani is director o Kings CollegeLondons India Institute.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Monday 12 March, 6.30-8pmSheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE public lecture
Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warare in theGlobal Glass House
SPEAKER: Joel Brenner
A ormer intelligence insider illuminates the strategic vulnerabilitiescreated by the technologies that run our public and private lives.
Joel Brenner is the author oAmerica the Vulnerable: inside thenew threat matrix o digital espionage, crime, and warare. He is theormer head o US counterintelligence and inspector general o theUS National Security Agency and practices law in Washington, DC.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Tuesday 13 March, 6.30-8pm
Wolson Theatre, New Academic Building
Forum or European Philosophy public lecture
Re-thinking AlientationSPEAKER: Proessor Rahel Jaeggi
Does modern society cause us to be alienated rom ourselves? Thislecture will argue that a re-thinking o the philosophical concept oalienation can provide us with an important resource or social critique.
Rahel Jaeggi is proessor or practical philosophy in the Department
o Philosophy at the Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin. Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 7539.
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Tuesday 13 March, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
LSE public lecture
Enemies: a history o the FBI
SPEAKER: Tim Weiner
Throughout the last century the United States has used secret andlawless methods to destroy its enemies. The Federal Bureau oInvestigation is the most powerul o these orces.
Tim Weiner is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the New York
Times. He is the author o the bestselling Legacy o Ashes: The Historyo the CIA and most recently Enemies.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Tuesday 13 March, 7.45-9.30pm
St Clement Danes Church, Strand
LSE Choir and Orchestra Spring ConcertChoir Master: Andrew Campling Conductor: Matthew Taylor
The Choir will perorm Gabriel Gaures Requiem. The Orchestra willperorm Mahlers Symphony No.4.
Tickets cost 6. To obtain a ticket visit the event listing atlse.ac.uk/events
Wednesday 14 March, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Ralph Miliband Series on The Future o the Let
Has the Future a Let?
SPEAKER: Proessor Zygmunt BaumanZygmunt Bauman is Emeritus Proessor o Sociology, Universityo Leeds.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
Thursday 15 March, 1.05-2pm
Shaw Library, Old Building
Althea Talbot-Howard (oboe)Dominic Saunders (piano)
Mozart Sonata in F K.370 (ater the OboeQuartet arr. L.Goossens)
E.Goossens Concerto in One MovementOp. 45 (1927)
Brahms Rhapsody Op 79 no.2 orsolo piano
A. Reicha Scne (1811) or cor anglaisand piano
Prizewinner o the Paris-Ville dAvrayInternational Interpretation Competition, Althea Talbot-Howardwas praised by Gramophone Magazine as a superb oboist.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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Thursday 15 March, 6-7.30pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture
Critical Rationalism and Religious and PoliticalReorm in Iran
SPEAKER: Proessor Abdulkarim Soroush
Proessor Soroush will discuss the role o philosophy and Poppersthought in particular in Iranian religious and political reorm.
Abdulkarim Soroush is a leading intellectual in Iran and hasheld visiting positions at, amongst other institutions, Harvardand Princeton.
Ino: [email protected]. This event will be ollowed bya reception.
Tuesday 20 March, 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
Centre or the Study o Human Rights withPolitical Quarterly
Citizens Privileges or Human Rights?The Great Bill o Rights Swindle
SPEAKER: Shami ChakrabartiRESPONDENT: Proessor Francesca Klug
Is the debate about a more BritishBill o Rights, political genius, pragmaticudge or a dangerous swindle capable odepriving us o protection against abuseo power?
Shami Chakrabarti is director o Liberty.Francesca Klug is proessorial researchellow and director o the Human RightsFutures Project at LSE.
Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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Monday 2 April, 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
LSE public lecture
What Would an Evidence-Based CopyrightLaw Look Like?
SPEAKER: William Patry
Copyright laws are declared to be the
underpinnings o creativity, innovation, theknowledge economy, and everything shorto curing the sick and eeding the poor. Cancopyright laws do all these wonderul things,or are they, in Ian Hargreaves words, theresult o lobbynomics?
William Patry is senior copyrightcounsel at Google Inc, and author o
How to Fix Copyright.Ino: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043.
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How to get thereUndergroundHolborn (Central/Piccadilly)Temple (District/Circle)
BusesBuses that stop on or nearthe Aldwych are numbers: 1, 4, 6,9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 26, 59, 68, x68,76, 87, 91, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176,188, 243, 341 and 521
ParkingNCP, Parker St(o Drury Lane) WC2
Other than parking meters onPortugal Street, Sardinia Street,Shefeld Street and Lincolns Inn
Fields there is no parking availablenear the School.
Link to mapslse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections
Mailing listI you would like to be put on themailing list or this leaet, pleasecall 020 7955 6043 or ax020 7955 6272 with your nameand mailing address.
Email: [email protected]
Mail: The London School oEconomics and Political Science,Houghton Street, LondonWC2A 2AE
Although all possible care has beentaken to ensure that the inormationin this leaet is accurate, noresponsibility can be taken or anyerrors or omissions however caused.Event details can be checkedat lse.ac.uk/events
Freedom o thought and expression
is essential to the pursuit,advancement and dissemination oknowledge. LSE seeks to ensure thatintellectual reedom and reedom oexpression within the law is securedor all our members and those weinvite to the School.
There is a Barclays London Cycle Hire scheme docking station on Houghton Street
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LSE theatresHONG KONG THEATREClement House, Aldwych
NEW THEATREEast Building, Houghton Street
OLD THEATRE and SHAW LIBRARYOld Building, Houghton Street
PEACOCK THEATREPortugal Street
SHEIKH ZAYED THEATRE, THAITHEATRE and WOLFSON THEATRENew Academic Building,54 Lincolns Inn Fields
U8Tower One, Clements Inn
Disabled access
LSE aims to ensure that peoplehave equal access to these publicevents. The vast majority o venuesare wheelchair accessible butoccasionally some rooms are not,and these will be indicated.
Clement House is ully wheelchairaccessible. There is a wheelchair
accessible entrance at the mainentrance o the Old Building and atthe corner o Portugal Street andClare Market; to St Clements Buildingo Portugal Street; and to St PhilipsBuilding (North) rom Shefeld Street.Ater 6.30pm, please call SecurityControl (020 7955 6200) to ensurethat these doors are open.
Inra red hearing systemsI you require the hearing loop system,
which is available in LSE public lecturevenues, or i you have any otheraccess requirements, eg, relating tosensory impairments, please [email protected] in advance o theevent you are planning to attend.
Parking or disabled
badge holdersNear LSE, the Westminster BlueBadge scheme operates, as do theCamden Blue and Green Badgeschemes. Please see the councilsown websites or visit lse.ac.uk/disabilityofce
This inormation is also availableon request in alternative ormats.
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Wednesday 29 February Saturday 3 March 2012
Relating CulturesA series of events at the London School of Economics and
Political Science (LSE), ree and open to all, exploringthe relationships between the academic cultures o the
arts and social sciences, the interaction between globalcultures, and the art o communication and languagewith award-winning authors and academics.
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