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2014 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdf

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Audio and pdf files from LSE"s 2014 programme of public lectures and events.

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01:32:17

AIDS in 2014: tell no lies and claim no easy victories

2014 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdf ·

2014/10/14

Contributor(s): Dr Flora Cornish, Mark Heywood, Sisonke Msimang | Expert activists and social scientists will debate the global state of the civil society response to AIDS, and what it teaches others fighting for health and justice. Flora Cornish is Associate Professor in Qualitative Research methodology at LSE. Mark Heywood, is Executive Director of SECTION27 and co-founder of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). Sisonke Msimang is a Senior Programme Specialist at Sonke Gender Justice.

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00:33:41

'Secure the Borders!' The Cost and Consequences of...

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2014/10/14

Contributor(s): Dr Ruben Andersson, Jeremy Harding, Dr Cecilia Malmström | The summer of 2014 has been yet another season of misery at Europe’s southern frontiers. The unseaworthy boats carrying migrants and refugees towards an uncertain destiny and destination have again multiplied along Italian shores, despite the large investments in more patrols, surveillance and coordination at the borders. Elsewhere, in Spain and Greece, a similar story repeats. A decade on from the founding of Europe’s border

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01:27:02

The Politics of Climate Change 2014: what cause for...

2014 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdf ·

2014/10/14

Contributor(s): Professor Lord Giddens | Professor Lord Giddens published The Politics of Climate Change in 2007and is currently preparing a new edition for publication in 2015. In this lecture he will consider how much progress has been made since the work was first published in containing global warming - arguably one of the greatest threats to a stable future for humanity. Anthony Giddens is a former director of LSE and a Member of the House of Lords. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production),

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00:43:48

Polis Media Agenda Talks: Nick Davies

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2014/10/14

Contributor(s): Nick Davies | Nick Davies is a freelance journalist, working regularly as special correspondent for the Guardian. In the last few years, he was centrally involved in the publication of secret US logs and cables obtained by Wikileaks and in exposing the phone-hacking scandal in Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper empire. His book ‘Hack Attack’, which exposes Rupert Murdoch’s use of power as well as the crime in his newsrooms, was published in the summer of 2014 in the UK, US, Canada and

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01:27:57

The Establishment and How They Get Away With It

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2014/10/13

Contributor(s): Owen Jones | Owen Jones, one of the most prominent political voices today, sets out on a journey into the heart of our Establishment, from the lobbies of Westminster to the newsrooms, boardrooms and trading rooms of Fleet Street and the City. Exposing the revolving doors that link these worlds, and the vested interests that bind them together, Jones shows how, in claiming to work on our behalf, the people at the top are doing precisely the opposite. In fact, they represent the

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01:27:40

Art and Politics Now

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2014/10/13

Contributor(s): Dr Anthony Downey | Since the turn of the 21st century, contemporary artists have increasingly engaged with some of the most pressing issues facing our world, from globalisation, migration and citizenship to conflict, terrorism and social activism. In this talk, Dr Anthony Downey explores the implications of this development, for both art and politics alike. Art and Politics Now by Anthony Downey is published by Thames & Hudson (@thamesandhudson) on 13 October. Anthony Downey is an

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01:36:40

Transatlantic Free Trade: the final push? British,...

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2014/10/13

Contributor(s): HE Sylvie Bermann, Peter Chase, Pascal Lamy, Sir Peter Ricketts | A deal on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership would be a powerful shot in the arm for the world's anaemic economy. But does the political will exist to reap the gains from trade? Sylvie Bermann is French Ambassador to the UK. Peter Chase is Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - Europe Office. Pascal Lamy is former Director General of the World Trade Organisation (2005-13). Peter Ricketts

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01:32:45

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy in the Twenty...

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2014/10/09

Contributor(s): Professor Ross Garnaut | Professor Garnaut will look forward to where the global economy is headed across a diverse range of nation-states (using Australia, China, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea as exemplars). The challenges that fertility rates and climate change pose for the global economy will also be considered. Ross Garnaut is an economist whose career has been built around the analysis of and practice of policy connected to development, economic policy and international

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01:23:58

The History Manifesto

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2014/10/08

Contributor(s): Professor David Armitage, Dr Jo Guldi, Professor Simon Szreter | How should historians speak truth to power - and why does it matter? Why is five hundred years better than five months or five years as a planning horizon? And why is history - especially long-term history - so essential to understanding the multiple pasts which gave rise to our conflicted present? The History Manifesto is a ‘call to arms’ to historians and everyone interested in the role of history in contemporary

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01:24:42

Cross-Border Cross Referencing: sorting out...

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2014/10/08

Contributor(s): Professor Brian P Farrell | Indonesia ‘confronted’ the establishment of Malaysia in 1963 by waging an undeclared war, which included armed incursions across recognized international frontiers. The lecture will discuss the work of a military historian in the field and explore the role and perspectives of the local populations during this cross-border conflict. Brian Farrell is professor of military history and (currently) head of the Department of History at the National University of

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01:28:33

Improving Basic Services for the Bottom Forty...

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2014/10/08

Contributor(s): Dr Qaiser Khan, Marta Foresti, Peter Hawkins | Dr Qaiser Khan will be joined by a panel to discuss Improving Basic Services for the Bottom Forty Percent: Lessons from Ethiopia, which examines Ethiopia's model in delivering basic services and why it appears to be succeeding. Qaiser Khan is a lead economist and program leader at the World Bank and the co-author of Improving Basic Services for the Bottom Forty Percent: Lessons from Ethiopia. Marta Foresti is Director of Politics and

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01:25:45

Inequality and the 1%: what goes wrong when the rich...

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2014/10/07

Contributor(s): Professor Danny Dorling | It is widely accepted that high rates of inequality are damaging to society, although some skeptics remain to be convinced. Perhaps it is because the most damaging form of economic inequality now appears to occur when the very richest 1% take more and more, even if the other 99% are becoming more equal. So what exactly is it about inequality that causes most harm? Danny Dorling (@dannydorling) is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, Oxford. He

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01:25:58

Inequality and the 1%: what goes wrong when the rich...

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2014/10/07

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01:30:45

The Paradox of China's Peaceful Rise

2014 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdf ·

2014/10/07

Contributor(s): Professor Barry Buzan, Professor Arne Westad | Despite the widespread view that China does not have a coherent grand strategy, China has already articulated one that is based on the home-grown idea of ‘peaceful rise/development’ (PRD). The key issue is whether the logic of this grand strategy, and the contradictions within it, are fully understood, and whether China has sufficient depth and coherence in its policy-making processes to implement such a strategy. This lecture will

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01:28:41

Cultures of Democracy in Serbia and Bulgaria - How...

2014 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdf ·

2014/10/07

Contributor(s): Dr James Dawson | Before beginning work on the book presented in this lecture, Dr James Dawson published survey and ethnographic research exploring political identities in an ethnically-mixed town in southern Bulgaria. The main finding of this comparative ethnographic project is that the Serbian public sphere is considerably more contested, pluralist and (at the margins) liberal than its Bulgaria counterpart. This demonstrates that the progress of Post-Socialist states in

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00:37:49

Mainstream Media Is Meaningless Nostalgia

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2014/10/07

Contributor(s): Ben Hammersley | Your perception of The Media is probably entirely wrong. This is ok, because everyone’s is. But we’re all wrong in interesting ways, and in this talk, I’ll discuss why, and why that’s important. Ben Hammersley is an author, futurist and technologist, specialising in the effects of the internet and the ubiquitous digital network on the world’s political, cultural and social spheres. He enjoys an international career as a trends and digital guru, explaining complex

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01:03:23

China Goes West: Everything you need to know about...

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2014/10/06

Contributor(s): Joel Backaler | With Chinese investment increasing dramatically in the EU, US and other overseas markets, the time is now to understand what the potential impact will be on businesses, consumers and the host governments where they invest. In this lecture Joel Backaler will address the following key issues we should be aware of when assessing the impact of Chinese firms playing an increasing role in the global economy: What are the motivations for Chinese companies to expand

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00:11:54

Trails of the Great War 1914 - 2014 - Session 1

2014 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdf ·

2014/10/03

Contributor(s): Philip Bobbitt, Richard Sennett, Robert Gerwarth, John Horne, Lord Glasman, Donald Sassoon, The Rt Hon. Douglas Alexander MP, Zygmunt Bauman | The centenary year of the outbreak of the Great War began with a serious debate over the war guilt question. Historians such as Christopher Clark, David Reynolds and Niall Ferguson engaged a wide public audience with their respective arguments. Since then,the focus has been very much on the nature of war itself. In the media, in theatres and

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01:26:49

Trails of the Great War 1914 - 2014 - Session 3

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2014/10/03

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01:31:26

Trails of the Great War 1914 - 2014 - Session 2

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2014/10/03

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