Ananya Roy Linda Yueh Cass R Sunstein a DIARY of EVENTS OPEN to the LSE COMMUNITY and the PUBLIC 8 January – 13 April 2018 Finance
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Jeroen Dijsselbloem Brenda Hale Gordon Brown Andrew Marr Mary Robinson Ananya Roy Linda Yueh Cass R Sunstein A DIARY OF EVENTS OPEN TO THE LSE COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC 8 January – 13 April 2018 Finance Most finance professionals can drive the car... But do they understand how the engine works? At LSE, we believe in understanding why things work. We take you below the surface to understand the fundamentals of finance, giving you the tools to accelerate your career in a changing marketplace. MSc Finance (Part-time) The MSc Finance (Part-time) is LSE’s most established Evening Master’s programme. Taught in the evenings, it provides a unique opportunity for busy professionals to combine a full-time career with the opportunity to study a world-class MSc Finance programme that is grounded in academic depth and rigour. Join us at an Information Evening: 26 February 2018 | 23 May 2018 | 18 July 2018 Register at lse.ac.uk/finance 2 17_0880 FinanceAdvert_Events.indd 1 09/11/2017 16:25 WELCOME Everyone is welcome to attend LSE’s public events, where some of the most influential figures in the social sciences can be heard. Events are generally free and open to all, with entry on a first come, first served basis – unless otherwise stated. It does get busy so we advise people to turn up 20 minutes before the advertised time. For ticketed events, please go to lse.ac.uk/events and fill in the online booking form to request a ticket. Allocations of tickets are set aside for LSE staff and students. Transcripts, podcasts and videos of an increasing number of LSE events are available online after the event at lse.ac.uk/events. If you fancy grabbing a bite to eat before an event, or you want to sit and discuss the event with friends afterwards, there are a range of LSE catering outlets on campus. To see the different venues and their opening times please visit lse.ac.uk/cateringservices. Just economics and politics? Think again. While LSE does not teach arts or music, there is a vibrant cultural side to the School – from weekly Thursday lunchtime free music concerts in the Shaw Library and an LSE orchestra and choir with their own professional conductors, to various film, art and photographic student societies and artist-in-residence projects. For more information please visit lse.ac.uk/arts. Alan Revel, Head of Events TICKETING INFORMATION Events are generally free and open to all, with entry on a first come, first served basis – unless otherwise stated. If a ticket TICKET is required this will be indicated with the following symbol: 3 SPRING TERM HIGHLIGHTS Some highlighted events from this term’s programme © JMA Photography 2014 © JMA Photography Streaming Consciousness Eimear McBride/Kaye Mitchell Tuesday 9 January PAGE 6 Turbulent Climate Change: why we need to address injustice Mary Robinson Thursday 18 January PAGE 7 The Origins of Happiness Andrew Marr/Richard Layard Monday 22 January PAGE 8 FULL LISTINGS AT lse.ac.uk/events 4 At the Limits of Urban Theory: racial banishment in the contemporary city Ananya Roy Tuesday 13 February PAGE 15 ©KAUPO KIKKAS ©KAUPO SAVITRI GRIER THURSDAY 8 FEBRUARY MUSIC AND ART Concerts and exhibitions PAGE 26 5 JANUARY Tuesday 9, 6.30-8pm Thursday 11, 6.30-8pm Old Theatre, Old Building TW1.G.01, Tower One The Cold War: a world history Hearts and Minds: the suffragists’ Arne Westad is ST Lee Professor of US-Asia march on London Relations, Harvard University. Jane Robinson specialises in writing accounts Professor Westad discusses the truly global of social history through women’s eyes. nature of the Cold War, with East and West The remarkable story of the suffragists’ six demanding absolute allegiance around the week Great Pilgrimage to London in 1913 is world. #LSEWestad told by Jane Robinson, within the context of Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. the suffrage campaigns. #LSESuffrage18 Hosted by LSE IDEAS Info: [email protected] or call 020 7107 5472. Hosted by LSE Library Tuesday 9, 6.30-8pm Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building Thursday 11, 6.30-8pm Streaming Consciousness Old Theatre, Old Building Eimear McBride is an award-winning novelist Challenges for the Eurozone and author of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing Jeroen Dijsselbloem is President of the and The Lesser Bohemians. Kaye Mitchell is Eurogroup and former Minister of Finance Senior Lecturer, School of Arts, Languages for the Netherlands. and Cultures, University of Manchester. What are the lessons learnt from the Is it possible to express the richness and economic and financial crises? Where are variety of our inner experience? Award-winning we now? What are the challenges for the novelist Eimear McBride discusses the “self” Eurozone in the future? #LSEeurozone with academic Kaye Mitchell. #LSEFEP Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. Hosted by the European Institute Hosted by The Forum Wednesday 17, 6.30-8pm Wednesday 10, 6.30-8pm Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building Clean Brexit: why leaving the Moonshot Thinking to EU still makes sense Unleash Innovation Liam Halligan is a British economist, journalist Pablo Rodriguez is CEO of Alpha, a spin-off and broadcaster. Gerard Lyons is a leading UK company from Telefonica. and international economist and writer. Is data a force for social good? How can Unashamedly optimistic about Britain’s future, organisations mobilise data science and the authors of Clean Brexit argue that leaving artificial intelligence to create Moonshots – the EU provides an opportunity for the UK to the bold objectives that transform societies? re-invent its economy. #LSEBrexit #LSEdata JANUARY Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. Hosted by the European Institute and Institute of Hosted by SEDS – Social and Economic Data Science Public Affairs 6 PABLO RODRIGUEZ JEROEN DIJSSELBLOEM MARY ROBINSON WEDNESDAY 10 THURSDAY 11 THURSDAY 18 Wednesday 17, 6.30-8pm Thursday 18, 6.30-8pm Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House Was the ISIS Threat in Southeast Toxic Inequality in the United Asia Overblown? States: economic equality and Sidney Jones is founder and Director of the racial injustice driving ugly politics Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict. Thomas Shapiro is Pokross Professor of The fall of ISIS strongholds may diminish Law and Social Policy and Director of the extremism threats in Southeast Asia, but Institute on Assets and Social Policy, what has influenced terrorism concerns in the Brandeis University. region and what risks remain? #LSEJones DISCUSSANT: Zamila Bunglawala is Deputy Info: [email protected] or call Director of Strategy and Insight, Race Disparity 020 7107 5157. Unit, Cabinet Office. Hosted by the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre Toxic Inequality examines a powerful, unprecedented convergence in the US: wealth Wednesday 17, 6.30-8pm and income inequality, stalled mobility, a racial wealth gap, and changing racial and ethnic Old Theatre, Old Building demographics. #LSEShapiro Culture Under Fire Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. Helen Frowe is Professor of Practical Hosted by the International Inequalities Institute Philosophy and Director, Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace, Stockholm Thursday 18, 6.30-8pm University. Issam Kourbaj is an artist and lector in art, University of Cambridge. Old Theatre, Old Building Vernon Rapley is Director of Cultural Heritage Turbulent Climate Change: Protection and Security, Victoria and Albert why we need to address injustice Museum, and Special Advisor for Cultural Mary Robinson is President of the Mary Protection Fund, The British Council. JANUARY Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice and Eleanor Robson is Professor of Ancient former President of Ireland and UN High Middle Eastern History, UCL. Commissioner for Human Rights. Cultural artefacts are one of the many Events such as hurricanes in the Caribbean, casualties of armed conflict. Whose property wildfires in Portugal and monsoons in South is it and what risks should be taken to protect Asia emphasise the urgency of a people- it? #LSEFEP centred climate justice approach. #LSEclimate Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. Hosted by The Forum Hosted by the Ralph Miliband Programme 7 Monday 22, 6.30-8pm TICKET Wednesday 24, 6.30-8pm Old Theatre, Old Building Old Theatre, Old Building The Origins of Happiness: Andrew Marr The Despot’s Apprentice: Donald in conversation with Richard Layard Trump’s attack on democracy Richard Layard is Director of the Wellbeing Brian Klaas is Fellow in Comparative Politics, programme, Centre for Economic Department of Government, LSE. Performance, LSE. Andrew Marr is former Donald Trump isn’t a despot, but he’s acting BBC political editor, and host of The Andrew like a despot’s apprentice – borrowing tactics Marr Show on BBC One. from autocrats. Dr Klaas highlights the What makes people happy? Why should warning signs, and how to save democracy. governments care about people’s well-being? #LSETrump How would policy change if well-being was Info: [email protected] or call 020 7955 6043. the main objective? #LSEhappiness Hosted by the Department of Government Info: Tickets available from Monday 15 January at lse.ac.uk/events. Thursday 25, 6-8pm Hosted by the Centre for Economic Performance Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building Monday 22, 6.30-8pm Women’s London: a guide to great lives Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building Rachel Kolsky, a prize-winning Blue Badge How to Fight Climate Change: Guide, runs Go London Tours and specialises economic and technical challenges in discovering women’s history.