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ralph miliband lecture series 2005-7
ralph miliband lecture
15-Feb-2005, 18.30-20.00, Old Theatre, LSE
Global Inequality: From the End of World War II to Today
Speaker: Dr Branko Milanovic
Chair: Professor David Held
This lecture reviews the changes in international inequality (the differences
between countries’ mean incomes) and inequality between individuals in the world
during the last 50 years. It will focus on the discontinuity in world
development which occurred around 1980 with growth accelerations in China and
India and the decline of world ‘middle class countries’ in Latin America and
Eastern Europe, and the need to reorient the focus of multilateral agencies to
African development.
Dr Branko Milanovic is lead economist at the World Bank and senior associate
on a Trade, Equity and Development Project at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace.
ralph miliband lecture
2005
08-Mar-2005, 18.30-20.00, Old Theatre, LSE
Re-Framing Justice in a Globalising World
Speakers: Professor Nancy Fraser
Chair: Professor David Held
Globalisation is changing the way we argue about justice. Not so long ago,
disputes about justice assumed a Keynesian-Westphalian framework. Debated
within national publics, such disputes concerned relations among fellow citizens
and the possibility of the redress of injustice by territorial states. But
changing global circumstances call for a rethinking of this model. Professor
Fraser proposes a strategy for thinking about justice today.
Nancy Fraser is Henry A and Louise A Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics
at the Graduate Faculty of New School University and co-editor of
'Constellations'.
ralph miliband lecture
2005
22-Mar-2005, 18.30-20.00, Old Theatre, LSE
What to Expect from the Second Bush Administration, and Why
Speakers: Professor Robert Reich
Chair: Professor David Held
Professor Robert Reich analyses the current state of American politics, in
light of the US presidential election. He will examine what we can expect in
foreign and domestic policies over the next four years and the larger trends in
American politics and economics that underlie the decision of American voters
last November.
Robert Reich is Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy, Brandeis
University, and former US Secretary of Labor.
ralph miliband lecture
26-Apr-2005, 18.30-20.00, Old Theatre, LSE
Does Inequality Matter?
Speakers: Ed Balls, Professor Thomas Pogge and Professor Robert Wade
Chair: Professor David Held
Inequality is one of the most contested topics of our time.
Yet, does inequality matter and if so, why? Can it be argued that poverty
and social exclusion are far more significant than inequality?
Ed Balls is a Labour parliamentary candidate for Normanton and former economic
adviser to the Treasury. Thomas Pogge is associate professor at Columbia University
and professorial research fellow at the Australian National University.
Robert Wade is professor of political economy and development at LSE.
ralph miliband lecture
04-May-2005, 18.30-20.00, Old Theatre, LSE
Culture and Inequality
Speaker: Professor Richard Sennett
Chair: Professor David Held
Richard Sennett is professor of sociology at LSE and chair of the LSE Cities Programme.
ralph miliband lecture
20-Oct-2005, 18.30-20.00, Old Theatre, LSE
Melting Modernity: The Demons of Open Society
Speaker: Professor Zygmunt Bauman
Chair: Professor David Held
‘Open’ and increasingly defenceless states lose their might, their political acumen and dexterity. The task that will confront this century as its paramount challenge is the imperative to bring power and politics together again.
Zygmunt Bauman is emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Leeds and emeritus professor at the University of Warsaw. He is the world’s foremost sociologist of
postmodernity.
ralph miliband lecture
27-Oct-2005, 18.30-20.00, Old Theatre, LSE
Melting Modernity: Living in Utopia
Speaker: Professor Zygmunt Bauman
Chair: Professor David Held
To be born, the utopian dream needed two conditions: first, the feeling that the world was not functioning properly and second, confidence in human potency – that humans, armed with reason, were able to spy out the wrong and find out how to replace diseased parts. The second condition is now largely missing.
Zygmunt Bauman is emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Leeds and emeritus professor at the University of Warsaw. He is the world’s foremost sociologist of
postmodernity.
ralph miliband lecture
08-Nov-2005, 18.30-20.00, Old Theatre, LSE
Melting Modernity: Each Time Unique
Speaker: Professor Zygmunt Bauman
Chair: Professor David Held
The legacy of Ralph Miliband stands for a momentous challenge confronted by intellectuals of his time, for whom the purpose of thought was to make the world better than found. As hoped, the leap towards liberty, equality and fraternity would finally reach its socialist destination. Must, however, the hopes of emancipation follow the fate of the ‘historical agent’?
Zygmunt Bauman is emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Leeds and emeritus professor at the University of Warsaw. He is the world’s foremost sociologist of
postmodernity.
ralph miliband lecture
18-Nov-2005, 18.30-20.00, Old Theatre, LSE
Making Globalisation Work for Development
Speaker: Professor Dani Rodrick
Chair: Professor David Held
The lecture will ask what kind of global rules best permit and foster economic development,
and compare those with the ones that are enshrined in current economic arrangements.
Dani Rodrick is professor of international political economy at the John F Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University.
ralph miliband lecture series
12-Jan-2006, 18.30, Old Theatre, LSE
A Critical Debate about the Nature of Globalisation
Speakers: Professor Martin Wolf, Professor David Held
Chair: Professor Michael Cox
One of the big debates in globalization theory is the controversy between Martin Wolf and David Held about the form and changing nature of globalization. Both authors agree, that “globalization” exists, but disagree over its exact form and consequences.
Professor Martin Wolf is associate editor and chief economics commentator of the Financial Times. David Held is professor of political science at LSE and co-director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first serve basis
ralph miliband lecture
08-Feb-2006, 18.30, Old Theatre, LSE
The Future of the Left and its Economic Policy
Speaker: Professor Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Chair: Professor David Held
This lecture will argue for an alternative to the hollowing out of the transformative ambitions of the European Left by the ‘Third Way’, as well as to the old Leftist programme of governmental direction of the economy, compensatory redistribution through progressive taxation and public spending. Professor Unger rejects a single-minded focus on equality as the commanding goal of the Left.
Roberto Mangabeira Unger is professor of law at Harvard University. He has long been active in Brazilian and Latin American politics, as a candidate, political activist, and as an advisor to world leaders.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first serve basis
ralph miliband lecture
16-Mar-2006, 18.30, Hong Kong Theatre, LSE
Pathologies of the State and the Market
Speaker: Professor Steven Lukes
Chair: Professor David Held
Professor Lukes will ask what is the appropriate sphere of state planning and show what harms result from intervention and marketisation, where it is inappropriate. He will then discuss to what extent each is the remedy for the harms caused by the other
Steven Lukes is professor of sociology at New York University. He was centennial visiting professor at LSE 2000-03.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required.
ralph miliband lecture series 2006/7
1-Nov-2006, 18.30, Old Theatre, LSE
Reframing Global Governance: apocalypse soon, or reform!
Speaker: Professor David Held
Chair: Professor Michael Cox
David Held will explore one of the greatest paradoxes of our time: that is, that the challenges we face are increasingly global in their form and scope and yet our political capacity is weak and diminishing. The lecture explores both the advantages globalisation has brought and the serious structural vulnerability it has created.
David Held is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at LSE and co-director of LSE’s Centre for the Study of Global Governance.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come first served basis
ralph miliband lecture series 2006/7
20-Nov-2006, 18.30, Old Theatre, LSE
Climate Change: Global Solutions for an International Problem
Speaker: Professor Sir David King
Chair: Professor David Held
The earth is heating up. Manifestations of this trend are: heat waves and periods of unusually warm weather, ocean warming, sea-level rise and coastal flooding, glaciers melting, arctic and Antarctic warming. The lecture will explore the nature and origins of these phenomena and will look for political solutions both inside and outside the domain of national states.
Professor Sir David King is chief scientific adviser to the UK government and head of the Office of Science and Technology. He is a professor of chemistry at University of Cambridge.
ralph miliband lecture series 2006/7
05-Dec-2006, 18.30, Old Theatre, LSE
Governing Disease: Lessons from the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Speakers: Professor Tony Barnett, Professor Alan Whiteside
Infectious disease epidemics are above all social events. With its massive death rates and long term effects, HIV/AIDS poses enormous challenges to governments. Its length and depth of impact raises even greater challenges. This lecture looks at how we govern infectious disease nationally and internationally in a rapidly shrinking world?
Professor Tony Barnett is professorial research fellow in the Development Studies Institute. In 2003 he was awarded the Royal Anthropological Institute Lucy Mair Medal in recognition of his contribution to practical anthropology. Alan Whitehead is director of director of the Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In 2003 he was appointed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan as one of the commissioners on the Commission for HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come first served basis
ralph miliband lecture series 2006/7
7-Mar-2007, 18:30-20:00, Old Theatre, LSE
Weapons of Mass Destruction, Terrorism and Human Security: a debate
Speaker: Professor Michael Clarke, Professor Mary Kaldor
Chair: Professor David Held
Two of the most important voices in the UK debate questions of defence and human security, focusing on terrorism, WMD, and how one can address these threats.
Michael Clarke is director of the Centre for Defence Studies and the International Policy Institute at King’s College, and senior specialist adviser to the House of Commons Defence Committee. Mary Kaldor is director of LSE’s Centre for the Study of Global Governance and was a founding member of European Nuclear Disarmament.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.
Ralph Miliband lecture series
08-May-2007, 13:00-14:30, Old Theatre, LSE
The Hydrogen Economy: preparing the world for a new energy era and the third industrial revolution
Speaker: Jeremy Rifkin
Chair: Professor David Held
This lecture critically examines the fossil fuel era and its consequences for industrial civilisation. It explores the nexus of politics, society and business and the massive potential for industry and capital investment. It also considers the future of renewable energy and the hydrogen economy, and how an integrated infrastructure and energy regime can be created in Europe.
Jeremy Rifkin is founder and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington DC. He is an economist, writer and activist
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.
Ralph Miliband lecture series
22-May-2007, 18:30-20:00, Old Theatre, LSE
The Challenge of Affluence: self-control, well-being and future shock
Speaker: Professor Avner Offer
Chair: Professor David Held
Affluence breeds impatience, and impatience undermines well-being. The flow of new rewards can undermine the capacity to enjoy them. When choice is myopic, planning for the future is intractable. Instead of calculation, we rely on proven commitment devices like education and politics which are undermined by novelty. Future global shocks like energy depletion and climate change present dilemmas of this kind.
Avner Offer is Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and author of The Challenge of Affluence: self-control and well-being in the United States and Britain since 1950.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.
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