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November 2008

Kosovo's Independence and the Balkans: regional implications and challenges
Speakers: Jelena Bjelica, Anna Di Lellio, Enver Hoxhaj, Tim Judah
Chair: Dr Denisa Kostovicova
This event was recorded on 11 November 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
The 2008 race for the White House has been the most exciting in recent American history. But will it make much difference to the United States and the rest of the world who wins: Obama or McCain? Michael Cox is a professor of international relations at LSE. Jessica Mathews is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Rob Singh is a fellow of the RSA and an associate fellow of the Institute for the Study of the Americas.
Available as: mp3 (40 mb; approx 88 minutes)
Event Posting: Kosovo's Independence and the Balkans: regional implications and challenges
Where Now For the United States After the Election?
Speakers: Professor Michael Cox, Jessica Mathews, Bob Singh
Chair: Professor Christopher Coker
This event was recorded on 7 November 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
The 2008 race for the White House has been the most exciting in recent American history. But will it make much difference to the United States and the rest of the world who wins: Obama or McCain? Michael Cox is a professor of international relations at LSE. Jessica Mathews is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Rob Singh is a fellow of the RSA and an associate fellow of the Institute for the Study of the Americas.
Available as: mp3 (44 mb; approx 95 minutes)
Event Posting: Where Now For the United States After the Election?
Black Panther, the revolutionary art of Emory Douglas
Speaker: Emory Douglas
This event was recorded on 6 November 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Emory Douglas, ex Minister of Culture for the Black Panther party, will speak about the history behind the art of the party, and take a look at some more recent works. Emory Douglas was born May 24th, 1943 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Douglas attended City College of San Francisco where he majored in commercial art. He was politically involved as Revolutionary Artist and then Minister of Culture for the Black Panther party in Oakland, CA from February, 1967 until its discontinuance in the Early 1980’s. Douglas’s art was always seen on front pages of the Black Panther Newspaper and, reflecting the ideals and rhetoric of the Black Panther Party. Offering a retrospective look at artwork created during in the Black Panther Party, Douglas’s work has recently been displayed at the 2008 Biennale of Sydney, the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles,Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Richmond Art Center, the Station Museum of Contemporary Art. And has appeared in June/July volume of Art in America, PRINT Magazine, and the American Institute of Public Arts.
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 86 minutes)
Event Posting: Black Panther, the revolutionary art of Emory Douglas

October 2008

The Economics of the Recession
Speaker: George Osborne MP
Chair: Howard Davies
This event was recorded on 31 October 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
In a major and wide ranging speech George Osborne will ask why Britain’s economy was not better prepared for the looming recession, and will outline what steps should now be taken.
Available as: mp3 (21 mb; approx 46 minutes)
Event Posting: The Economics of the Recession
An Appeal to Reason: a cool look at global warming
Speaker: Lord Lawson
Discussant: Dr Simon Dietz
Chair: Professor Gwyn Prins
This event was recorded on 29 October 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Lord Lawson argues the case for a fully formed view of global warming, and against hysterical environmentalism. He looks at the facts behind the headlines and explains that for governments to make informed decisions about the path ahead, they must listen to economists as well as scientists, utilising economic forecasting to assess the likely evolution of the world economy.
Available as: mp3 (42 mb; approx 92 minutes)
Event Posting: An Appeal to Reason: a cool look at global warming
In Sickness and In Power
Speaker: Lord Owen
Chair: Professor Peter Hennessy
This event was recorded on 27 October 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
The course of world history has been critically shaped by the physical and mental illnesses of heads of state, sometimes in the public eye but usually in secrecy. Long fascinated with the inter-relationship between politics and medicine, David Owen uses his deep knowledge of both to undertake a unique study of illness in Heads of Government during the last 100 years. Owen expertly scrutinises such diverse political personalities as Sir Anthony Eden at the time of Suez in 1956; John F. Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs fiasco in 1961; the last Shah of Iran; and President Mitterrand of France who suffered from prostate cancer. Lord Owen also focuses on the "intoxication of power" and hubristic behaviour in such leaders as David Lloyd George and Margaret Thatcher and in particular President Bush and Tony Blair. Lord Owen outlines some of the safeguards that society needs to address as a consequence of illness in heads of government.
Available as: mp3 (35.6 mb; approx 77 minutes)
Event Posting: In Sickness and In Power
Women's Status, Men's States
Speaker: Professor Catharine Mackinnon
Chair: Professor Conor Gearty
This event was recorded on 22 October 2008 in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Analyzing the nature of the international in gendered terms, Professor MacKinnon provides a perspective on developments in women's human rights globally.
Available as: mp3 (43.3 mb; approx 94 minutes)
Event Posting: Women's Status, Men's States
Running Cities: London in context
Speaker: Sir Simon Milton
Respondents: Professor Ricky Burdett, Deyan Sudjic
Chair: Tony Travers
This event was recorded on 21 October 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
What is the new administration's vision for London? Speakers discuss how to design and manage the powerhouses of the global economy, assessing London's development compared to the megacities of the world. Simon Milton was appointed deputy mayor for policy and planning after serving as chairman of London's Local Government Association. Ricky Burdett, chief adviser for the London 2012 Olympics, and Deyan Sudjic, director of the Design Museum in London, are co-editors of The Endless City.
Available as: mp3 (42 mb; approx 90 minutes)
Event Posting: Running Cities: London in context
Disparity and Diversity in the Contemporary City: social order revisited
Speaker: Professor Robert Sampson
Respondent: Professor Paul Gilroy
Chair: Professor Richard Wright
This event was recorded on 21 October 2008 in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
A look at classic urban themes as they are manifested in the contemporary city, focusing on social reproduction of inequality, the meanings of disorder, and the link between the two. Paul Gilroy is Anthony Giddens Professor in Social Theory at LSE. Robert Sampson is Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences and chair of sociology, Harvard University.
Available as: mp3 (42.7 mb; approx 93 minutes)
Event Posting: Disparity and Diversity in the Contemporary City: social order revisited
Gut Feelings: short cuts to better decision making
Speaker: Dr Gerd Gigerenzer
Chair: Dr Sandra Jovchelovitch
This event was recorded on 20 October 2008 in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
We think of intelligence as a deliberate, conscious activity guided by the laws of logic. Yet much of our mental life is unconscious, based on processes alien to logic: gut feelings, or intuitions. In his lecture Dr Gigerenzer argues that intuition is more than impulse and caprice; it has its own rationale. This can be described by fast and frugal heuristics, which exploit evolved abilities in our brain. Heuristics ignore information and try to focus on the few important reasons. He shows that biased minds that intuitively rely of heuristics can make better inferences about the world than information-greedy statistical algorithms. More information, more time, even more thinking, are not always better, and less can be more.
Available as: mp3 (30.4 mb; approx 66 minutes)
Event Posting: Gut Feelings: short cuts to better decision making
The Global Financial Crisis: Will Hutton and Martin Wolf in conversation with Professor David Held
Speaker: Will Hutton; Martin Wolf
Chair: Professor David Held
This event was recorded on 20 October 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Will Hutton is chief executive of the Work Foundation. Prior to this, he spent four years as editor-in-chief of The Observer and continues to write a weekly column for the paper. He is also a governor of LSE. Martin Wolf is associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 "for services to financial journalism". He is also an honorary graduate of LSE.
Available as: mp3 (41.9 mb; approx 91 minutes)
Available as: Videocast
Event Posting: The Global Financial Crisis: Will Hutton and Martin Wolf in conversation with Professor David Held
Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: the words themselves
Speaker: Professor Jeremy Waldron
Chair: Professor Hugh Collins
This event was recorded on 16 October 2008 in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Many human rights charters contain prohibitions on inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners and detainees. Terms like "inhuman" and "degrading" are difficult to interpret, but they are certainly not meaningless. It is important to attend to attend to the meanings of the words themselves, as well as to the decisions that courts have made about particular practices. Reflection on the meanings of these highly-charged terms reveals important complexity, which we can unpack in a way that enables us to better focus our debate about the proper treatment of prisoners and detainees. Jeremy Waldron is University Professor at New York University School of Law and teaches legal and political philosophy.
Available as: mp3 (40.4 mb; approx 88 minutes)
Event Posting: Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: the words themselves
European Security Architecture - A Paradigm Shift?
Speaker: Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Chair: Howard Davies
This event was recorded on 16 October 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Toomas Hendrik Ilves has served as President of Estonia since 2006. Prior to this he was a member of the European Parliament. He has held a variety of diplomatic posts including serving two terms as Foreign Minister. He graduated with a BA from Columbia University and an MA from Pennsylvania University, both in Psychology.
Available as: mp3 (28.8 mb; approx 63 minutes)
Available as: Videocast
Event Posting: European Security Architecture - A Paradigm Shift?
China and Financial Reform
Speaker: Howard Davies
Chair: Professor Danny Quah
This event was recorded on 15 October 2008 in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Howard Davies sits on the International advisory councils of the China banking and securities regulatory commissions. In the fourth lecture of an annual series he reviews the progress of reform in china’s financial markets, and the implications for the rest of the world. Howard Davies is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Prior to this, from 1997-2003 he was Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the single regulator for the UK financial sector, which was created under his leadership from nine separate regulatory agencies. From 1995-1997 he was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England.
Available as: mp3 (43.4 mb; approx 94 minutes)
Event Posting: China and Financial Reform
Towards a new response to climate change - perspectives from Australia
Speaker: Penny Wong
Chair: Professor Eric Neumayer
This event was recorded on 15 October 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
With its ratification of the Kyoto Protocol in December 2007 and commitment to introduce an emissions trading scheme - the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - in 2010, the Australian Government has taken the opportunity to approach climate change policy from a fresh perspective. Senator Wong will outline the Government's global and domestic policy approach, with particular emphasis on the key role of market-based mechanisms. Penny Wong was appointed Australia's Minister for Climate Change and Water in December 2007 when the Rudd Labor Government was elected to power. She is responsible for the Government's climate change and water policies, including the design and implementation of the Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. Penny Wong was elected as a Senator for South Australia in November 2001. From 2004 to November 2007 she was a member of the Shadow Ministry, responsible for portfolios including Employment and Workforce Participation, Corporate Governance and Responsibility, and Public Administration and Accountability.
Available as: mp3 (26.5 mb; approx 58 minutes)
Available as: Videocast
Event Posting: Towards a new response to climate change - perspectives from Australia
Thinking Like a Social Scientist: a lecture by Professor Kimberly Hutchings
Speaker: Professor Kimberly Hutchings
This event was recorded on 15 October 2008 in U8, Tower 1
In this lunchtime series lectures, a selection of LSE’s academics from across the spectrum of the social sciences explain the latest thinking on how social scientists work to address the critical problems of the day. They survey the leading ideas and contributions made by their discipline, explain the types of problems that are addressed and the tools that are used, and explore the kinds of solutions proposed. Kimberly Hutchings is Professor of International Relations at LSE.
Available as: mp3 (27.7 mb; approx 49 minutes)
Event Posting: Thinking Like a Social Scientist: a lecture by Professor Kimberly Hutchings
Economic Agendas in a Global Context: reflections on the role of Korea
Speaker: Professor Ha-joon Chang, Cambridge University
Chair: Professor Athar Hussain, LSE
This event was recorded on 14 October 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
The global economy is going through a turbulent time and it is time for a fundamental re-design of the global economic system. In doing this, Korea has a unique set of assets to provide. It is one of the few countries that have transformed itself from one of the poorest to the one of the industrialized in living memory, so it can understand the concerns that span across a huge spectrum of countries. In this lecture, Ha-Joon Chang will discuss how Korea can, and should, contribute to the reform of the global system, by drawing on its unique historical experience and becoming a mediator that genuinely understands the concerns of, say, Swaziland to Switzerland.
This lecture was made possible through a generous grant from the Korea Foundation which is supporting the Korea Foundation - LSE Academic Exchange Programme.
Available as: mp3 (44.5 mb; approx 97 minutes)
Event Posting: Economic Agendas in a Global Context: reflections on the role of Korea
Hot, Flat and Crowded
Speaker: Thomas L Friedman
Chair: Professor Eric Neumayer
This event was recorded on 14 October 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Thomas L Friedman takes a fresh and provocative look at two of our biggest challenges – the global environmental crisis and America’s surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11 – and shows how they’re linked. He argues that we need American commitment and leadership in a green revolution, a revolution that will be the biggest innovation project in history, one that will inspire us to summon all the intelligence, creativity, boldness and concern for the common good that are our greatest human resources.
Available as: mp3 (35.7 mb; approx 78 minutes)
Available as: Videocast
Event Posting: Hot, Flat and Crowded
Japan's Grand Strategy
Speaker: Professor Richard Samuels
This event was recorded on 13 October 2008 in U8, Tower One
As the Soviet Union disappeared so did the most serious threat to Japanese security. But it was not long before four new threats took its place. Japan, rarely credited for its foreign policy, has responded with surprising strategic agility. Richard Samuels is Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Available as: mp3 (39.6 mb; approx 86 minutes)
Event Posting: Japan's Grand Strategy
The Challenge of Climate Change
Speaker: Sir David King
Chair: Professor David Held
This event was recorded on 13 October 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Without a new deal between rich and poor countries, climate change will continue to accelerate. How can this be tackled? David King, former chief scientific adviser to the government, is director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University.
Available as: mp3 (42 mb; approx 92 minutes)
Event Posting: The Challenge of Climate Change
The China Challenge as Myth and Reality
Speaker: Professor Chen Jian
Chair: Professor Arne Westad
This event was recorded on 8 October 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Few countries have experienced changes as dramatic as did China in the past century - and the past quarter century in particular. From a "revolutionary country" to a "status quo power," and from an "outsider" to an "insider" of the existing international system, the realities of the grand transformation in China's state, society and international outlook have often been obscured by all kinds of myths. For the purpose of highlighting the realities and deconstructing the myths, Professor Chen discusses the origins, processes and implications of China's rise from the perspective of a historian of China's international relations.
Available as: mp3 (17.7 mb; approx 87 minutes)
Event Posting: The China Challenge as Myth and Reality
The International Criminal Court ten years on: An appraisal
Speaker: Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Chair: Professor Gerry Simpson
This event was recorded on 7 October 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
The Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was adopted in Rome on 17 July 1998 by 120 States. The first prosecutor of the ICC, Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, took office on 21 April 2003. His mandate is to investigate and prosecute the most serious crimes, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Available as: mp3 (19.4 mb; approx 85 minutes)
Available as: Videocast
Event Posting: The International Criminal Court ten years on: An appraisal
A Global Deal for Climate Change
Speaker: Dr Nikolaus von Bomhard; Professor Ian Diamond; Jeremy Grantham; Professor Lord Stern of Brentford
Chair: Howard Davies
This event was recorded on 6 October 2008 in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
To inaugurate the LSE’s new Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Lord Stern of Brentford, author of the influential 2006 Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, will discuss a global deal for climate change.
Available as: mp3 (20.1 mb; approx 120 minutes)
Event Posting: A Global Deal for Climate Change
The Two Faces of Asia: bridging the gap between high growth economies and the poor
Speaker: Rajat M. Nag
Chair: Professor Athar Hussain
This event was recorded on 2 October 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Despite impressive growth over the past few decades, the Asia Pacific region is still home to two-thirds of the world's poor. In many Asian countries, the gap between rich and poor is widening and policymakers are faced with extraordinary challenges in closing this gap and spreading the benefits of growth to the most vulnerable in their societies. Rising fuel and food prices have exacerbated these inequities and placed millions more on the edge of poverty. The Managing Director General of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Rajat Nag, will discuss how the region is grappling with these complex challenges and how ADB's Strategy 2020 is targeted to make a difference in the lives of the poor.
Available as: mp3 (17.2 mb; approx 75 minutes)
Event Posting: The Two Faces of Asia: bridging the gap between high growth economies and the poor
Negotiating a new international response to Climate Change: the prospects for COP-15 in Copenhagen 2009
Speaker: Connie Hedegaard
Discussant: Hilary Benn MP
Chair: Professor Judith Rees
This event was recorded on 1 October 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Climate change is one of the most complex global challenges the world currently faces. Unless dealt with, climate change will potentially have disastrous effects on nature and human societies. It is the aim that a new global agreement shall be concluded at COP15 in Copenhagen in December 2009. Connie Hedegaard will share her observations on the status of the international negotiations and dwell upon hurdles and deadlocks that must be overcome in order to reach agreement

Editor's Note: Unfortunately the last few minutes of the question and answer session at the end of the lecture were not recorded. We are aware that, owing to a technical problem, the audio quality of this lecture is not up to our usual standard and we apologise in advance for this.
Available as: mp3 (19.6 mb; approx 86 minutes)
Event Posting: Negotiating a new international response to Climate Change: the prospects for COP-15 in Copenhagen 2009

September 2008

Commodity Prices, Capital Flows and the Financing of Investment
Keynote Speaker: Supachai Panitchpakdi
Discussants: Heiner Flassbeck and Professor Robert Wade
Chair: Professor Stuart Corbridge
This event was recorded on 2 September 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
The report highlights the implications of commodity price volatility and one of the major paradoxes of globalisation, namely that the "capital poor" developing world is exporting capital to the "capital rich" developed countries. Moreover, those developing countries that are the largest capital exporters tend to invest more domestically and to grow faster than those that still depend on capital imports. These facts create serious puzzles for mainstream economic models and reject most of their predictions.
Available as: mp3 (21.3 mb; approx 93 minutes)
Event Posting: Commodity Prices, Capital Flows and the Financing of Investment

July 2008

Zimbabwe: Beyond the Endgame
Speaker: Dr Martin Rupiya; Patrick Smith; Knox Chitiyo; Gugulethu Moyo
Chair: Professor James Putzel
This event was recorded on 17 July 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
As talks between Mr Mugabe and both factions of the Movement for Democratic Change open in South Africa, the crisis in Zimbabwe continues. Western countries are pushing for more sanctions against Zimbabwe’s rulers, while President Mbeki and the African Union oppose them. Meanwhile, the shrinking economy provides Mr Mugabe with less and less to pay the army, police and administrators. The June 27 presidential run-off was dubbed the endgame. It proved just another stage in Zimbabwe’s unfolding catastrophe. What might happen next?
Available as: mp3 (53.1 mb; approx 116 minutes)
Event Posting: Zimbabwe: Beyond the Endgame

June 2008

The Post American World
Speaker: Fareed Zakaria
Chair: Professor Lord Meghnad Desai
This event was recorded on 17 July 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Global power is shifting, and wealth and power are bubbling up in unexpected places. Fareed Zakaria considers not so much the decline of America, but the impact of the rise of "the rest". This transition of power will redefine America's role as the arbiter of the world's political, economic, and cultural issues and force it to accommodate new heavyweights. This event marks the launch of Fareed Zakaria's new book The Post American World (Allen Lane, July 2008).
Available as: mp3 (17.5 mb; approx 76 minutes)
Event Posting: The Post American World
Skills, Rights and Resources in the East Asian Path to Development
Speaker: Professor Kenneth Pomeranz
Chair: Professor Chris Wickham
This event was recorded on 18 June 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
This lecture traces evolving relationships among skills, bargaining power, and East Asian economic development. Kenneth Pomeranz is UCI Chancellor's Professor of History at the University of California-Irvine.
Available as: mp3 (17.4 mb; approx 76 minutes)
Event Posting: Skills, Rights and Resources in the East Asian Path to Development
The War for Wealth: The true story of globalization and how Western society can survive
Speaker: Gabor Steingart
Chair: Professor Eric Neumayer
This event was recorded on 10 June 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Globalization is the defining force of our lifetime, but most politicians have not understood the complexity of the process. Thus argues Gabor Steingart, in his controversial and thought-provoking new book The War for Wealth: The True Story of Globalization (McGraw-Hill, June 2008) which he will present for the first time in the UK.
Available as: mp3 (15 mb; approx 66 minutes)
Event Posting: The War for Wealth: The true story of globalization and how Western society can survive
A Critical Defense of Secularism
Speaker: Cécile Laborde
This event was recorded on 10 June 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
The global revival of religion has raised fundamental questions about its role in politics and its claim that it serves as a principle of identity, indispensable to the continuing survival of communities. This series brings together leading thinkers and scholars to encourage discussion and debate on this crucial contemporary theme. Cécile Laborde, reader in political theory, School of Public Policy, University College London.
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 89 minutes)
Event Posting: A Critical Defense of Secularism
Financial Market Stability
Speaker: Professor Axel A Weber
Chair: Professor Charles Goodhart
This event was recorded on 6 June 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
In light of the current tensions in financial markets Professor Axel Weber will look at financial market stability from a central bank's perspective. Axel Weber is president of Deutsche Bundesbank and a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
Available as: mp3 (17.5 mb; approx 77 minutes)
Event Posting: Financial Market Stability
Secularism and Shared Values
Speaker: Professor Richard Norman
This event was recorded on 3 June 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
The global revival of religion has raised fundamental questions about its role in politics and its claim that it serves as a principle of identity, indispensable to the continuing survival of communities. This series brings together leading thinkers and scholars to encourage discussion and debate on this crucial contemporary theme. Richard Norman, emeritus professor of moral philosophy, University of Kent.
Available as: mp3 (21 mb; approx 91 minutes)
Event Posting: Secularism and Shared Values
Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century
Speaker: Professor Philip Bobbitt
Chair: Professor Sarah Worthington
This event was recorded on 3 June 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
The threat of terrorism is now part of the landscape of daily lives all over the world, yet we have hardly begun to think properly about it. In his new book Terror and Consent and in this lecture Professor Bobbitt argues that we are fighting these wars with weapons and concepts which though useful to us in previous conflicts have now been superseded. He aims to provide a fundamental rethinking of most generally accepted ideas about terror in the modern world – what it is, how it operates and above all how it can be frustrated.
This event marks the launch of Philip Bobbitt's new book Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century (Penguin, May 29 2008)
Available as: mp3 (16.2 mb; approx 71 minutes)
Event Posting: Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century

May 2008

What is Wrong with Secularism of all Sorts? Priority for Democracy
Speaker: Professor Veit Bader
Chair: Professor Anne Phillips
This event was recorded on 29 May 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
The lecture presents a contextualised criticism of first and second order myths of secularisms and of the conflation of liberal-democratic institutions with secular ones, and argues for the priority of liberal democracy. Veit Bader holds chairs in sociology, and social and political philosophy, both at the Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Available as: mp3 (21 mb; approx 93 minutes)
Event Posting: What is Wrong with Secularism of all Sorts? Priority for Democracy
Does Faith Matter for Human Morality?
Speaker: Professor Mona Siddiqui
This event was recorded on 27 May 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
The global revival of religion has raised fundamental questions about its role in politics and its claim that it serves as a principle of identity, indispensable to the continuing survival of communities. This series brings together leading thinkers and scholars to encourage discussion and debate on this crucial contemporary theme. Professor Mona Siddiqui, professor of Islamic studies and public understanding, and director, Centre for the Study of Islam, University of Glasgow.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 84 minutes)
Event Posting: Does Faith Matter for Human Morality?
Why Civilisations Can't Climb Hills: a political history of statelessness in Southeast Asia
Speaker: Professor James Scott
Chair: Professor Jude Howell
This event was recorded on 22 May 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
Professor Scott argues that the hill peoples of mainland Southeast Asia are fugitive, runaway populations, practising 'escape agriculture', 'escape social structure' and 'escape culture'. Jim Scott is Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology at Yale University.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 81 minutes)
Event Posting: Why Civilisations Can't Climb Hills: a political history of statelessness in Southeast Asia
Fixing Failed States
Speaker: Dr Ashraf Ghani; Clare Lockhart
Chair: Professor James Putzel
This event was recorded on 22 May 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Authors Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart challenge existing concepts of state systems and offer new ways of fostering bonds between states, civil societies and markets. This event marks the launch of Fixing Failed States – A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World (OUP, May 2008). Ashraf Ghani is chairman of the Institute for State Effectiveness and former finance minister of Afghanistan. Clare Lockhart is Director of the Institute for State Effectiveness, where she advises countries and other organizations on state-building. She was UN adviser to the Bonn process, and Adviser to the Government of Afghanistan responsible for several national initiatives. She is a lawyer, historian and specialist in institution-building, and has worked at the World Bank, UN and as a barrister.
Available as: mp3 (21 mb; approx 90 minutes)
Event Posting: Fixing Failed States
Is there a European Foreign Policy?
Speaker: Lord Patten
Chair: Maurice Fraser
This event was recorded on 21 May 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Lord Patten served as a minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1983 to 1992, holding the position of chairman of the Conservative party from 1990 to 1992. From 1992 to 1997 he was governor of Hong Kong and from 1998 to 1999 he was chairman of the Independent Commission on Policing in Northern Ireland. He became a European commissioner in 1999, responsible for external affairs until 2004.
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 89 minutes)
Event Posting: Is there a European Foreign Policy?
Finance in East Asia: from crisis to integration - challenges of second generation reforms
Speaker: Professor Andrew Sheng
Chair: Howard Davies
This event was recorded on 21 May 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
The lecture will look at structural changes in the financial landscape in East Asia, and issues being faced by reformers and regulators, including in China, on raising the game of globalising Asia. Andrew Sheng is chief adviser to the China Banking Regulatory Commission.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 83 minutes)
Event Posting: Finance in East Asia: from crisis to integration - challenges of second generation reforms
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means
Speakers: George Soros and Howard Davies
This event was recorded on 21 May 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
In the midst of the worst financial upheaval since the Great Depression, George Soros explores the origins of the crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivalled, places the current crisis in the context of decades of study of how individuals and institutions handle the boom and bust cycles that now dominate global economic activity. “This is a once in lifetime moment”, says Soros in characterising the scale of financial distress spreading across Wall Street, the London Stock Exchange, and financial centres around the world.
This event marks the launch of George Soros new book The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means (PublicAffairs, May 2008).
Available as: mp3 (13 mb; approx 57 minutes)
Available as: mp4 (video) (125 mb; approx 57 minutes)
Available as: Videocast
Event Posting: The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means
EU Competitiveness: Are we on the right track?
Speaker: Alexandr Vondra
Chair: Professor Christian Lequesne
This event was recorded on 19 May 2008 in the Shaw Library, Old Building
In January 2007, Alexandr Vondra was appointed the Czech Republic´s Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs. He is responsible for preparing the agenda for the Czech EU Presidency. Prior to this position he was the Foreign Minister (2006-2007), Special Representative for the NATO Summit in Prague (2001-2002), Ambassador to the USA (1997-2001) and foreign policy advisor to former President Vaclav Havel (1990-1992). Alexandr Vondra played a central role in leading the Czech Republic to EU and NATO memberships. He is also a former spokesman for the Czech dissident movement Charter 77.
Available as: mp3 (16 mb; approx 73 minutes)
Event Posting: EU Competitiveness: Are we on the right track?
Ontario's Place in the 21st Century
Speaker: Dalton McGuinty
Chair: Dr Nilima Gulrajani
This event was recorded on 19 May 2008 in the Shaw Library, Old Building
Dalton McGuinty is Premier of Ontario, Canada's economic powerhouse. He led his party to a second-consecutive majority government in October 2007 and is Ontario’s 24th Premier. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 1990 in Ottawa South and has been re-elected four times. During his years as a backbench MPP, he served as a critic for energy, colleges and universities, native affairs and the environment. In 1996, Dalton McGuinty was elected leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.
Available as: mp3 (13 mb; approx 59 minutes)
Event Posting: Ontario's Place in the 21st Century
AIDS: exceptionalism revisited
Speaker: Dr Peter Piot
Chair: Professor Tony Barnett
This event was recorded on 15 May 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Dr Piot will review the response to AIDS, now and over the longer term, and examine its relationship with other key health and development issues. Peter Piot is executive director of UNAIDS and under secretary general of the United Nations.
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 88 minutes)
Event Posting: AIDS: exceptionalism revisited
Is the Middle East Europe's Business?
Speaker: Professor Ghassan Salame
Chair: Professor Fred Halliday
This event was recorded on 13 May 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
The Middle East is a region where the United States plays a crucial role. But what about Europe? To what extent should the Middle East be part of the EU’s diplomatic concerns? Ghassan Salame is professor of international relations at Sciences Po and a former minister of culture of Lebanon.
Available as: mp3 (21 mb; approx 91 minutes)
Event Posting: Is the Middle East Europe's Business?
McMafia: Crime without frontiers
Speaker: Misha Glenny
Chair: Professor Mary Kaldor
This event was recorded on 12 May 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
International journalist Misha Glenny talks about his investigation into the world of organised crime. He reveals how conventional policing cannot cope with globalised crime which is corrupting governments and fuelling human rights abuses and suffering. Misha Glenny is an award winning international journalist and author.
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 86 minutes)
Event Posting: McMafia: Crime without frontiers
The Powers to Lead
Speaker: Professor Joseph S Nye
Chair: Professor Michael Cox
This event was recorded on 8 May 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Leadership is always necessary in any endeavor, applying equally to politics, business, society, and culture. Whilst enriching our understanding of the concept Nye highlights how the changing nature of leadership derives from broader social and political changes. Joseph S. Nye Jr, is University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, where he was formerly Dean. In government, he served as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, Assistant Secretary of Defence, and Deputy Undersecretary of State. This event marks the launch of Professor Nye's new book The Powers to Lead (OUP, May 2008).
Available as: mp3 (14 mb; approx 60 minutes)
Event Posting: The Powers to Lead
Towards the French Presidency of the EU: a lecture by Jean-Pierre Jouyet
Speaker: Jean-Pierre Jouyet
Chair: Howard Davies
This event was recorded on 8 May 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Jean-Pierre Jouyet is French minister of state for European affairs.
Available as: mp3 (13 mb; approx 58 minutes)
Event Posting: Towards the French Presidency of the EU: a lecture by Jean-Pierre Jouyet
Two Challenges to Democratic Cititzenship:is the EU the solution or part of the problem?
Speaker: Professor Richard Bellamy
Discussant: John F Jungclaussen
This event was recorded on 7 May 2008 in U8, Tower 1
This lecture will consider questions about European identity and new problems of citizenship raised by the formation of the European Union. Richard Bellamy is professor of political science and director of the School of Public Policy, University College London. John F Jungclaussen is economic correspondent at Die Zeit. This event is in association with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London School of Advanced Study; Goethe Institute; and Institut Français
Available as: mp3 (28 mb; approx 120 minutes)
Event Posting: Two Challenges to Democratic Cititzenship:is the EU the solution or part of the problem?
Outsiders Inside and Insiders Outside: linking transnational and domestic public action
Speaker: Professor Sidney Tarrow
Respondant: Professor Jan Aart Scholte
Chair: Professor Jude Howell
This event was recorded on 7 May 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Does globalisation and the idea of a global civil society provide an adequate framework for understanding contemporary domestic and international non-governmental public action? Sidney Tarrow teaches government and sociology at Cornell University. Jan Aart Scholte is centennial professor at LSE and professor at the University of Warwick.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 85 minutes)
Event Posting: Outsiders Inside and Insiders Outside: linking transnational and domestic public action
Green Peace: Energy, Europe and the Global Order
Speaker: Rt Hon David Miliband
Chair: Professor David Held
This event was recorded on 7 May 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
David Miliband was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in June 2007.
Available as: mp3 (15 mb; approx 65 minutes)
Event Posting: Green Peace: Energy, Europe and the Global Order
Telling the Story of a Peace Movement: 50 years of CND campaigning
Speaker: Aled Fisher; Kate Hudson; Bruce Kent; Walter Wolfgang
Chair: Peter Furtado
This event was recorded on 6 May 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
To mark CND turning 50 in 2008, the organisation is collaborating with LSE Archives on a touring exhibition, archives project and this roundtable with History Today to tell the story of the movement from the Cold War to Trident and beyond. Aled Fisher is LSESU Environment and Ethics officer. Kate Hudson is chair of CND. Bruce Kent is former chairman and honorary vice-president of CND. Walter Wolfgang is vice president of CND.
Available as: mp3 (21 mb; approx 90 minutes)
Event Posting: Telling the Story of a Peace Movement: 50 years of CND campaigning
Multiculturalism and Secularism
Speaker: Professor Tariq Modood
Chair: Professor Anne Phillips
This event was recorded on 6 May 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Can multicultural inclusivity extend to religious minorities? Can it do so without conflicting with secularism? Tariq Modood is professor of sociology, politics and public policy at Bristol University.
Available as: mp3 (21 mb; approx 90 minutes)
Event Posting: Multiculturalism and Secularism
Common Wealth: economics for a crowded planet
Speaker: Professor Jeffrey D Sachs
Chair: Professor David Held
This event was recorded on 2 May 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Jeffrey Sachs argues the need a new economic paradigm—global, inclusive, cooperative, environmentally aware, and science based—because we are running up against the realities of a crowded planet. The alternative is a series of cascading threats to global well-being, all of which are solvable but potentially disastrous if left unattended. Prosperity must be maintained through new strategies for sustainable development that complement market forces, spread sustainable technologies, stabilize the global population, and enable the billion poorest people to escape from the trap of extreme poverty. This event marks launch of Professor Sachs’ new book Common Wealth: economics for a crowded planet (Allen Lane, March 2008). Jeffrey D Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He served as special adviser to former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals.
Available as: mp3 (23 mb; approx 102 minutes)
Event Posting: Common Wealth: economics for a crowded planet
A World Economic Order Based on Cultural Comparative Advantage
Speaker: Professor John Hooker
Chair: Professor H P Williams
This event was recorded on 1 May 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Professor Hooker will argue that the world is evolving towards a new economic equilibrium based on cultural comparative advantage, leading to cultural deglobalisation, not globalisation. John Hooker is professor of business ethics and professor of operations research at Carnegie Mellon University.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 84 minutes)
Event Posting: A World Economic Order Based on Cultural Comparative Advantage
Global Financial Regulation: The Essential Guide
Speakers: Howard Davies, David Green, John McFall,
Sir Steve Robson, Gillian Tett
This event was recorded on 1 May 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
As international financial markets have become more complex, so has the regulatory system which oversees them. The Basel Committee is just one of a plethora of international bodies and groupings which now set standards for financial activity around the world, in the interests of investor protection and financial stability. These groupings, and their decisions, have a major impact on markets in developed and developing countries, and on competition between financial firms. Yet their workings are shrouded in mystery, and their legitimacy is uncertain.

Howard Davies was the first chairman of the UK's Financial Services Authority, the single regulator for the whole of Britain's financial sector. He was a member of the main international regulatory committees for several years, and is now director of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

David Green was head of International Policy at the FSA, after 30 years in the Bank of England, and has been particularly closely associated with the development of the European regulatory system. He now advises the Financial Reporting Council.

John McFall MP is Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee of the House of Commons since 2001. He was re-elected to this post in October, 2005. In 1997 John served as a Government Whip and in July 1998 he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office. His portfolio included responsibility for the Department of Education, Community Relations, the Training and Employment Agency and the Department of Health and Social Services and the Department of Economic Affairs.

Sir Steve Robson is a former senior UK civil servant, who had responsibility for a wide variety of Treasury matters. His early career included the post of private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and secondment to ICFC (now 3i). He was also a second permanent secretary of HM Treasury, where he was managing director of the Finance and Regulation Directorate. He is a non-executive director of JP Morgan Cazenove Holdings, RBS, Xstrata Plc, The Financial Reporting Council Limited and Partnerships UK plc, and a member of the Chairman's Advisory Committee of KPMG.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 83 minutes)
Event Posting: Global Financial Regulation: The Essential Guide
Religious Faith and Human Rights
Speaker: Dr Rowan Williams
Chair: Professor Conor Gearty
This event was recorded on 1 May 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
The idea of human rights is often traced back to the characteristically religious insight that every individual is unique in the eyes of God. This explanation of why human dignity is important held sway for centuries, but it has lost much of its grip on society in these uncertain, post-modern times. Many adherents of human rights today see no need to root their beliefs in any religious (or specifically Christian) set of beliefs. Indeed some would go so far as to see religion as distinctly hostile to human rights. Are they right to do so? What is the true relationship between religion and human rights? Rowan Williams was enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in February 2003. Following ordination in 1978 he combined teaching and pastoral work in Cambridge and then Oxford (where he was Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity from 1986-92) until his election as Bishop of Monmouth in 1991and subsequently Archbishop of Wales from 2000.
Available as: mp3 (22 mb; approx 97 minutes)
Event Posting: Religious Faith and Human Rights

April 2008

The Single Monetary Policy and the Analytics of OCAs: what has the Euro area experience taught us?
Speaker: Nicholas C Garganas
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone
This event was recorded on 30 April 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
The introduction of the euro posed unique challenges for monetary policy. Some observers took the view that a single monetary policy for all euro-area countries would not succeed because the euro area did not fulfil the pre-requisites of on Optimum Currency Area (OCA). In his lecture Mr Garganas will argue that the traditional way of thinking about OCAs overlooks the fact that the criteria used to judge optimality are, to some extent, endogenous. He will also argue, the experience of the euro area demonstrates that the creation of a monetary union can itself create conditions that are favourable to the well-functioning of the union. Nicholas C Garganas is governor of the Bank of Greece, a member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, a member of the Governing Council and the General Council of the European Central Bank, and a governor of the International Monetary Fund for Greece.
Available as: mp3 (16 mb; approx 71 minutes)
Event Posting: The Single Monetary Policy and the Analytics of OCAs: what has the Euro area experience taught us?
The New Politics of Identity
Speakers: David Goodhart, Professor John Keane,
Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh
Chair: Professor Lord Tony Giddens
This event was recorded on 29 April 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
The panel will discuss Bhikhu Parekh's new book, A New Politics of Identity (Palgrave, March 2008) covering the impact of globalisation on ethnic, religious and national identities. David Goodhart is editor of Prospect. John Keane is professor of politics at the University of Westminster and at the Wissenschaftszentrum, Berlin. Bhikhu Parekh is professor of political philosophy, University of Westminster.
Available as: mp3 (21 mb; approx 92 minutes)
Event Posting: The New Politics of Identity
The Bin Ladens
Speakers: Steve Coll
Chair: Charlie Beckett
This event was recorded on 24 April 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Steve Coll's new book 'The Bin Ladens: The Story of a Family and its Fortune' charts the rise of a family, and the story of the Saudi royal family they loyally served. Steve Coll is most recently the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Ghost Wars. He also won a 1990 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. He covered Afghanistan and the Washington Post's South Asia bureau chief between 1989 and 1992 and was the Washington Post's managing editor from 1998 to 2004. He is now staff writer at the New Yorker. He is the author of five books, including On the Grand Trunk Road and The Taking of Getty Oil.
Available as: mp3 (17 mb; approx 73 minutes)
Event Posting: The Bin Ladens
A lecture by Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia
Speakers: The Honourable Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister of Australia
Chair: Professor Sarah Worthington
This event was recorded on 7 April 2008 in the Peacock Theatre, Portugal Street
The Australian Prime Minister, Mr Rudd, was elected to office in November last year and moved quickly to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and deliver a national apology to the Stolen Generations of Indigenous Australians. He has identified fighting inflation, acting decisively on climate change, improving the health and hospital system, investing in education and putting fairness back into Australian workplaces as his Government's key priorities. Mr Rudd has said that his Government's mandate is to build a modern Australian economy capable of dealing with the challenges of the 21st century.
Available as: mp3 (13 mb; approx 55 minutes)
Event Posting: A lecture by Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia
Free and Fair: An Agenda for Democratic Transformation in Latin America
Speakers: President Michelle Bachelet
This event was recorded on 4 April 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Michelle Bachelet, was born on September 29, 1951. She is a trained paediatrician and public health specialist who also holds degrees in military science. A member of the Socialist Party and mother of three, Dr. Bachelet was the first woman in Chilean and Latin American history to hold the Health and Defence portfolios. On January 15, 2006 she became Chile's first-ever woman president.
Available as: mp3 (12 mb; approx 50 minutes)
Event Posting: Free and Fair: An Agenda for Democratic Transformation in Latin America

March 2008

The Credit Crunch and the U.S. Economy
Speakers: Steven Rattner
Chair: Howard Davies
This event was recorded on 27 March 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Beginning with the subprime meltdown last summer, U.S. markets and the economy have been thrown into turmoil. Liquidity and default fears have created the worst conditions in financial markets in many years. These adverse developments have spilled over in the "real" economy, raised the specter of recession and worse. Steven Rattner is Managing Principal of Quadrangle Group LLC, a private investment firm with more than $6 billion of assets under management. Quadrangle invests in media and communications companies through separate private and public investment strategies and across all asset classes through its asset management business. Quadrangle has offices in New York, London and Silicon Valley and will be opening an office later this year in Hong Kong.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 81 minutes)
Event Posting: The Credit Crunch and the U.S. Economy
Defining the scope of responsibilities: the Great Lakes region
Speakers: Judy Cheng-Hopkins; Dr Chaloka Beyani; Dr Susan Breau
This event was recorded on 18 March 2008 in U8, Tower One
The return and reintegration of refugees and IDPs is one of the most pressing challenges faced by the international community today. Recently back from a visit to the Great Lakes region, UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Operations will discuss the local settlement of refugees in Tanzania and the return and reintegration of refugees in Burundi. Dr Chaloka Beyani, Legal Advisor to the Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes, will situate this problem within the Great Lakes Pact. The Pact sets out a holistic legal framework in which this problem is treated as just one component of establishing peace and security in the region. Dr Susan Breau, a Reader in public international law and expert in the field, will explore the interface between the 'responsibility to protect' doctrine and peacekeeping, including the facilitation of the voluntary return of refugees and IDPs.
Available as: mp3 (26 mb; approx 114 minutes)
Event Posting: Defining the scope of responsibilities: the Great Lakes region
Behavioural Economics: Common Mistakes in Daily Decisions
Speaker: Professor Dan Ariely
Chair: Professor Lawrence Phillips
This event was recorded on 17 March 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day? Why do we repeatedly make the same mistakes when we make our selections? How do our expectations influence our actual opinions and decisions? The answers, as revealed by behavioural economist Professor Dan Ariely of MIT, will surprise you.
Available as: mp3 (17 mb; approx 75 minutes)
Event Posting: Behavioural Economics: Common Mistakes in Daily Decisions
Thinking Like a Social Scientist: a lecture by Professor John Sidel
Speaker: Professor John Sidel
This event was recorded on 13 March 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
In this new series of lunchtime lectures, nine of LSE’s most senior academics explain the latest thinking on how social scientists work to address the critical problems of the day. They survey the leading ideas and contributions made by their discipline, explain the types of problems that are addressed and the tools that are used, and explore the kinds of solutions proposed. John Sidel is Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics.
Available as: mp3 (16 mb; approx 70 minutes)
Event Posting: Thinking Like a Social Scientist: a lecture by Professor John Sidel
A Counter-narrative: Islam and the first Europe
Speaker: Professor David Levering Lewis
Chair: Professor Janet Hartley
This event was recorded on 12 March 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Professor Lewis will argue that the 732CE Battle of Poitiers and the 778CE debacle at Roncevaux are pivotal moments in the creation of an economically retarded, balkanised, and fratricidal Europe, which, by defining itself in opposition to Islam in al-Andalus, made virtues out of hereditary aristocracy, persecutory religious intolerance, cultural particularism, and perpetual war.
Available as: mp3 (16 mb; approx 70 minutes)
Event Posting: A Counter-narrative: Islam and the first Europe
Radical Regimes and Islamist Ideology in the 21st Century
Speaker: Senator Rick Santorum
Chair: Dr Alan Sked
This event was recorded on 12 March 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
The LSESU Tocqueville Society presents a public lecture by former United States Senator Rick Santorum on the challenges to the West posed by Islamic extremism and its alliances around the world. Mr. Santorum served as U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007 and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995. As a Senator, he was a champion of efforts to counter the threat of radical Islam, to protect victims of religious persecution, and to promote democracy and religious liberty around the world. Mr. Santorum is currently Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Dr Alan Sked is a Senior Lecturer in International History at LSE.
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 87 minutes)
Event Posting: Radical Regimes and Islamist Ideology in the 21st Century
A Debate about the Definition of 'Britishness'
Speaker: Professor Sir Bernard Crick, Professor Anne Phillips
Chair: Professor David Held
This event was recorded on 11 March 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
As the composition of British society transforms with immigration and transnational identities, ideas about the notion of ‘Britishness’ are changing too. In the interest of a cohesive citizenry, must the UK return to ‘core British values’? Or should Britain’s identity change with its population? Should a British identity even exist? Sir Bernard Crick is emeritus professor of Birkbeck College and author of Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey to Citizenship, the basis for the UK citizenship exam. Anne Phillips is professor of Political and Gender Theory at LSE and author of Multiculturalism Without Culture.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 84 minutes)
Event Posting: A Debate about the Definition of 'Britishness'
What have the Romans ever done for us? - Global Europe from a Dutch perspective
Speaker: Frans Timmermans
Chair: Maurice Fraser
This event was recorded on 5 March 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Frans Timmermans will address issues of the changing political economy and the role the European Union can play in facing the challenges of today. The soft power of the EU is no longer limited to stabilisation and transformation of societies alone. Europe sets the standard in many fields. Yet, as Frans Timmermans will argue, pursuing the vision of Europe as a model power imposes a growing need for the Union's member states to start thinking and behaving in political terms. Less as a collection of different economies and more like a true economic union.
Available as: mp3 (18 mb; approx 78 minutes)
Event Posting: What have the Romans ever done for us? - Global Europe from a Dutch perspective
The Pivot of the 20th Century
Speaker: Professor David Kennedy
Chair: Dr Piers Ludlow
This event was recorded on 4 March 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Winston Churchill said in 1945 that 'the United States stands at this moment at the summit of the world'. Yet just five years earlier America had been an economic catastrophe and an isolationist bastion. How that transformation came about, and its consequences, will be the subject of this lecture. David M Kennedy is Donald J McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University.
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 85 minutes)
Event Posting: The Pivot of the 20th Century
Modern Erotics and the Quest for Intimacy
Speaker: Darian Leader; Professor Henrietta Moore; Professor Susie Orbach; Professor Renata Salecl
Chair: Derek Hook
This event was recorded on 4 March 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
The demand that sexual relations should be at the basis both of self-understanding and self-realisation often puts our intimate lives under particular pressure. This talk will look at contemporary sexualities and their uneasy relationship to love, fantasy and intimacy. Darian Leader is a psychoanalyst. Henrietta Moore is professor of social anthropology at LSE. Susie Orbach is a psychoanalyst and visiting professor at LSE. Renata Salecl is centennial professor of law at LSE.
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 89 minutes)
Event Posting: Modern Erotics and the Quest for Intimacy
The West in a New World: what future for transatlantic relations?
Speaker: Pierre Hassner
Chair: Professor Lord Wallace of Saltaire
This event was recorded on 3 March 2008 in the U8, Tower 1
The world has changed dramatically since the end of the Cold War, but the transatlantic relationship has yet to be reviewed. The time has come to rethink it, along with the concept of the West. Pierre Hassner is an emeritus senior research fellow at CERI-Sciences Po.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 83 minutes)
Event Posting: The West in a New World: what future for transatlantic relations?

February 2008

Beyond the Banality of Evil
Speaker: Professor Steve Reicher
This event was recorded on 28 Feb 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
This lecture critically addresses Hannah Arendt's hypothesis on the banality of evil arguing that those who commit extreme acts are not aware of the consequences of their actions: rather, they celebrate these consequences as moral. Steve Reicher is professor of social psychology at the University of St Andrew's, Scotland
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 85 minutes)
Event Posting: Beyond the Banality of Evil
Climate Change, Energy and the Way Ahead
Speaker: Professor Lord Nicholas Stern
This event was recorded on 27 Feb 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
The world must reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 50 per cent by 2050 with rich country cuts of at least 80 per cent. Power and transport must be essentially de-carbonised. How can the world rise to these challenges? Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Chair in Government and Economics at LSE and director of the Asia Research Centre at LSE.
Available as: mp3 (22 mb; approx 98 minutes)
Event Posting: Climate Change, Energy and the Way Ahead
Distant Suffering in the Media
Speaker: Professor Lilie Chouliaraki
Chair: Howard Davies
This event was recorded on 27 Feb 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Professor Lilie Chouliaraki will talk about suffering in the media, addressing the question of how far images and stories of suffering make a difference in our ways of engaging with distant sufferers. Lilie Chouliaraki is chair in media and communications at the Department of Media and Communications and research director of POLIS at LSE.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 84 minutes)
Event Posting: Distant Suffering in the Media
The Nuts and Bolts of Empire
Speaker: Professor Paul Kennedy
Chair: Professor Christopher Coker
This event was recorded on 26 Feb 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
All great empires have required a sophisticated logistical system, and a secure communications system to sustain themselves. In a world of endless challenges imperial ambitions soon collapse. This lecture will examine the hard, infrastructural underpinnings of the Roman, Spanish and British Empires, and reflect on how the USA compares in this regard. Paul Kennedy is J Richardson Dilworth Professor of History at Yale University and Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at LSE.
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 87 minutes)
Event Posting: The Nuts and Bolts of Empire
The New Swedish Model: A Reform Agenda for Growth and the Environment
Speaker: Fredrik Reinfeldt
Respondent: David Cameron MP
Chair: Professor Damian Chalmers
This event was recorded on 26 Feb 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Fredrik Reinfeldt is Prime Minister of Sweden, a position he has held since being elected in 2006. He has been leader of the Moderate Party since 2003. In the Swedish Parliament he served on the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs. Prime Minister Reinfeldt studied at Stockholm University where he graduated with a BSc in Business Administration and Economics. In December 2005 David Cameron MP was elected leader of the Conservative Party. Prior to this he held the position of Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills.
Available as: mp3 (13 mb; approx 58 minutes)
Event Posting: The New Swedish Model: A Reform Agenda for Growth and the Environment
Bringing Transatlantic Security into the 21st Century
Speaker: Ambassador Victoria Nuland
Chair: Professor Lord William Wallace
This event was recorded on 25 Feb 2008 in the Shaw Library, 6th floor, Old Building
Bringing the transatlantic relationship into the 21st Century requires a stronger NATO, a stronger European Union and a stronger relationship between them. NATO continues to contribute to global security and peace in vital operations in Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Mediterranean, and to serve as a consultative forum for issues important to North American and European allies, while also transforming to meet the challenges of this century. Meeting these objectives requires closer cooperation with a strong and active European Union, as well as with other transatlantic and international actors. Ambassador Victoria Nuland is the US Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Speech available as: mp3 (28 mb; approx 62 minutes)
Event Posting: Bringing Transatlantic Security into the 21st Century
The Ideas that are Changing Politics
Speaker: David Willetts MP
Chair: Professor Kenneth Minogue
This event was recorded on 20 Feb 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
There has been an extraordinary surge in the study of behaviour from evolutionary biologists, neurologists and game theorists, but this has been largely divorced from the political debate. David Willetts will draw on the latest research from these disciplines to explain what Government can and cannot do to influence our behaviour. David Willetts is shadow secretary of state for innovation, universities and skills and has been the MP for Havant since 1992. He was shadow secretary of state for work and pensions from 2001-2005 and has worked at HM Treasury and the Number 10 Policy Unit.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 83 minutes)
Event Posting: The Ideas that are Changing Politics
Stelios on Brands, Serial Entrepreneurship, the Environment and Giving Something Back!
Speaker: Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Chair: Professor Saul Estrin
This event was recorded on 19 Feb 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, LSE alumnus, is founder of the easyGroup companies and has given £2 million to LSE for the Stelios Scholars programme.
Available as: mp3 (15 mb; approx 64 minutes)
Event Posting: Stelios on Brands, Serial Entrepreneurship, the Environment and Giving Something Back!
The Shrivelling of European Citizenship
Speaker: Professor Damian Chalmers
This event was recorded on 19 Feb 2008 in the U8, Tower 1
The institution of EU citizenship is increasingly challenged yet the heterogeneity and intensity of membership rights enjoyed by non-nationals has increased. Would more differentiated forms of membership be more attractive and better capture the sense of place many non-nationals wish to create for themselves in their host societies? Damian Chalmers is professor in European Union law at the European Institute and Law Department, LSE.
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 89 minutes)
Event Posting: The Shrivelling of European Citizenship
Creating a World Without Poverty: how social business can transform our lives
Speaker: Professor Muhammad Yunus
Chair: Professor Mary Kaldor
This event was recorded on 15 Feb 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Professor Yunus will outline his vision for a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more human world – and tell the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today. This event marks the launch of his new book Creating a World Without Poverty: how social business can transform our lives.Muhammad Yunus is founder and managing director of Grameen Bank and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 88 minutes)
Event Posting: Creating a World Without Poverty: how social business can transform our lives
The Russian Elections
Speaker: Stephen Dalziel; Professor Richard Sakwa
Chair: Professor Margot Light
This event was recorded on 12 Feb 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
After two terms in office, President Putin is constitutionally bound to step down in March 2008, but how stable will the succession be? Stephen Dalziel is executive director of the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce. Richard Sakwa is professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent.
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 89 minutes)
Event Posting: The Russian Elections
Beauty and the Beast- Numbers and Public Policy
Speaker: Andrew Dilnot; Michael Blastland
Chair: Professor Henry Wynn
This event was recorded on 11 Feb 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Numbers have become the all-powerful language of public argument, but too often, that power is abused and the numbers bamboozle. How can we see our way through them? Michael Blastland is a writer and broadcaster and the originator of the More or Less programme on BBC Radio 4. Andrew Dilnot is principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, and former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 84 minutes)
Event Posting: Beauty and the Beast- Numbers and Public Policy
Advancements in Contemporary Islamic Finance: from practice to scholarship
Speaker: Usman Ahmed; Shaykh Nizam Yaquby
Chair: Professor Ross Cranston
This event was recorded on 7 Feb 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
This event reflects on the current developments and initiatives in Islamic finance and explains how this faith based form of finance continues to enhance modern finance and law. Usman Ahmed is Citigroup CEO of Global Islamic Banking. Shaykh Nizam Yaquby is an Islamic Sharia scholar.
Available as: mp3 (21 mb; approx 90 minutes)
Event Posting: Advancements in Contemporary Islamic Finance: from practice to scholarship
The UK and the EU: what has changed over 35 years?
Speaker: Lord Brittan of Spennithorne
Chair: Maurice Fraser
This event was recorded on 7 Feb 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
After 35 years Britain still seems to be struggling with its relationship with the EU. As a former Cabinet Minister, and then Britain's longest serving EU Commissioner, Leon Brittan looks at the underlying issues, relationships and institutional developments and seeks answers to the question: what has changed over the past 35 years? Lord Brittan of Spennithorne was Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in Mrs Thatcher's Government. He then became Britain's longest serving EU Commissioner.
Available as: mp3 (17 mb; approx 75 minutes)
Event Posting: The UK and the EU: what has changed over 35 years?
Thinking Like a Social Scientist: a lecture by Professor Stuart Corbridge
Speaker: Professor Stuart Corbridge
This event was recorded on 7 Feb 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
This lecture asks if the global AIDS response has been good for human rights but bad for disease control? Alex de Waal is programme director at the Social Science Research Council and author of AIDS and Power: why there is no political crisis yet.
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Event Posting: Thinking Like a Social Scientist: a lecture by Professor Stuart Corbridge
The Politics of Aids Exceptionalism
Speaker: Alex de Waal
Chair: Professor Tony Barnett
This event was recorded on 6 Feb 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
This lecture asks if the global AIDS response has been good for human rights but bad for disease control? Alex de Waal is programme director at the Social Science Research Council and author of AIDS and Power: why there is no political crisis yet.
Available as: mp3 (20 mb; approx 85 minutes)
Event Posting: The Politics of Aids Exceptionalism
The Logic of Life
Speaker: Tim Harford
Chair: Hamish McRae
This event was recorded on 6 Feb 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
From teenage sex to the scourge of racism, Tim Harford explains why economics can provide the answers other disciplines cannot reach. Tim Harford is the author of The Undercover Economist, is a member of the Financial Times editorial board and writes a regular column for the FT magazine.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 82 minutes)
Event Posting: The Logic of Life
Measuring American Power in Today's Fractured World
Speaker: Professor Paul Kennedy
Chair: Professor Michael Cox, Professor Arne Westad
This event was recorded on 5 Feb 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
The United States today is undoubtedly the 'number one' power in world affairs, but it also faces the challenges that our fast changing and fractured world throws up. This has caused enormous debate among scholars of international strategic affairs about how best to measure relative American power.
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Event Posting: Measuring American Power in Today's Fractured World
Another European Tradition: traceability of the social and the vindication of Gabriel Tarde
Speaker: Professor Bruno Latour
Chair: Professor Nikolas Rose
This event was recorded on 4 Feb 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
A rival of Durkheim, Gabriel Tarde was right to argue that the subject matter of sociology is not society but connections. The understanding of the social cannot be separated from the study of other associations. Bruno Latour is a philosopher and a sociologist and vice president for research at Sciences Po.
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 83 minutes)
Event Posting: Another European Tradition: traceability of the social and the vindication of Gabriel Tarde
An Open Economy – the Progressive Response to Global Change
Speaker: John Hutton MP
This event was recorded on 4 Feb 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
Britain has long realised the best way to progress is to look outward rather than retreat inwards. In previous centuries, progressives responded to great social and economic change by moving to create an open society. In this lecture, Business and Enterprise Secretary, John Hutton will argue that the right progressive response to the scale and pace of global change facing Britain this century is to break down the remaining barriers that can hold people back by creating a truly open economy.
Available as: mp3 (14 mb; approx 61 minutes)
Event Posting: An Open Economy – the Progressive Response to Global Change

January 2008

Iraq: The Way Out
Speaker: Jonathan Steele
This event was recorded on 31 Jan 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Jonathan Steele will argue that the occupation has failed, not because of a lack of pre-war planning, but because of a lack of informed political analysis by US decision-makers and the British Foreign Office. They failed to see that Islamists, Sunni and Shia, would fill the post-Saddam vacuum and that most Iraqis would quickly come to resent yet another Western intervention in the Middle East.
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Event Posting: Iraq: The Way Out
Thinking Like a Social Scientist: a lecture by Professor Saul Estrin
Speaker: Professor Saul Estrin
This event was recorded on 31 Jan 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
In this new series of lunchtime lectures, nine of LSE’s most senior academics explain the latest thinking on how social scientists work to address the critical problems of the day. They survey the leading ideas and contributions made by their discipline, explain the types of problems that are addressed and the tools that are used, and explore the kinds of solutions proposed.Saul Estrin is head of the Department of Management at LSE.
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Event Posting: Thinking Like a Social Scientist: a lecture by Professor Saul Estrin
The McCanns and the Media
Speakers: Clarence Mitchell; Justine McGuiness; Kelvin MacKenzie; Roy Greenslade; Roger Graef
Chair: Steve Hewlett
This event was recorded on 30 Jan 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
The McCanns were the biggest media story of 2007. This event goes behind the headlines to ask why it became a media obsession, whether information or entertainment triumphed, and what impact the coverage has as the case continues. Steve Hewlett is a media consultant and former BBC editor. Roy Greenslade is a media commentator, columnist and blogger, and Professor of Journalism at City University. Kelvin MacKenzie is former editor of the Sun, firmly establishing it as Britain's biggest selling newspaper. Clarence Mitchell is a former BBC royal correspondent and now spokesman for the McCanns. Justine McGuinness is a PR guru who manages the Find Madeleine campaign. Roger Graef was the executive producer of the recent Dispatches which featured the McCanns.
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Event Posting: The McCanns and the Media
Sleeping Beauty: Awakening the American Dream
Speaker: Lord Maurice Saatchi
This event was recorded on 30 Jan 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Americans today may be perplexed and confused about the way America is perceived in the world. They may feel like Josef K in Kafka's 'The Trial': "Someone must have laid false accusations against Josef K because one morning he was arrested without having done anything wrong." Accusations against America have spread into a global phenomenon, crossing boarders, classes, religions, and generations. A Pew Trust research poll in 2005 concluded that anti-Americanism is deeper and broader than at any time in modern history. What to do?
Available as: mp3 (15 mb; approx 63 minutes)
Event Posting: Sleeping Beauty: Awakening the American Dream
International Relations in a Post-Hegemonic Age
Speaker: Professor Fred Halliday
Chair: Professor Michael Cox
This event was recorded on 30 Jan 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
The academic study of International Relations has, since since its emergence after World War I, sought to combine the development of theoretical frameworks with an engagement, of greater or lesser immediacy, with the changing course of international events. Empire, World War, Cold War and post-1991 US hegemony have all been objects of its concern. Today, oscillating at times uneasily between the enticements of abstraction, and the rush of actuality, the discipline faces a major opportunity, to provide an authoritative conceptualisation of, and normative orientation, within, international politics. In this, his valedictory lecture as Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, Fred Halliday will assess the state of IR today, and the challenges posed by the tensions of the twenty-first century.
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Event Posting: International Relations in a Post-Hegemonic Age
The Global Company of 2020- what does the future hold?
Speaker: Dominic Casserley
This event was recorded on 28 Jan 2008 in the New Theatre, East Building
Dominic Casserley will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing global companies in 2020. Will they be similar to the multinational of today? If not, how will they differ? Will they have to be large? How will they relate to investors? How will they interact with consumers? How will they manage their talent pools? How will they interact with society more broadly? Drawing on his extensive experience of advising major multi-national organisations across the world, Dominic will provide a personal perspective into what the future has to offer and how the ever changing corporate landscape may look in 2020.
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Event Posting: The Global Company of 2020- what does the future hold?
Somalia: legal and humanitarian challenges
Speaker: Guillermo Bettocchi
Respondent: Dr. Chaloka Beyani
Chair: Dr. James Putzel
This event was recorded on 28 Jan 2008 in U8
Guillermo Bettocchi is the Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Somalia. During his 19 years of service with the UNHCR, Mr. Bettocchi has occupied different positions in Central America, South West Asia, Africa, and, on two occasions, at the organisation's Headquarters in Geneva. A lawyer by profession, Mr Bettocchi's work has been focused on legal and practical issues related to refugee protection.
Available as: mp3 (21 mb; approx 93 minutes)
Event Posting: Somalia: legal and humanitarian challenges
New Industrial Centres and the Rise of the Justice and Development Party to Power in Turkey
Speaker(s): Professor Sevket Pamuk
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone
This event was recorded on 28 Jan 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
The lecture will discuss the rise of export oriented industrial centres across Turkey in recent decades, how they have contributed to the electoral successes of the Justice and Development Party and their ongoing impact on Turkey’s economic and political liberalisation.
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Event Posting: New Industrial Centres and the Rise of the Justice and Development Party to Power in Turkey
Children's Media: More Harm than Good?
Speaker(s): Professor Sonia Livingstone
Chair: Professor Robin Mansell
This event was recorded on 24 Jan 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Public policy is scrutinising potential media harms, given rapid expansion of the internet, fears over 'toxic' childhood, and pressing dilemmas for media regulation. But is the media the problem or the solution?
Available as: mp3 (19 mb; approx 81 minutes)
Event Posting: Children's Media: More Harm than Good?
Thinking Like a Social Scientist: a lecture by Professor Danny Quah
Speaker(s): Professor Danny Quah
This event was recorded on 24 Jan 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
In this new series of lunchtime lectures, nine of LSE’s most senior academics explain the latest thinking on how social scientists work to address the critical problems of the day. They survey the leading ideas and contributions made by their discipline, explain the types of problems that are addressed and the tools that are used, and explore the kinds of solutions proposed. Danny Quah is head of the Economics Department at LSE.
Available as: mp3 (12 mb; approx 53 minutes)
Event Posting: Thinking Like a Social Scientist: a lecture by Professor Danny Quah
General Reflections
Speaker(s): General Sir Mike Jackson
Chair: Dr Chaloka Beyani
This event was recorded on 23 Jan 2008 in the Old Theatre, Old Building
A look at where today's strategic circumstances are and the position of the UK, and a look to the future. General Sir Mike Jackson's illustrious career in the British Army has spanned almost forty five years and all that time he has shown loyalty, courage and commitment to the British army whilst also being an undeniable media attraction. General Sir Mike Jackson is the best known British General of modern times. He retired in the autumn of 2006 after almost forty-five years of service in the British army, finishing as its head as Chief of the General Staff. His most recent book is Soldier: The Autobiography (2007).
Available as: mp3 (15 mb; approx 64 minutes)
Event Posting: General Reflections
Cyprus Enters the 'Euro-zone': challenges and implications
Speaker(s): Professor Christopher Pissarides; Michalis Sarris
This event was recorded on 23 Jan 2008 in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
In January 2008, Cyprus will adopt the Euro currency. This discussion will focus on the implications of entry for Cyprus and the possible lessons for and from other entrants.
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