Autumn 2007 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdf
Audio and pdf files from LSE's autumn 2007 programme of public lectures and events.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 78 minutes
- Episodes
- 63
- Years Active
- 2007
Human Rights in the 21st century: problems and prospects
Contributor(s): Kenneth Roth | In the past decade, Human Rights Watch has emerged as one of the leading human rights organisations in the world, its reports increasingly acclaimed for their accuracy …
01:28:04 |
Thu 06 Dec 2007
Why is it Always 'Us' and 'Them': on the natural history of thinking through groups
Contributor(s): Professor Lawrence Hirschfeld | This event presents recent findings about representations of social categories that have potential relevance for anthropology, psychology and evolution…
01:29:44 |
Thu 06 Dec 2007
The United States - Dangerous Nation?
Contributor(s): Dr Robert Kagan | The years immediately following the end of the Cold War offered a tantalising glimpse at the possibility of a new kind of international order, but that was a mirage.…
01:20:38 |
Wed 05 Dec 2007
Shared Protection, Shared Values: Next Steps on Migration
Contributor(s): Jacqui Smith MP | Jacqui Smith is Home Secretary, a position she has held since June 2007. Prior to this she held several ministerial posts. From 1999 she served for two years as parl…
00:53:11 |
Wed 05 Dec 2007
Escaping the Prisoners' Dilemma
Contributor(s): Professor Nicola Lacey | Only by understanding the institutional preconditions for a tolerant criminal justice system can we think clearly about the possible options for reform within…
01:08:36 |
Tue 04 Dec 2007
Turning Risk into Opportunity: An insider's guide to entrepreneurial strategy
Contributor(s): Sir Ronald Cohen | Sir Ronald Cohen is a founder of the private-equity industry in Europe and one of the world's leading private equity investors. At the age of 26, he co-founded the …
01:09:14 |
Thu 29 Nov 2007
France and Britain in Europe and the World: let's seize the opportunities
Contributor(s): Gérard Errera | Most would agree that what unites those 'sweet enemies', France and Britain, is much greater than what divides them. But how can shared perspectives and interests be t…
01:26:27 |
Thu 29 Nov 2007
The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight against AIDS
Contributor(s): Helen Epstein | This lecture is one event in the LSEAIDS series of Public Lectures on HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases and Reproductive Health funded by the Department for International …
01:14:04 |
Thu 29 Nov 2007
Re-Writing the History of the Constitution: from the miraculous to the political
Contributor(s): Professor Carol Berkin | Was the US constitution the work of confident demigods and innovators or the handiwork of anxious political leaders who relied on longstanding Anglo-American …
01:02:52 |
Tue 27 Nov 2007
Crises in Democracy: constituency re-districting and gerrymandering in the UK and US
Contributor(s): Sam Hirsch, Iain McLean | One person, one vote is a core principle of a democratic system. Electoral districting in the UK and US is far from satisfactory and seriously compromises cl…
01:26:56 |
Tue 27 Nov 2007
Russia after Putin: revisionism or reform, isolation or integration
Contributor(s): Sir Roderic Lyne | Under Vladimir Putin, Russia's relations with many Western states has become increasingly edgy. What are the prospects for policy developments after Putin? Roderic …
01:01:35 |
Tue 27 Nov 2007
Surrender is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad
Contributor(s): Ambassador John R. Bolton | This lecture and question and answer session marked the launch of Ambassador Bolton's new book Surrender in Not an Option: Defending America at the United …
01:28:11 |
Mon 26 Nov 2007
Can Democracy Be Bought? Democracy Promotion After 1989
Contributor(s): Daniele Archibugi, Armine Ishkanian, Dr Iain King | Democracy promotion became a key foreign policy issue pursued by Western governments after 1989. To what extent are external democr…
01:27:01 |
Thu 22 Nov 2007
The Psychology of Saving and Investment: Sticky Biases and the Curse of Education
Contributor(s): Professor David Laibson | Over three lectures, David Laibson will challenge many standard assumptions in economics and show how a combination of psychology and economics can better pr…
01:18:13 |
Wed 21 Nov 2007
The Future of Broadcasting - Public Service in a Digital Age
Contributor(s): Ed Richards, Damian Tambini | The countdown to the end of British public service broadcasting has begun. In 2012 analogue is switched off as the digital competition threatens to shatt…
01:08:41 |
Wed 21 Nov 2007
[limited access] or the open city?
Contributor(s): Professor Kees Christiaanse | The idea of the open city as a place of social integration, cultural diversity and collective identity is perceived as an irreversible achievement of mod…
01:27:30 |
Tue 20 Nov 2007
The Psychology of Saving and Investment: Investment for Dummies
Contributor(s): Professor David Laibson | Over three lectures, David Laibson will challenge many standard assumptions in economics and show how a combination of psychology and economics can better pr…
01:12:12 |
Tue 20 Nov 2007
The Psychology of Saving and Investment: Intertemporal Choice
Contributor(s): Professor David Laibson | Over three lectures, David Laibson will challenge many standard assumptions in economics and show how a combination of psychology and economics can better pr…
01:13:59 |
Mon 19 Nov 2007
Humanitarian Aid and Independence: do no harm?
Contributor(s): Geoffrey Dennis, James Kliffen, Bernard Pécoul, Dr Edward Simpson | Humanitarian NGOs find themselves increasingly providing aid in conflict situations alongside military actors and p…
01:24:03 |
Thu 15 Nov 2007
Making the World work: UK Foreign Policy, business and civil society
Contributor(s): Lord Mark Malloch-Brown | Mark Malloch-Brown was appointed the Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN attending Cabinet in June 2007. His responsibilities include Africa, Asia (Afghanis…
01:25:36 |
Thu 15 Nov 2007
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