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Category: Panels/Talks
Forthcoming Events
Dear all,
We are pleased to announce several upcoming events:
Coffee Morning with Dr. Kirsten Ainley: ‘The Legalisation of Responsibility in International Relations’
Date: Monday 1st March
Time: 10:00 – 11:00
Place: Z 229 (St Philips)
Start next week fresh and early. In this Coffee Morning with a though provoking title ‘The Legalisation of Responsibility in IR’ you will have a chance to get an awareness of universal human rights standards and ethics.
Dr. Ainley is a lecturer in the department of International Relations. Her expertise is in politics of international law and humanitarian intervention. Dr. Ainley has recently returned from the International Criminal Tribune for Rwanda and so has many thoughts to share. With Chris Brown she is the co-author of Understanding International Relations [4th edition] !
Coffee Morning with Professor Brown: Thoughts on the Chilcot Inquiry
Date Wednesday 3rd March
Time: 10:00-11:00
Place U110
The Chilcot Inquiry has become one of the central issues in British politics. Seven years, the Iraq War remains a highly contentious issue. Professor Brown offer his thoughts on the Inquiry and the implications of the war in general.
Professor Brown is a lecturer in the department of International Relations and is the author of many books.
Le Gala
We would like to remind everyone that the Grimshaw Club is co-hosting “Le Gala” the end of term ball on the 20th of March. Tickets are £40 and selling fast and cover a three course dinner in the beautiful Grand Connaught Rooms on Great Queen Street. There will also be champagne tickets on sale for £25.
LSESU Hayek Society Presents “God is Back: How the global rise of faith is changing the world”
Date: Tuesday 2nd March
Time: 7pm
Venue: NAB 206 (New Academic Building)
John Mickelthwait is the chief editor of the Economist. John will be speaking to us about his latest book, “God is Back: How the global rise of faith is changing the world”. Most Britons assume that religion is dying. But have you looked at China, where there are already more church-going Christians than members of the communist party? Or Africa, where Islam and Christianity are fighting for souls? Or the United States, where evangelical mega-churches grow from strength to strength? In fact religion is thriving everywhere outside Western Europe. Why is this happening – and what are the political consequences? Are we facing new wars of religion – or is there a way for modernity and faith to co-exist?
LSESU Development Society Presents: Panel: World Bank and IMF: Is the Washington Consensus Dead?
Tuesday 2nd March 18:00-19:30 – U8
During the 60s, the IMF and World Bank turned their focus towards helping developing countries, yet their policies of structural readjustment and high loans have been criticised as having done more harm than good. This panel debate will explore the role and impact of the multilaterals and possible options for reform. Come and challenge the experts!
Many thanks,
Grimshaw Committee
Events in the Upcoming Week!
Dear all,
Coffee Morning with Professor Alden
We are pleased to announce the first in this term’s series of coffee mornings will be held on Tuesday 26th January at 11.00. Professor Alden will be talking on Chinese Exceptionalism in Africa. This will be in room H102. This is a great chance for an informal discussion on the increasing Chinese role in the African continent.
Professor Alden is a senior lecturer in the IR department and is the author of many books on China’s role in Africa, including “China in Africa.”
★ GRIMSHAW IR ¡RELOADED! 2010 ★
The day has come, its on, TODAY, THE PUB/BAR CRAWL OF THE YEAR!
The LEGEND returns ➣ after numerous inquiries and the brilliant turnout in the previous term,
we decided that its about time to call for ROUND Number 2!
¿WHEN? TODAY 21st January 2010
¿WHAT TIME? 6PM Be early, apparently the first 10 get a free drink 😉
¿WHERE? Starting at PITCHER&PIANO on Kingsway, the entire upstairs is only reserved for us!
Watch for the leading t-shirt!
¿WHO? You, dear Grimshaw Member, bring ur friends and enjoy the pleasure of this brilliant society!
¿THE ROUTE? A Secret, but this time we have a party to go to, COLOMBIAN CANDELA, the best South American Party of LSE.
Tickets are available at a reduced price only for participants of the Pub Crawl!
Talks
A reminder, too, of the lecture tomorrow (Friday 22nd January) by the International Crisis Group’s EU Advocacy Manager on Defending the Responsibility to Protect. This will be at 18.00 in room D202.
The Centre for Global Governance is also hosting two seminars that may be of interest:
26 January – 13:00-14:00 – M101, LSE
Robert Falkner
The Copenhagen Accord: What next for international climate policy?
28 January – 18:30-20:00 – NABLG03, New Academic Building LSE
Josh Lyons
Operational UN Security Analysis with Satellite imagery: Case studies of Gaza, Sri Lanka and Georgia
The recent availability of very high resolution satellite imagery has transformed the ability of the UN and human rights community to remotely assess complex humanitarian and security environments. During the recent conflicts in Gaza, Sri Lanka and Georgia, satellite-based analysis provided critical information on the spatial extent, chronology and political context of armed attacks directed against civilians, with direct evidential value to potential war crimes trials at the ICC.
Many thanks,
Grimshaw Committee
Events in the Upcoming Week!
Dear all,
We are pleased to inform you of several events that will be happening next week.
Grimshaw IR Reloaded 2010
Following last term’s successful pub crawl, we’re delighted to announce that we will be holding another one on Thursday 21st January 2010.
Time for round 2, having had a great first crawl its time to beat it!
¿Where? Start at Pitcher&Piano, on Kingsway, this time upstairs, the route is secret with a Special Surprise at the end! 😉
¿What time? 6PM
¿Why? Cause we all got to catch up, socialise and joyfully KICKSTART INTO A FUNKY 2010!
See ya all there with ur best drinking & socialising skills!
P.S: The Crawl is leading to COLOMBIAN CANDELA! 😉
Israel: One Year on From Operation Cast Lead
You may also be interested in the following event run by the Israel Society, which is very proud to present Lorna Fitzsimons, the Chief Executive of Bicom (British Israel Communication and Research Centre) at LSE.
She will be giving a FASCINATING lecture on ‘ISRAEL: ONE YEAR ON FROM OPERATION CAST LEAD’
The details are as follows:
Date: Tuesday 19th January
Time: 5pm
Location: D402
Please note that pre-registration is required by emailing su.soc.israel@lse.ac.uk with ones name and Fitzsimons in the subject line.
The Deadly Ideas of Neoliberalism: How the IMF has undermined public health and the fight against AIDS
You may also be interested in the following seminar run by the Centre for Global Governance. The Deadly Ideas of Neoliberalism explores the history of and current collision between two of the major global phenomena that have characterized the last 30 years: the spread of HIV/AIDS and other diseases of poverty and the ascendancy of neoliberal economic ideas.
Rick Rowden has previously worked with advocacy NGOs engaged on foreign aid and development issues and most recently, he was an Inter-Regional Advisor with the Globalization and Development Strategies Division of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Hope to see you at some of these events!
Many thanks,
The Grimshaw Committee
Grimshaw Club 