LEQS - Annual Lecture
Saving the Euro – at the expense of democracy in Europe?
Date: Thursday 12 May 2011
Time: 6.30-8.00pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Fritz W. Scharpf
Chair: Professor Simon Hix
The European Institute and LEQS are delighted to host Prof. Fritz W. Scharpf, who will be speaking on the impact of the European Monetary Union on democracy in EMU member states. Fritz Scharpf is Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany. During his distinguished career he has held numerous appointments at renowned universities across Europe and the US, including the European University Institute in Florence, Sciences Po in Paris and Stanford, California. Among many other recognitions, Fritz Scharpf received the Lifetime Contribution Award in EU Studies from the European Union Studies Association in 2007.
On the occasion of this honourable event, LEQS will also announce the winners of the LEQS 2010 Doctoral Paper Competition.
This is a non-ticketed event so admission is on a first-come-first-served basis. For more information about the lecture and the Discussion Paper series, please contact the editors at euroinst.LEQS@lse.ac.uk| or visit our web-page at http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/LEQS/Home.aspx|.
The event was made possible with the generous support of the LSE Annual Fund.
The podcast can be accessed here|.
LEQS - Lunch Seminar
Adjusting to external economic norms and standards of "the West": The case of Israel
Date: Thursday 2 december 2010
Time: 1.00-2.00pm (Sandwiches will be served from 12.30pm)
Venue: 20 Kingsway, KSW.G108
Speaker: Alfred Tovias
Chair: Dr. Joan Costa-i-Font
The European Institute and LEQS are delighted to host Prof. Alfred Tovias, who will be presenting a paper on Israel's progressive adjustment to and homologation of foreign norms and standards through the negotiation of an Action Plan with the European Union and membership of the OECD. Alfred Tovias is the Walter Rathenau Professor in European Economics at the Department of International Relations of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He also holds the Jean Monnet Chair on External Economic Relations of the EU since 2001. Among other posts, he was Visiting Lecturer and Research Fellow at the LSE during 1999/2000.
This is a non-ticketed event so admission is on a first-come-first-served basis. For more information about the lecture and the new Discussion Paper series, please contact the editors at euroinst.LEQS@lse.ac.uk or visit our web-page at http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/LEQS/Home.aspx|.
Co-hosting: LSE European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Aftershock: Europe and the Post-Crisis World
Date: Monday 10 May 2010
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Philippe Legrain
Chair: Dr. Joan Costa-i-Font
The global economy is in turmoil. Is globalisation next at risk? Can it and should it be saved?
Philippe Legrain is a former visiting fellow at the European Institute and an independent writer, journalist and consultant.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For more information, email events@lse.ac.uk|| or call 020 7955 6043.
Media queries: please contact the Press Office if you would like to reserve a press seat or have a media query about this event, email pressoffice@lse.ac.uk|
This event was made possible with the generous support of the LSE Annual Fund.
LEQS Inaugural Lecture
The European Constitutional Settlement: Democratically Legitimate? Politically Stable?
Date: Tuesday 12 May 2009
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Andrew Moravcsik
Chair: Professor Damian Chalmers
The lecture will launch the European Institute's new Discussion Paper series LSE 'Europe in Question' Series – LEQS, which publishes academic and policy research on European processes and institutions.
Andrew Moravcsik is professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University.
The podcast can be accessed here|.