Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday 6 February, 6-8pm, COW1.11, Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, LSE
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars
Speakers: Saniye Dedeoğlu (Assistant Professor at Muğla University, Turkey and Marie Curie Research Fellow at Warwick University, UK), Adem Yavuz Elveren (Assistant Professor, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Turkey)
Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk
"Gender and Society in Turkey: The Impact of Neoliberal Policies, Political Islam and EU Accession"

Co-organised by LSE European Institute and ECFR, in association with the Jean Monnet Programme
Tuesday, 7 February, 6.30pm, Wolfson Theatre, LSE campus
Panel speakers: Mark Leonard, ECFR, Karen Smith, LSE, more speakers tbc
Chair: Maurice Fraser
Co-organised by LSE European Institute and ECFR, in association with the Jean Monnet Programme
"Assessing Europe's Global Power in 2011: The ECFR European Foreign Policy Scorecard"|

Forum For European Philosophy
Wednesday 8 February, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Nicola Dandridge and Sue Mendus
Chair: Janet Hartley
"Freedom of Speech on Campus"

Hellenic Observatory
Friday 10 February, Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE
Attendance is strictly by pre-registration through LSE's e-shop.
Press should register directly with the LSE's Press Office.
"Hellenic Observatory & LSEE-Research on South Eastern Europe one-day Conference"

30 January - 3 February

Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday 30 January, 6-8pm, COW1.11, Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, LSE
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars
Dr. İpek Demir (Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Leicester)
Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk
"Turkishness and its 'Others'?"

Forum On Religion
Wednesday 1 February, 6-7:30pm, room COW1.11 in Cowdray House
Sermons in the Village and Evangelising in the City
'The Metropolis and Evangelical Life: coherence and fragmentation in "the lost city of London"
Anna Strhan, PhD Candidate, Department of Religious Studies, University of Kent
and
'Eating words through the ear: sermons as sacrifice'
Dr. Joseph Webster, Research Fellow in Social Anthropology, Downing College, Cambridge University

European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Wednesday 1 February, 6.30-8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Vítor Gaspar Portuguese Minister of Finance
Chair: Dr Waltraud Schelkle
"The Portuguese Economy: restoring credibility and confidence"

Forum for European Philosophy
Thursday 2 February, 6.30-8pm; Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
Speaker: Alain de Botton
"Religion for Atheists"

23 January - 28 Janaury

Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday 23 January, 6-8pm, COW 1.11, Cowdray House
David Gardner, International Affairs Editor, Financial Times
"Turkey and the new Arab Awakening"

EILS
Tuesday 24 January, 1-2pm, COW 1.11, Cowdray House
Sony Kapoor, EI Visiting Fellow and Managing Director, Re-Define, an International Think Tank
'Building a Complete Crisis Managment Framework for the European Union'

European Forum For Philosphy
Tuesday 24 January, 6.30-8pm, Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Foad Dizadji-Bahmani
'The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics'

Hellenic Observatory
Friday 25 January, 6.30-8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Hellenic Observatory PUBLIC LECTURE, in association with APCO
Dr Erato Kozakou-Marcoulis, Cyprus Foreign Affairs Minister
'The Geostrategic Importance of Cyprus: Long Term Trends & Prospects'

16 January - 20 January

Forum For European Philosophy
Tuesday 17 January, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Guy Dammann
"Beyond the Eye of the Beholder"

Hellenic Observatoiry
Tuesday 17 January, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Hellenic Observatory RESEARCH SEMINAR
Professor Dimitris Venieris, Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Associate Professor of Social Policy, University of Peloponnese
"Social Policy and Social Justice in Greece: the unfair deficit"

European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Wednesday 18 January, 5-6pm, LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders
Mario Monti, talian Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy and Finance
"The EU in the global economy: challenges for growth"

European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Wednesday 18 January, 6.30pm, Hong Kong Theatre, LSE
Lino Cardarelli, Senior Deputy Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean
Chair: Maurice Fraser
"Supporting Reform on the Mediterranean's Southern Shores: The Role of Multilateral Cooperation"

9 January - 13 January

Forum For European Philosophy
Wednesday 11 January, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Owen Flanagan
"The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized"

Europe@lse
Thursday 12 January, COW1.11, 12.30 - pm
Jiri Priban (Cardiff University)
'EU Governance and Depoliticisation: A Critical Assessment of Political Deficits and Systemic Crises'

Michaelmas Term Events 2011

5 December - 9 December

Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday 5 December 2011, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW.1.11, Cowdray House, LSE
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars
Speakers: Gül Berna Özcan Reader in International Business and Entrepreneurship, School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London
Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk
"Economic Liberalisation, Class Dynamics and New Business Groups in Turkey"

Forum for European Philosphy
Tuesday 6 December, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Armin Schulz
"Rules and Representations: Desire from an Evolutionary Point of View"

Hellenic Institute
Tuesday 6 December, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Research Seminar Hellenic Observatory
Dr Yanis Varoufakis, Professor of Economics, University of Athens
"Of Debts and Denial: The Greek Crisis in the context of the post-2008 world"

European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Tuesday 6 December, 1-2pm, Shaw Library, LSE Old Building
Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response.
Chair: Prof Robert Wade, Professor of Political Economy and Development, Department of International Development, LSE
"New Strategies for Disaster Response: How the increased frequency and intensity of disasters will reshape the EU approach"

Forum on Religion
Wednesday 7 December, 6pm-7:30 pm, room 1.11 in Cowdray House (COW)
Seminar on Critical Intersections between Religion and Law
Amanda van Eck, Deputy Director, Inform, LSE
'Researching "cults" and "extremism": methodological challenges and legal risks'
Andrew Scott, Senior Lecturer, Department of Law, LSE
"A battle of truths, or of wills? The interface between libel law and religion"

Forum for European Philosophy
Thursday 8 December, 6.00-7.30pm; Room ST274/275, Second Floor, Steward House, London WC1
Speaker: Barry Smith
Perspectives on Taste: "Philosophy and Neuroscience
The Philosophy of Wine"

28 November - 2 December

Hellenic Observatory
Monday 28 November, 6.15-7.45pm, Wolfson Theatre
Policy Seminar Hellenic Observatory
Dr Yannos Papantoniou, Former Minister of National Economy, 1994-2003, Greece
"Greece's Economy: Crisis and Exit Strategies"

Forum for European Philosophy
Tuesday 29 November, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
David Bell and Simon May
"On Love"

LSEE
Tuesday 29 November, 6.00pm, Room 1.11, First Floor, Cowdray House, LSE
Dr Radu Cinpoes, Kingston University London
"Socialisation and the Inclusion/Exclusion of Romanian Migrants in Britain"

European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
29 November, 6.30-8pm, LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders
This event is organized in collaboration with the Jean Monet Center for Excellence
Dr Heinz Fischer, President of the Republic of Austria
"1989 and EU-enlargement: Austria's role in European politics"

Europe@LSE
Thursday 1 December, NAB.2.13, 13.00 - 14.00 (please note change of time and venue)
Simon Glendinning
"Blows to the amour-propre of European Man"

Forum fo European Philosophy
Thursday 1 December, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Barry Smith
"Perspectives on Taste: Philosophy and Neuroscience
The Nature of Tastes and Tasting"

21 November - 25 November

Forum For European Philosophy
Tuesday 22 November, 6.30-8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Jason McKenzie Alexander, Andrew Pinsent and Keith Jensen
Chair: Kristina Musholt
"The Evolution of Morality"

Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 22 November, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Research Seminar Hellenic Observatory
Dr Theodoros Papadopoulos, Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Bath
"Familistic welfare capitalism in Greece: from the crisis of social reproduction to the emergence of a political economy of generalised insecurity"

Hellenic Observatory
Thusday 24 November, 6.30-8pm; Thai Theatre
Public Lecture Hellenic Observatory
Professor Nikiforos Diamandouros, The European Ombudsman
"Politics, Culture and the State: the Greek crisis in historical perspective"

Forum fo European Philosophy
Thursday 24 November, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Axel Gosseries and Paul Loach
"Democracy in the Workplace"

14 November - 18 November

Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday, 14 November 2011, 6:30-8:00 pm, Wolfson Theatre,New Academic Building, LSE
Event organized in collaboration with the Forum For European Philosophy
Speakers: John Breuilly Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity, Government Department, LSE, Sir Francis Jacobs Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Professor, King's College London, Umut Özkirimli Visiting Professor, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University
Chair: Simon Glendinning Reader in European Philosophy, European Institute, LSE
"European Questions-Turkish Angles: Europe's Nation States"

LSEE
Tuesday 15 November 2011, 6.00pm, Room 1.11, First Floor, Cowdray House, LSE
Dr Dominik Zaum, Reading University
"The Political Economy of Statebuilding in Kosovo"

Contemporary Turkish Studies
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 6:00-8:30 pm, ROOM TO BE ANNOUNCED, LSE
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference
Speakers: James Dingemans Q.C. Barrister& Deputy High Court Judge, Levent Gönenç Professor of Constitutional Law, Ankara University, Ankara
Chair: Can Yeğinsu Barrister, and Director of The Global Rule of Law Forum
"Turkey's New Constitution"

7 Novembre - 11 November

Hellenic Observatory
This Seminar has been cancelled and will be re-scheduled for a later date
Tuesday 8 November 2011, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Research Seminar Hellenic Observatory
Dr Vassilis Leontitsis HO Research Fellow
"The "Callicrates" reform: Transforming Greek local government in the years of austerity"

European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Tuesday 8 November 2011, 1-2pm, LSE New Academic Building, Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ
Mr. Erkki Tuomioja, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Chair: Prof Kevin Featherstone
"More Cooperation is More Security; Towards European Coherence in International Affairs"

Canada Blanch Centre
Thursday 10 Novembre 2011, 6.30pm, LSE, New Academic Building, Wolfson Theatre, Lincoln's Inn Field
Josu Ugarte (President of Mondragon International) MONDRAGON, Chaired by Paul Preston
"Humanity at Work"

31 October - 4 November

LSEE
Tuesday 1 November 2011, 6.00pm, Room 1.11, First Floor, Cowdray House, LSE
Dr Jelena Obradović-Wochnik, Aston Univeristy
"What does 'Coming to Terms with the Past' Mean? The Serbian Public and War Crimes"

Forum on European Philosophy
Tuesday 1 November 2011, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Nancy Cartwright
"Predicting if Your Policy will Work for You: Doing it Better"

Forum on Religion
Wednesday 2 November 2011, 6pm–7:30pm, Cowdray House J116
Fr Jim Walters, LSE Chaplaincy
"Sacred Action: what social policy can learn from religious groupsTimothy Stacey, Faiths and Civil Society Unit, Goldsmiths"
and "Sacraments and simulacra: the role of symbolic ritual in Jean Baudrillard's critique of capitalism"

Forum on European Philosophy
Thursday 3 November 2011, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Rachel Bowlby, Robert Eaglestone and Sarah Wood
Chair: Simon Glendinning
"Derrida and (the) English"

European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Thursday 3 November 2011, 6.30-8pm, Old Theatre
Mark Leonard, Co-Founder and Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations
"Is the Western Liberal Order China-Proof?"

24 October - 28 October

Contemporary Turkish Studies
Monday 24 October 2011, 6:30-8 pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Speakers: Philip Goodchild Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham, Şevket Pamuk Professor of Economics and Economic History, European Institute, LSE, Waltraud Schelkle Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE and Adjunct Professor, Economics Department, Free University of Berlin , Simon Glendinning Reader in European Philosophy, European Institute, LSE
(Organized jointly with Forum for European Philosophy)
"European Questions-Turkish Angles: Europe's Banking System"

Forum for European Philosophy
Monday 24 October 2011, 6.30–8pm; Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Philip Goodchild, Şevket Pamuk and Waltraud Schelkle
Chair: Simon Glendinning
"European Questions - Turkish Angles: Europe's Banking System"

Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 25 October 2011, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Research Seminar Hellenic Observatory
Mr Dimitris Micharikopoulos, Senior Advisor, Social Insurance Institute (IKA-ETAM)
“The current reform of IKA and the re-establishment of Social Insurance credibility in Greece - Reconciling social dilemmas and funding challenges”

Europe@LSE
Thursday 27 October 2011, KSW.1.04, 12.30 - 14.00
Waltraud Schelkle (LSE) and Deborah Mabbet (Birkbeck, University of London)
"Hegemony without stability: The fiscal vulnerabilities of monetary union"

Contemporary Turkish Studies
Thursday 27 October 2011, 6:30-8:30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with School of Oriental and African Studies, and New Perspectives on Turkey)
Speakers: Asaf Savaş Akat Professor of Economics, Istanbul Bilgi Universiry,
Fikret Şenses Professor of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk
"Turkey's Experience with Neoliberal Policies since 1980"

European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Thursday 27 October 2011, 6.30-8pm, CLM.302, 3rd Floor, Clement House, LSE Dr Heather Grabbe, Director of the Open Society Intitute-Brussels
"Crisis, which crisis? The implications for the open society in Europe"

18 October - 21 October

Contemporary Turkish Studies
Wednesday 19 October 2011, 6-8 pm, D302, Clement House, LSE
Speaker: Sami Zubaida,Birkbeck, University of London
(Organized jointly with LSE Middle East Centre )
"Can Turkey be a Model for the Arab World?"

EILS
Tuesday 18 October 2011, 1-2pm, KSW.1.01
Jonathan White will present on 'Thinking Generations'.

Forum For European Philosophy
Tuesday 18 October 2011, 6.30-8pm;Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speakers: Paul Glendinning and Charlotte Werndl
"Chaos, Unpredictability and the Evolution of Mathematical Ideas"

Forum For European Philosophy
Thursday 20 October 2011, 7-8.30pm; Institut Français, London SW7
Speaker: Andrew Asibong
"Marie NDiaye on Blackness, Blankness and Recognition"

Forum on Religion
Thursday 20 October 2011, 6.30pm–8pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
Forum on Religion and Theos public debate
Public speakers: Dr Jonathan Chaplin, Claire Fox, Professor Tariq Modood and Dr Jenny Taylor
Chair: Jane Little
"Is There A Future For Multiculturalism?"

10 October - 15 October

Forum For European Philosophy
Monday 10 October 2011, 6.30-8pm, Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Katalin Farkas
"Extended Selves"

Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 11 October 2011, 6.15-7.45pm, COW 1.11
Research Seminar Hellenic Observatory
Professor Yannis Valinakis HO Senior Research Fellow, Former Minister
" Greece's European Policy Making"

LSEE
Wednesday 12 October 2011, 6.00pm, Thai Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Borko Handjiski, Ivana Prica and Peter Sanfey
"Obstacles to Western Balkan Trade in Services?"
The lecture will include a presentation of the recent World Bank study on 'Barriers to Trade in Services in the CEFTA Region'

European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Wednesday 12 October 2011, 6.30 – 8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE
Paulo Portas, Portugese Minister for Foreign Affairs
"Portugal Delivers"

3 October - 8 October

LSEE
Tuesday 4 October 2011, 6.45pm, New Theatre, East Building, LSE
Professor Richard Caplan, Oxford University
"Exit Strategies and Lesson Learned: From the Balkans to Afghanistan"

Forum for European Philosophy
Tuesday 4 October 2011, 6.30-8pm, Wolfson Theatre, NAB, LSE
Speaker: Katrin Flikschuh
"Personal Autonomy and Public Authority"

Hellenic Observatory
Wednesday 5 October 2011, 6.30-8pm, Old Theatre
Public Lecture co.organized by the Hellenic Observatory & London Hellenic Society
Advocate George Bizos, Lawyer & Philanthropist
"Hellenism, Universal Rights and Apartheid"

Forum for European Philosophy
Thursday 6 October 2011, 6.30-8pm, Old Theatre, LSE
Speakers: Ben Rogers and Roger Scruton
"Architecture and Happiness"

5 September - 9 September

European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Wednesday 7 September 2011, 4.30-6pm, LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders
Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council
"Beyond the crisis: lessons for the future of the eurozone"