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Themes

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European Remembrance

Tuesday 8 November 2022

As part of the European Institute’s 30th Anniversary celebrations, celebrations through which we memorialise our own institutional history, this event explored the role of memory and memorialisation in European societies in general – on the role that a specifically European memory plays in shaping and reshaping those societies.

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 The Criminalisation of Irregular Migration in Europe 

Tuesday 17 May 2022

Matilde Rosina discusses her new book on the criminalisation of irregular migration in Europe. The event explores the meaning, purpose, and consequences of criminalising unauthorised entry and stay. 

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The French Presidential Elections of 2022: what they mean for France and for Europe

Tuesday 29 March 2022

This panel will explore the upcoming French presidential election.

With 2017 upstart Emmanuel Macron now the incumbent, the 2022 presidential election has taken place during a time of crisis in Europe and the world. Our panel will discuss the candidates, the issues, and what it means for French and European politics as President Macron seeks to secure a second term.

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What Europe? Continuity and Change in Public Opinion About European integration 

Tuesday 15 March 2022

How and why do public attitudes toward the EU and Europe differ across the continent? And what is causing broad changes in values, such as the rise of populist parties?

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30 Years of EU Migration and Asylum Policies: success or failure?

Monday 14 February 2022

Thirty years ago the Maastricht Treaty was signed, creating today’s ‘European Union’ and representing the biggest single transformative text on European integration since the Treaty of Rome in 1958. As internal barriers began to fall, new walls and policies have risen between Europe and the rest of the world. How did Maastricht treaty affect migration through and to Europe? How have migration policies developed today? 

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Maastricht 30 years on – lessons learnt?

Wednesday 10 November 2021

Thirty years ago, Maastricht Treaty was signed by the then twelve members of the European Community. Now, with 14 new members having joined and one having left, what lessons are to be drawn for the EU from the ideals and instruments of this seminal moment? Our expert panel explored what went right and what went wrong.

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The Euro@30: has the common currency finally grown up?

Wednesday 06 October 2021

The idea of a common currency materialised with the Maastricht Treaty thirty years ago. But soon after it was tested in a major crisis in 1992/93, with more to come. This panel will discuss whether the reforms since 2010 have been sufficient to make the Euro a "mature" currency.

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Beyond Eurocentrism 

 Black feminism in Europe

Monday 30 October

In tandem with the theme of Black History Month, "Celebrating our Sisters, Saluting our Sisters, and Honouring Matriarchs of Movements", Dr Mame-Fatou Niang and Dr SM Rodriguez present their research and explore the role of black women in social, cultural and political movements historically and in our times.

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Eurowhiteness: culture, empire and race in the European project

Tuesday 3 October

The European Union is often seen as a cosmopolitan rejection of violent nationalism. Yet the idea of Europe has a long, problematic history—in medieval times, it was synonymous with Christianity; in the modern era, it became associated with ‘whiteness’. The speakers in this event discussed Hans Kundnani's latest book, Eurowhiteness: culture, empire and race in the European project.

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A Decolonial Moment in European & EU Studies

Wednesday 31 May 2023

In this event, part of our Beyond Eurocentrism programme, Gurminder K Bhambra (Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies, University of Sussex), spoke on the permation of Europe's colonial legacies into modern societies, the connections between decolonial thinking and Europe, and the silenced histories of colonialism, racialisation, hierarchies, and exclusions at the centre of European society.

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 European Remembrance

Tuesday 8 November 2022

As part of the European Institute’s 30th Anniversary celebrations, celebrations through which we memorialise our own institutional history, this event explored the role of memory and memorialisation in European societies in general – on the role that a specifically European memory plays in shaping and reshaping those societies.

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Queering Europe: nationalism and sexuality

Thursday 11 November 2021

This event will explore the seemingly paradoxical relationship between sexuality and Europeanness. Challenging the binary of tolerant West and intolerant others, the event will discuss how both homophobia and homonationalism are intertwined with nationalist projects across the continent.

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Europe's Refugee 'Crisis': where are we now?

Wednesday 16 June 2021

Six years after the beginning of Europe’s so called ‘refugee’ or ‘migration’ crisis, we ask what has happened since and (how) has Europe changed? This event explores Europe’s ‘refugee’ or ‘migration’ crisis, asking whether Europe has changed since, and what happened to the people who arrived and the policies that governed their arrival.

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Is Europe White? Assessing the Role of Whiteness in Europe Today

Monday 15 March 2021

Dr Jean Beaman, Dr Neema Begum, and Professor David Theo Goldberg explore how, in the form of white privilege, ‘colour-blindness’ and supremacy, whiteness shapes individual lives and European societies alike.

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Young People and (anti-) Racism: whose lives matter in Europe?

Monday 12 October 2020

In the wake of global protests against racism and police brutality, European publics at large have been called to reckon with the role of race on the continent. This panel discussed how racism has deeply shaped both European past and present and how young people today can determinehow it’ll shape Europe’s future.

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Growth and solidarity: cities reimagining human mobility in Africa and Europe
Friday 09 October 2020

The Mayors of Milan and Freetown are joined by IGA Visiting Fellow Marta Foresti, and LSE Cities director, Ricky Burdett. The speakers discuss the 'The Mayors Dialogue on Growth and Solidarity', and the challenges facing cities in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Brexit

Inside the Deal: how the EU got Brexit done

Monday 06 February 2023

This event marked the launch of Stefaan De Rynck's new book, Inside the Deal inwhich he discusses and demonstrates how the EU-27’s unity held firm while the UK vacillated throughout, changing negotiators, prime ministers, their aims and tactics. A close aide to Michel Barnier, Stefaan De Rynck had a ringside seat in the Brexit negotiations.

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One Party After Another: The Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage

Wednesday 2 March 2022

Michael Crick, journalist and broadcaster, discusses with Professor Tony Travers his new biography One Party After Another: the Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage.

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UK-Turkey Trade Partnership Post-Brexit: Limits and Prospects

Wednesday 9 February 2022

The UK and Turkey signed a free trade agreement (FTA) in December 2020, almost simultaneously with the UK’s Trade and Cooperation agreement with the EU. This panel event will analyse the road to the FTA and its future from the perspectives of political economy, international trade law and business

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UK Market Regulation After Brexit: higher, lower or stay the same?

Tuesday 09 March 2021

Minette Batters, Tony Danker, Professor Sam Fankhauser, and Frances O'Grady, explore what model of market regulation the UK should seek after Brexit.

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How Was Brexit For You? A Reflection On What We Learnt

Wednesday 17 February 2021

Adapting to the 2016 referendum result has confronted established assumptions about the system while institutions struggle with new policy dilemmas. What are we learning and what do we still need to learn if the UK is to make a success of Brexit? This panel considers the changes occurring across government, the economy and society.

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Outside the EU: options for Britain

Tuesday 9 February 2021

In the debates about the UK’s future relationship with the European Union, all sorts of possible alternatives have been bandied about, but what do these alternative relationship models really consist of and would they be viable for the UK?

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The Impact of Brexit on Higher Education
Monday 25 January 2021

Universities increasingly compete in globalised markets. How can the UK best compete internationally and what might universities themselves do to mitigate the impact of any new barriers from Brexit?

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The 'True' Brexit: where are we now?
Thursday 10 December 2020

Following the COVID-19 crisis, negotiations on Brexit have become ever more difficult. This event explored the realities of Brexit for government, the economy, and politics. 

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After Brexit: the UK in the North Atlantic trade triangle
Thursday 12 November 2020

As the UK steers its post-Brexit future, it is placed between US and EU trade policies. Can the UK balance its US and EU interests or will it be squeezed out?

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Brexit and Culture Wars: is this a new 'normal'?
Monday 05 October 2020

Brexit has divided Britain like no other political issue in a generation. It raises questions about our social cohesion and our national identity. As political campaigns around the world have elevated identity issues, we ask: is Brexit a symptom or a cause of a new culture war? How should we respond?

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Negotiating Our Post-Brexit Future: where are we heading?
Tuesday 30 June 2020

In the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the negotiations for the UK’s future relationship with the EU look even more challenging. This expert panel discussed where the UK might be heading. 

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Brexit and the Post-COVID-19 Options for the Economy
Monday 22 June 2020

What will be the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Brexit? More particularly, how might it affect the strategy and interests of the UK as it negotiates a longer-term relationship with the EU. This panel of experts considered different scenarios for what might happen and what they might mean.

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Coronavirus and Brexit: two cases of quarantine? 
Thursday 30 April 2020

Speakers: Sir Simon Fraser, former Permanent Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Head of the UK Diplomatic Service; Dr Sara Hagemann, Academic Director for the School of Public Policy, LSE; Professor Christian Lequesne, Professor at the Sciences-Po Centre for International Studies; Professor Brigid Laffan, Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute (EUI).

Date: Thursday 30 April 2020, 14:00-15:30
Venue: 
Online Event

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Brexit and the Future of British Politics 

Speakers: Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions and Professor in the Department of Government and the European Institute, LSE; Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Buckingham; and Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy, LSE.

Date: Monday 17 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.

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The Future of Anglo-German Relations: beyond Brexit 

Speakers: Professor Iain Begg, Academic Co-Director of the Dahrendorf Forum at LSE IDEAS and professorial research fellow at the European Institute; Rt Hon Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Conservative peer in the House of Lords and former Minister for Security and Counter Terrorism; and Dr. Norbert Röttgen, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the German Bundestag.

Date: Monday 3 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.

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Brexit: third time lucky?

Speakers: Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union and Labour Law at Trinity College, University of Cambridge; Professor Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London, and Director of the The UK in a Changing Europe; John Mills, founder and Chairman of JML, economist and author; Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor, CEBR and former Joint Head of the UK Government Economics Service; and Sir Ivan Rogers, former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union.

Date: Friday 31 January 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE.

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The Implications of Brexit for the UK Economy 

Speakers: Dr Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Strategist at challenger wealth manager Netwealth and Board Member of Bank of China (UK); Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor, CEBR and Professor John Van Reenen, former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service and Ronald Coase Chair in Economics, Department of Economics, LSE.

Date: Monday 27 January 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.

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Brexit meets its Halloween? Assessing the Immediate Future for the UK and the EU

SpeakersProfessor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union and Labour Law at Trinity College, University of Cambridge; Vicky Pryce, former Joint Head of the UK Government Economics Service; Sir Ivan Rogers, former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union, and Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy and Professor in Practice, Department of Government, LSE.

Date: Thursday 31 October, 18:30-20:00                Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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What Might the European Elections Mean for the Future of the EU?

Speakers: Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent; Sara Hagemann, Associate Professor in European Politics, European Institute, LSE; Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, Department of Government, LSE.

Date: Thursday 16 May, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Brexit: re-thinking the future of higher education in the UK

Speakers: Julia Black, Strategic Director for Innovation, LSE; Edward Byrne, President & Principal, King’s College London; Nick Hillman, Director of Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI)

Date: Wednesday 1 May, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Brexit: what have we learnt? What can we expect?

Speakers: Catherine Barnard, Professor in European Union Law and Employment Law, University of Cambridge; Sir Charles Bean, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE and former Deputy Governor, Bank of England; Jill Rutter, Programme Director for Brexit, Institute for Government.

Date: Thursday 28 March, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Taking Back Control? Brexit and the Future of Europe

Speaker: Wolfgang Streeck, Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne

Date: Friday 15 March, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Brexit: the future of Europe and the Franco-British relationships

Speaker: Nathalie Loiseau, French Minister for European Affairs

Date: Thursday 7 March, 12.30-13.30
Venue: The Long Room, 1st Floor, 29 Lincoln's Inn Fields

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Brexit: the Constitution and the future of the UK

Speakers: Catherine Haddon, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government and Vernon Bogdanor, Research Professor, Centre for British Politics and Government, King's College London

Date: Tuesday 19 February, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Brexit: with a little help from our friends

Speakers: HE Janice Charette, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; HE George Brandis QC, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; HE Foo Chi Hsia, High Commissioner of the Republic of Singapore to the United Kingdom; HE Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM QSO KStJ, New Zealand High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Date: Thursday 7 February, 18.30 - 20.00 
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE 

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How Far Has Brexit Reached? Taking Stock of Progress and Risks 

Speakers: Catherine Barnard, Professor in European Union Law and Employment Law at the University of Cambridge; Rain Newton-Smith, Chief Economist at the Confederation of British Industry; Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, LSE; Stephen Wall, Former British Ambassador to Portugal and Permanent Representative to the European Union.

Date: Wednesday 28 November 2018, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Brexit Forum: The UK and the EU; past, present and future

SpeakersJennifer Jackson-Preece, Associate Professor of Nationalism, European Institute and Department of International Relations, LSE; Piers Ludlow, Professor of International History, Deputy Head of Department; Robert Saunders, Senior Lecturer in Modern British History, Queen Mary University; Karen Smith, Professor of International Relations, Director of the European Foreign Policy Unit 

Date: Monday 26 November 2018, 19:15-20:30
Venue: Workspace 4, LSE Life, LSE Library

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Brexit: Impact on Government and Parliament

Speakers: Vernon Bogdanor, Professor of Government, Kings College, London; Joe Owen, Associate Director, Institute for Government Working on Brexit; Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.   

Date: Tuesday 23 October  18:30 -20:00
Venue: Wolfson Theatre. NAB

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Banking on Markets; the transformation of bank-state ties in Europe and beyond

Speaker: Rachel Epstein, Professor of International Relations and European Politics, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver; Abby Innes, Assistant Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, LSE; Waltraud Schelkle, Associate Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, LSE

Date: Tuesday 9 October 18:30 - 20:00
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE

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How To Lose a Referendum

Speakers: Jason Farrell, Sky News Senior Political Correspondent; Paul Goldsmith, Politics and Economics Teacher, Latymer Upper School and Author of the Goldblog

DateMonday 4 June 2018, 18:30 - 20.00            Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Article 50: one year on

Speakers: Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law, University of CambridgeSimon Hix, Harold Laski Professor of Political Science, LSE Department of Government
Jill Rutter, Programme Director for Brexit, Institute for Government; Tony Travers, Director, LSE Institute of Public Affairs.

Date: 12 March 2018                                               Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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The Brexit Negotiations: the view from Brussels

Speaker: Stefaan De Rynck, Senior Adviser to Michael Barnier (Chief EU Negotiator for Brexit) and Professor, College of Europe.

Date: 5 March 2018                                                  Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Brexit: what next?

Speaker: Hilary Benn, Labour MP for Leeds Central and Chair of the Select Committee on Exiting the European Union

Date: 1 March 2018                                                  Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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The Impact Of Brexit On London 

Speakers: Naomi Clayton, Policy and Research Manager, Centre for Cities; Niamh Moloney, Professor of Law, LSE Law Department.

Date: 27 February 2018                                          Venue: CLM 5.02, Clement House, LSE.

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Clean Brexit: why leaving the EU still makes sense

Speakers: Liam Halligan, British economist, journalist and broadcaster; Dr Gerard Lyons, leading UK and international economist and writer.

Date: 17 January 2018                                            Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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The Brexit Alternatives and Their Implications 

Speakers: Joachim Blatter, Professor of Political Science, University of Lucerne; Erik O. Eriksen, Director of ARENA and Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo;
Sieglinde Gstöhl, Director of the Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies, College of Europe.

Date: 27 November 2017                                        Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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The Implications Of Brexit For Human Rights In the UK 

Speaker: Conor O' Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law, LSE Department of Law

Date: 22 November 2017                                        Venue: CLM 3.02, Clement House, LSE

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Regional Economic Impacts Of Brexit

Speakers: Swati Dhingra, Lecturer in Economics, LSE Department of Economics; Henry Overman, Professor of Economic Geography, LSE Department of Geography and Environment.

Date: 15 November 2017                                        Venue: CLM 4.02, Clement House, LSE

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The Brexit Negotiations: make or break?

Speakers: Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions at the LSE European Institute; Philippe Legrain, founder of think tank Open and Senior Visiting Fellow, LSE European Institute; John Rentoul, Chief Political Commentator for The Independent and Visiting Professor, King's College London.

Date: 2 November 2017                                          Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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No More Cake and Eat It: making a Brexit deal for workers

Speaker: Frances O'Grady, TUC General Secretary

Date: 31 October 2017                                            Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE

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UK and EU Foreign Policy Challenges Following Brexit

Speaker: Karen Smith, Professor of International Relations, Department of International Relations, LSE. 

Date: 25 October 2017                                            Venue: CLM 3.02, Clement House, LSE

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The Impact Of Brexit On European Financial Centres

Speaker: Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Finance Minister.

Date: 23 October 2017                                            Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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The Future Of Europe Post-Brexit

Speaker: Guy Verhofstadt, Head of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament and the Brexit negotiation team

Date: 28 September 2017                                  Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Managing the Complexity: what Brexit could mean for British business 

Speaker: Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI Director General

Date: 6 July 2017
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Britain, Brexit and the EU: was this a love affair gone wrong or always an unhappy marriage of convenience?

Speakers: Sir Stephen Wall, former diplomat in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service; Piers Ludlow, Associate Professor, LSE Department of International History.

 

Date: 6 March 2017                                                                  Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Britain and Europe: towards Brexit? European Institute 25th Anniversary Event

Date: 8 December 2016                                                Venue: Renaissance Brussels Hotel, Brussels, Belgium

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2017: will the EU survive?

Speakers: Agata Gostynska-Jakubowska, Professor Philippe Marlière, Professor Anand Menon, Bojan Pancevski, Michiel van Hulten.

Date: 1 December 2016                                                          Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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EU and Brexit

Speaker: Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament.

Date: 23 September 2016                                                        Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Britain After Brexit: will something continue to turn up?

Speaker: David Smith, Economics Editor for The Sunday Times.

Date: 20 September 2016                                                      Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.

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Should We Stay Or Should We Go Now? LSE European Institute "Europe in Question" Annual Lecture 2016

Speaker: Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography and Fellow of St Peter’s College, University of Oxford.

Date: 10 May 2016                                                        Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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COVID-19

Emerging Europe's Chronic Distrust: lessons from the region's COVID-19 puzzle

Thursday 16 February 2023

This event marked the launch of the new edited volume Emerging Europe's chronic distrust: Lessons from the region's COVID puzzle, a compendium that has emerged from a joint workshop with researchers from Corvinus University, Budapest, and LSE and investigates the pandemic in central and eastern Europe.

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Competition Policy in Europe After the COVID-19 Crisis 

Thursday 16 June 2022

An unprecedented amount of financial support has been granted by national authorities to companies to alleviate the economic effects of COVID-19. Panelists Natura Gracia, Ruben Lapa Maximiano, Roberto Alimonti and chair Dr Angelo Martelli evaluate first, what happened during the pandemic, taking stock of the effectiveness of the state aid measures and the competition tools used to respond to and manage the crisis; second, assess whether any policy changes are necessary to upgrade the toolkit for the next crisis to come. 

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Recovery or Radical Transformation: the effect of COVID-19 on justice systems

Thursday 17 June 2021

In discussion with Andrew Murray, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, outlines the evolution of the civil justice system, including the potential of technology to alter fundamentally the administration of justice, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Long-term Impact of the Covid-19 Crisis on the Euro Area

Thursday 03 June 2021

Poul Mathias Thomsen, former Director of the IMF's European Department explored the impact of COVID-19 on the Euro Area, taking into account policy limitations and the existing structural differences between member states. 

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How the Pandemic Polarised Us

Tuesday 02 March 2021

Dr Florian Foos, Professor Sara Hobolt, and Professor Peter Trubowitz explore political polarisation in the UK, EU, US and on social media in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how democracy can be built back. 

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Student Event: Medium-term economic challenges for Europe in the aftermath of the pandemic

Monday 05 October 2020

Poul Thomsen, Former Director of the European Department at the International Monetary Fund answers questions from the European Institute's students. 

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Brexit and the Post-COVID-19 Options for the Economy
Monday 22 June 2020

Professor Sir Tim Besley, Wolfgang Münchau, and Vicky Pryce explore the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Brexit and how it may affect the strategy and interests of the UK as it negotiates a longer-term relationship with the EU27. 

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The Political Scar of Epidemics
Wednesday 17 June 2020 

What will be the political and economic legacy of COVID-19, and how will it shape the public attitude toward political leaders, governments and democracies in the long-term? 

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Six Political Philosophies in Search of a Virus: critical perspectives on the coronavirus pandemic - LEQS Annual Lecture 2020
Monday 15 June 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has brought a number of interesting questions in political philosophy to the fore. What are the limits and ethical role of the state? What is the importance of personal liberty and collective interest? Is state surveillance justified?

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The Great Reversal in the Time of COVID-19
Wednesday 13 May 2020

Many key problems of the American economy are due not to the flaws of capitalism or the inevitabilities of globalisation, but to the concentration of corporate power.

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Coronavirus and Brexit: two cases of quarantine? 
Thursday 30 April 2020

How might the coronavirus pandemic affect the post-Brexit negotiations?

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Student Event: What is the Coronavirus telling us about the state in Europe?
Thursday 2 April 2020

Dr Joan Costa-Font, Professor Kevin Featherstone and Professor Waltraud Schelkle compare different responses to the Covi-19 pandemic in Europe. 

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European Union

What is driving the green backlash in European urban politics? | LSE Festival

Saturday 15 June 2024

This event brings together a panel of European city leaders to discuss what has been driving a growing backlash against the green transition in Europe, and how this is shaping urban politics and policy making.   

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The 2024 European elections and the challenges ahead

Thursday 6 June 2024

The event reflects on the impact that the results of the European elections will have on key issues such as the EU’s approach to climate change, migration and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

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The 2024 European elections and beyond - Understanding the politics of the coming Brussels power-play 

Thursday 14 March 2024

Klaus Welle, Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE European Institute and former Secretary General of the European Parliament (2009-2022), explores likely outcomes and consequences of the next European Parliament elections

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The Politics of the Future

Monday 11 March 2024

Jonathan White and Gerard Delanty launch their latest books and bring together social and political theorists to explore what the future means today, how we got here, and what’s at stake. 

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Experimentalist governance: from architectures to outcomes

Tuesday 27 February 2024

Bernardo Rangoni launches his new book Experimentalist Governance at LSE. By analysing five crucial domains (electricity, gas, communications, finance, and pharmaceuticals) in the European Union, an examination is made of when, how, and why non-hierarchical institutions affect policy processes and outcomes. 

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Protect, strengthen, prepare - 2024 as a moment of truth for the future of the European continent

Tuesday 23 January 2024 

Prime Minister De Croo talks about the strengths of the Union, its relationship with the United Kingdom, and the ways in which the EU needs to reform to stay in shape.

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The geopolitics of Germany: ninth November - then and now

Thursday 9 November 2023

Klaus Welle, Visiting Professor in Practice at the LSE European Institute, sheds light on the extremely significant events that have taken place across the years on 9th of November, and how they are closely linked to geopolitical orientations of Germany.

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Black feminism in Europe

Monday 30 October

In tandem with the theme of Black History Month, "Celebrating our Sisters, Saluting our Sisters, and Honouring Matriarchs of Movements", Dr Mame-Fatou Niang and Dr SM Rodriguez present their research and explore the role of black women in social, cultural and political movements historically and in our times.

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The future of European Union integration in light of the economic and geopolitical challenges

Thursday 26 October

Building on his experience as former French Minister of Finance and European Commissioner, Pierre Moscovici, First President of the Cour des comptes – the French Supreme Audit Institution – presents his vision of what the European Union could become in the future.

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 Homelands: a personal history of Europe

Thursday 19 October

Timothy Garton Ash talks about his new book Homelands: a personal history of Europe. Homelands is at once a social and political commentary and also a living, breathing history of a period of unprecedented progress, a clear-eyed account of how so much then went wrong and an urgent call to the citizens of this great old continent to understand and defend what we have collectively achieved.

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Eurowhiteness: culture, empire and race in the European project

Tuesday 3 October

The European Union is often seen as a cosmopolitan rejection of violent nationalism. Yet the idea of Europe has a long, problematic history—in medieval times, it was synonymous with Christianity; in the modern era, it became associated with ‘whiteness’. The speakers in this event discussed Hans Kundnani's latest book, Eurowhiteness: culture, empire and race in the European project.

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Growing Apart: cities, nations and the future of Europe

Tuesday 23 May 2023

In this event, co-organised with LSE Cities, the panel discusses the evolution of urban-national political relationships in Europe in recent decades and the role cities are playing in shaping the direction of national and continental politics. 

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Ideas and European Education Policy: constructing the Europe of knowledge

Tuesday 11 October 2022

The speakers discuss the transformation of European education from a national to a supranational concern, highlighting the process and mechanisms through which the European Commission and the European business community constructed the idea of the “Europe of Knowledge” as a solution for Europe’s lack of competitiveness.

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What Europe? Continuity and Change in Public Opinion About European integration 

Tuesday 15 March 2022

How and why do public attitudes toward the EU and Europe differ across the continent? And what is causing broad changes in values, such as the rise of populist parties?

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A Hamilton moment for Europe? Demystifying the Next Generation EU and the EU Recovery Funds

Wednesday 9 March 2022

This panel will explore the design and implementation of the Next Generation EU programme and the EU Recovery Funds, weighing the positives against the negatives and posing where improvement might be needed. 

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In Conversation with Nadia Calviño Santamaría

Thursday 17 February 2022

Nadia Calviño Santamaría, First Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for the Economy and Digital Transformation, explored the economic prospects for Spain and the European Union.

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Maastricht 30 years on – lessons learnt?

Wednesday 10 November 2021

Thirty years ago, Maastricht Treaty was signed by the then twelve members of the European Community. Now, with 14 new members having joined and one having left, what lessons are to be drawn for the EU from the ideals and instruments of this seminal moment? Our expert panel explored what went right and what went wrong.

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Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi: Forgotten Father of Europe

Thursday 21 October 2021

This event will explore the book, Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard: Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi and his Vision of Europe, a biography of Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, the founder of the Pan-European Union. 

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The Euro@30: has the common currency finally grown up?

Wednesday 06 October 2021

The idea of a common currency materialised with the Maastricht Treaty thirty years ago. But soon after it was tested in a major crisis in 1992/93, with more to come. This panel will discuss whether the reforms since 2010 have been sufficient to make the Euro a "mature" currency.

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The Paradox Between Human Rights and Security Politics

Speaker: Professor Daniela Haarhuis, Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, Germany.

Discussant: Gijs de Vries, Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE European Institute, and former State Secretary of the Interior in the government of The Netherlands.

Date:Thursday 22 October 2020, 5pm-6.30pm BST

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The European Central Bank Between the Financial Crisis and Populisms: a conversation with Ewald Nowotny

Speakers: Dr Sebastian Diessner, Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute; Dr Corrado Macchiarelli, Principal Economist at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR); Mara Monti, visiting fellow at the LSE European Institute; Professor Ewald Nowotny, Austrian economist and Social Democratic politician, former governor of Austria's central bank Oesterreichische Nationalbank and former member of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council; Professor Claudia Wiesner, Professor for Political Science at Fulda University of Applied Sciences.

Date: Monday 19 October 2020, 2pm-3.30pm BST

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The State of European Banking Union: two proposals to resurrect it

Speaker: Professor Luis Garicano, Member of the European Parliament and leader of Ciudadanos in Europe.

Date: Tuesday 25 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE.

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What has European Integration Ever Done for Us?

Wednesday 19 February 2020, 18:30-20:00

Speakers: Professor Esra Özyürek, Professor in European Anthropology, European Institute, LSE; Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor, UNHCR’s Representative to the UK; and Professor Waltraud Schelkle, Professor in Political Economy at the European Institute, LSE.

Date: Wednesday 19 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE.

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Rethinking the governance of the EU and the euro: Hard-earned lessons

Speakers: George Papaconstantinou, former Greek Finance Minister; Professor Panicos Demetriades, former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus and former member of Governing Council of the European Central Bank.

Date: Monday 9 December, 18:30-20:00
Venue
: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.

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Europe 2020: the European year in review

Speakers: Dr Swati Dhingra, Associate Professor in Economics, LSE; Dr Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, European Institute, LSE; Dr Sara Hagemann, Academic Director for the LSE School of Public Policy, and Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, Department of Government, LSE.

Date: Tuesday 03 December 2019, 18:30-20:00 
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.

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The Future of Football in Europe: access and sustainability

Speakers: Alasdair Bell, Deputy Secretary General of FIFA; Ebru Köksal, Senior Advisor, J Stern & Co and Chair, Women in Football; Umberto Gandini, Vice Chairman of the European Club Association and Gabriele Marcotti, Italian sports journalist, sports author, and radio-television presenter.

Date: Tuesday 19 November 2019, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, OId Building, LSE.

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Challenges Facing the Euro

Speakers: François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France; Iain Begg, Professorial Research Fellow at the European Institute and Co-Director of the Dahrendorf Forum.

Date: Tuesday 17 September, 17.30-19.00   

Venue: Old Theatre, OId Building, LSE.    

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Britain and Europe: how did we get here, and where do we go next? (Maurice Fraser Annual Lecture Series)

Speaker: Rt Hon David Miliband, Former Foreign Secretary; President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee 

Date: Friday 21 June, 12.00 - 13.30
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE

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Taking Back Control? Brexit and the Future of Europe

Speaker: Wolfgang Streeck, Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne

Date: Friday 15 March, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Speaking Up for Brussels: reflections on the role of the European Commission

Speaker: Margaritis Schinas, European Commission Chief Spokesperson and Deputy Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communication

Date: Wednesday 13 March, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE

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Reflections on the Future of Europe with Paolo Gentiloni

Speaker: Paolo Gentiloni, Italian politician, member of the Democratic Party and former Prime Minister of Italy

Date: Wednesday 6 March, 12.30-14.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Managing heterogeneity in Europe: does one size fit all?

Speakers: Thomas Wieser, former President of the Economic and Financial Committee and of the Eurogroup Working Group.
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE
Date: Tuesday 20 November 2018, 19.00 - 20.30

Hosted by the European Institute and the Institute of Global Affairs.
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Reforms to Strengthen the European Monetary Union 

Speaker: Vítor Constâncio, Former Vice President of the European Central Bank and Former Governor of the Bank of Portugal 
Date:Tuesday 2 October, 18:30 - 20:00 
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
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How Does The Euro Shield Europe From Future Crises?

Location: Old Theatre, Old Building
Date: Thursday 13 September, 18.30 - 20.00
Speaker: Mário Centeno, President of the Eurogroup and Finance Minister of Portugal 
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Counter Revolution: liberal Europe in retreat

Date: Wednesday 16 May, 18.30 - 20.00
Speaker: Jan Zielonka, Professor of European Politics and Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford
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Euroscepticism and the Future Of European Integration

Date: Thursday 26 April, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Tony Barber, Europe Editor of the Financial Times
Catherine De Vries, Professor of Politics and Director of the Essex Centre of Experimental Social Science, Department of Government, University of Essex
Simon Hix, Harold Laski Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, LSE
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Perspectives for the European Common Security and Defence Policy

Date: 28 February 2018
Speaker: Ursula von der Leyen, German Minister of Defence
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Economic Convergence In the Euro Area: coming together or drifting apart?

Date: 29 January 2018
Speaker: Jeffrey Franks, Director of the IMF Europe Office and Senior Resident Representative to the European Union
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Challenges For the Eurozone

Date: 11 January 2018
Speaker: Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President of the Eurogroup and former Netherlands Minister of Finance
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Less Populist, More Popular: my vision for the EU in 2018

Date: 18 December 2017
Speaker: Pierre Moscovici, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
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Can National Politics Still Support International Integration? The case of the EU

Date: 25 September 2017
Speaker: Professor Mario Monti, Head of Bocconi University
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Whither Europe? Historical Perspectives in 2017

Date: Thursday 27 April 2017
Speakers: Michael Cox, Director of LSE IDEAS and LSE Emeritus Professor of International Relations 
Dr. Abby Innes, Assistant Professor of Political Economy at LSE's European Institute
Professor Mike Savage, Martin White Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of LSE International Inequalities Institute
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The Treaty Of Rome 60 Years On: are the founding fathers still relevant to today?

Date: 21 March 2017
Speaker: Etienne Davignon
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2017: will the EU survive?

Date: 1 December 2016
Speakers: Agata Gostynska-Jakubowska, Professor Philippe Marlière, Professor Anand Menon, Bojan Pancevski, Michiel van Hulten
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Europe's Incompatible Trinities

Date
: 21 November 2016
Speakers: Marco Buti, Paul de Grauwe, Mareike Kleine
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The Euro and Its Threat To Europe

Date: 30 August 2016
Speaker: Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia Business School and Chair of the Management Board and Director of Graduate Summer Programs, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester
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Should we stay or should we go now? LSE European Institute "Europe in Question" Annual Lecture 2016

Date: 10 May 2016
Speaker: Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography and Fellow of St Peter’s College, University of Oxford 
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Britain and the EU: a view from the European Parliament

Date: 5 February 2016
Speaker: Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament
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France

The Criminalisation of Irregular Migration in Europe 

Tuesday 17 May 2022

Matilde Rosina discusses her new book on the criminalisation of irregular migration in Europe. The event explores the meaning, purpose, and consequences of criminalising unauthorised entry and stay. 

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The French Presidential Elections of 2022: what they mean for France and for Europe

Tuesday 29 March 2022

This panel will explore the upcoming French presidential election.

With 2017 upstart Emmanuel Macron now the incumbent, the 2022 presidential election has taken place during a time of crisis in Europe and the world. Our panel will discuss the candidates, the issues, and what it means for French and European politics as President Macron seeks to secure a second term.

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French Muslims in Perspective: nationalism, post-colonialism and marginalisation under the Republic 

Speakers: Dr Fiona Adamson, Reader (Associate Professor) in International Relations, SOAS; Dr Joseph Downing, LSE Fellow in Nationalism, LSE European Institute.

Date: Wednesday 27 November, 18:30-20:00 
Venue: Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE.

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Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation

Speaker: Sophie Pedder, Paris Bureau Chief of The Economist.

Date: Tuesday 21 May, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Brexit: the future of Europe and the Franco-British relationships

Speaker: Nathalie Loiseau, French Minister for European Affairs

Date: Thursday 7 March, 12.30-13.30
Venue: The Long Room, 1st Floor, 29 Lincoln's Inn Fields

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The French Revolution: one year on

Date: Thursday 24 May 2018, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers
: Jean Pisani-Ferry, Professor at Sciences Po Paris and the Hertie School of Governance Berlin, Mercator Senior Fellow at Bruegel and Programme and Ideas Director for Emmanuel Macron's presidential campaign
Christine Ockrent, Journalist, Broadcaster, Editor-In-Chief of L'Express and former Chief Operating Officer of France 24 and RFI

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Britain and France

Date: 29 June 2017
Speaker: Edward Llewellyn, UK Ambassador in France

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The French Presidential Election: implications for France and Europe

Date: 21 March 2017
Speakers: Christian Lequesne, Francoise Boucek, John Peet
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Germany 

Empowering the Economy 

Monday 12 February 

The German Finance Minister talks about new realities and strengthening Germany’s competitiveness for the benefit of its economy and its partners.

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Germany After Merkel: end of an era or more of the same?

Thursday 23 September 2021

After 16 years of Angela Merkel's chancellorship, the signals for a new beginning in German politics are ambiguous. What does either continuity or change mean for key policies and for European integration? The panel to discuss this question consists of a new generation of leading experts who analyse German politics and policymaking from an international vantage point.

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The Future of Anglo-German Relations: beyond Brexit 

Date: Monday 3 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Speakers: Professor Iain Begg, Rt Hon Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Dr. Norbert Röttgen.

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The UK and Germany in a Changing Europe

Speaker: H.E. Dr Peter Wittig, German Ambassador to the UK.

Date: Tuesday 12 November, 19:00-20:15

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The Other Neoliberalism: German Ordoliberalism after the Euro crisis

Date: Thursday 10 May, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Michelle Everson, Albert Weale, Jonathan White,
David Woodruff. 
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The Greco-German Affair In the Euro Crisis: mutual recognition lost?

Date: Tuesday 20 March 2018, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni, Kalypso Nicolaïdis, 
Claudia Sternberg, Kevin Featherstone, Head of the LSE European Institute, Jonathan White.
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A Changing Germany In a Changing Europe? The German Elections and their implications for Europe

Date: 14 September 2017
Speakers: Professor William Paterson, Aston University
Christian Odendahl, Centre for European Reform
Dr Natascha Zaun, LSE European Institute.
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Managing Europe: what is Germany's responsibility? LSESU German Society and LSE European Institute Lecture

Date: 3 March 2016
Speaker: Dr Wolfgang Schäuble, Member of the German Christian Democratic Union party
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Migration 

The Criminalisation of Irregular Migration in Europe 

Tuesday 17 May 2022

Matilde Rosina discusses her new book on the criminalisation of irregular migration in Europe. The event explores the meaning, purpose, and consequences of criminalising unauthorised entry and stay. 

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30 Years of EU Migration and Asylum Policies: success or failure?

Monday 14 February 2022

Thirty years ago the Maastricht Treaty was signed, creating today’s ‘European Union’ and representing the biggest single transformative text on European integration since the Treaty of Rome in 1958. As internal barriers began to fall, new walls and policies have risen between Europe and the rest of the world. How did Maastricht treaty affect migration through and to Europe? How have migration policies developed today? 

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Europe's Refugee 'Crisis': where are we now?

Wednesday 16 June 2021

Six years after the beginning of Europe’s so called ‘refugee’ or ‘migration’ crisis, we ask what has happened since and (how) has Europe changed? This event explores Europe’s ‘refugee’ or ‘migration’ crisis, asking whether Europe has changed since, and what happened to the people who arrived and the policies that governed their arrival.

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EI Seminar: The New Pact, Returns and EU-Africa Migration Partnerships

Thursday 11 March 2021

Joined by Professor Florian Trauner and Dr Oreva Olakpe, this student/staff seminar explored the new a new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, considering both the positives and the challenges of the new pact. 

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Them and Us: how immigrants and locals can thrive together

Wednesday 4 November 2020

Speakers: Philippe Legrain presents his latest publication, with discussion from Heather Grabbe, Director of the Open Society European Policy Institute.

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Growth and solidarity: cities reimagining human mobility in Africa and Europe
Friday 09 October 2020

The Mayors of Milan and Freetown are joined by IGA Visiting Fellow Marta Foresti, and LSE Cities director, Ricky Burdett. The speakers discuss the 'The Mayors Dialogue on Growth and Solidarity', and the challenges facing cities in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Europe's Response to the Challenge of Migration and Security
Wednesday 23 January 2019.

Speaker: Dimitris Avramopoulos, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship.

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Political Economy

Building prosperity through social solidarity and economic dynamism 

Tuesday 12 March 2024

This keynote address and discussion with Humza Yousaf MSP, First Minister of Scotland, will reflect on the current UK economic model which delivers comparatively low living standards and poor productivity with consequent pressure on public services.

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The Politics of the Future

Monday 11 March 2024

Jonathan White and Gerard Delanty launch their latest books and bring together social and political theorists to explore what the future means today, how we got here, and what’s at stake. 

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Empowering the Economy 

Monday 12 February 2024

The German Finance Minister talks about new realities and strengthening Germany’s competitiveness for the benefit of its economy and its partners.

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Late Soviet Britain - why materialist utopias fail 

Thursday 8 February 2024

Dr Abby Innes launches her new book, Late Soviet Britain: Why Materialist Utopias Fail.

Why has the United Kingdom, historically one of the strongest democracies in the world, become so unstable? What changed? In Late Soviet Britain Abby Innes argues that a major part of the answer lies in the transformation of the British state. The book shows how Britain championed radical economic liberalisation only to weaken and ultimately break its own governing institutions.

Watch the video or listen to the podcast (85 minutes)


Protect, strengthen, prepare - 2024 as a moment of truth for the future of the European continent

Tuesday 23 January 2024 

Prime Minister De Croo talks about the strengths of the Union, its relationship with the United Kingdom, and the ways in which the EU needs to reform to stay in shape.

Watch the video or listen to the podcast (90 minutes) 


Global Trade Policy Challenges: preparing for the next decade

Wednesday 1 February 2023

This event brought together trade policy-makers and academics to discuss the challenges and policy strategies for the next decade. They examine the present period of turmoil and change in the world economy and how states can tackle challenges and benefit from the changes.

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Digital Trade Integration: A new global dataset for 21st century trade policy

 Monday 14 November 2022

The event presented a new global database produced by a consortium of researchers from the European University Institute, Bocconi University, Hertie School, the European Centre for International Political Economy and LSE, which benchmarks the readiness of some one hundred countries around the world for digital trade.

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 Foreign States in Domestic Markets

Monday 24 October 2022

This event marked the launch of Mark Thatcher and Tim Vlandas' new book, Foreign States in Domestic Markets: Sovereign Wealth Funds and the West. This book examines policies towards non-Western SWFs buying company shares in four countries: the US, UK, France, and Germany. The authors argue that the internationalisation and liberalisation of financial markets offer national policy makers opportunities to govern their domestic economies.

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 Student Event: Monetary Policy in Uncertain Times

Tuesday 15 February 2022

Banque de France Governor, Francois Villeroy de Galhau, spoke to LSE students about monetary policy in uncertain times, and accordingly, the theory and practice of forward guidance, in particular for the ECB.

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Trading Across the Globe: an analysis of the political economy of China and Europe

Date: Thursday 17 October 2019, 18:30-20:00
Speakers: Dr Robert Basedow, Prof Dr DING Chun, Dr YU Jie, Dr Thomas Sampson.

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Combatting the Five Giants In Twenty-First Century European Welfare States

Date: 21 February 2018
Speakers: Kathleen Henehan, Professor Nicola Lacey, Stewart Wood Baron Wood of Anfield
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Citizens' Basic Income Day

Date: 20 February 2018
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Economic Convergence In the Euro Area: coming together or drifting apart?

Date: 29 January 2018
Speaker: Jeffrey Franks, Director of the IMF Europe Office and Senior Resident Representative to the European Union
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Challenges For the Eurozone

Date: 11 January 2018
Speaker: Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President of the Eurogroup and former Netherlands Minister of Finance
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Less Populist, More Popular: my vision for the EU in 2018

Date: 18 December 2017
Speaker: Pierre Moscovici, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
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The Future Of the Euro

Date: 21 November 2017
Speaker: Paul de Grauwe, John Paulson Chair in European Political Economy, LSE European Institute
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The Political Economy Of Monetary Solidarity: understanding the Euro experiment

Date: 12 October 2017
Speakers: Philippe Legrain, think tank Open and Senior Visiting Fellow, LSE European Institute
Jonathan White, Professor of Politics, LSE European Institute
Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy, University of Cambridge
Dr Waltraud Schelkle, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE European Institute
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The Euro and Its Threat To Europe

Date: 30 August 2016
Speaker: Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia Business School and Chair of the Management Board and Director of Graduate Summer Programs, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester
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How to boost growth as the Oil Price Falls: transformation and reform of the Norwegian economy

Date: 11 March 2016
Speaker: Siv Jensen, Norwegian Minister of Finance (2013- )
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Events by date

2024-2025

Monetary policy in perspective: three questions for a more volatile future 

Wednesday 30 October 

François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France and member of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council, will give a keynote speech (followed by a Q&A), around three questions for monetary policy.

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Europe at the beginning of a new era - Maurice Fraser Annual Lecture 2024 

Tuesday 29 October 

The guest speaker of the Maurice Fraser Annual Lecture 2024 is Timothy Garton Ash. Under the title of Europe at the Beginning of a New Era he will be discussing his latest book Homelands: A Personal History of Europe. 

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The shortest history of migration

Thursday 24 October 

Drawing on his new book The Shortest History of Migration, Ian Goldin shows how, from the ancient peopling of the planet to the present, migrants have been at the heart of advances in society. Identifying both the economic contributions as well as the social costs of migration, he addresses the antipathy shown by some towards foreigners and help develop an understanding of just how vital migration will be in the future.

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2023-2024

What is driving the green backlash in European urban politics? | LSE Festival

Saturday 15 June

This event brings together a panel of European city leaders to discuss what has been driving a growing backlash against the green transition in Europe, and how this is shaping urban politics and policy making.   

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Global middle powers and the changing world order | LSE Festival

Wednesday 12 June

This panel will delve into the aspirations and perspectives of global middle powers, and will analyse the impact of their rise on the global order. 

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5th LSE Workshop on Political Economy of Turkey

Friday 7 June

The event provided a platform for researchers and policymakers to discuss new research and features a keynote speech by Professor Ufuk Akçiğit.

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The 2024 European elections and the challenges ahead

Thursday 6 June

The event reflects on the impact that the results of the European elections will have on key issues such as the EU’s approach to climate change, migration and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

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Supporting Ukraine's European destiny: a multilateral's perspective

Monday 18 March

Public event with Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

This event marks the anniversary of the LSE-Bocconi double degree in European and International Public Policy and Politics.

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The 2024 European elections and beyond - Understanding the politics of the coming Brussels power-play 

Thursday 14 March

Klaus Welle, Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE European Institute and former Secretary General of the European Parliament (2009-2022), explores likely outcomes and consequences of the next European Parliament elections

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Building prosperity through social solidarity and economic dynamism 

Tuesday 12 March 

This key note address and discussion with Humza Yousaf MSP, First Minister of Scotland, will reflect on the current UK economic model which delivers comparatively low living standards and poor productivity with consequent pressure on public services.

Watch the video or listen to the podcast 


The Politics of the Future

Monday 11 March

This event launches Jonathan White's and Gerard Delanty's new books and brings together social and political theorists to explore what the future means today, how we got here, and what’s at stake. 

Watch the video or listen to the podcast


Experimentalist governance: from architectures to outcomes

Tuesday 27 February 

Join us for this public event in which Bernardo Rangoni launches his new book Experimentalist Governance at LSE. By analysing five crucial domains (electricity, gas, communications, finance, and pharmaceuticals) in the European Union, an examination is made of when, how, and why non-hierarchical institutions affect policy processes and outcomes. 

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 Empowering the Economy 

Monday 12 February 

The German Finance Minister talks about new realities and strengthening Germany’s competitiveness for the benefit of its economy and its partners.

Watch the video or listen to the podcast 


 Late Soviet Britain - why materialist utopias fail 

Thursday 8 February

Dr Abby Innes's launches her book, Late Soviet Britain: Why Materialist Utopias Fail.

Why has the United Kingdom, historically one of the strongest democracies in the world, become so unstable? What changed? In Late Soviet Britain Abby Innes argues that a major part of the answer lies in the transformation of the British state. The book shows how Britain championed radical economic liberalisation only to weaken and ultimately break its own governing institutions.

Watch the video or listen to the podcast (85 minutes)


 Russia's War Against Ukraine 

Tuesday 30 January

This event launches Gwendolyn Sasse’s new book Russia's War Against Ukraine. In her book, Sasse analyses the background to this war and examines the factors that led to Putin’s fateful decision. She retraces the history of Ukraine’s struggle for independence from Russia and shows how democratic developments in Ukraine had become a risk for Russia’s political system

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Protect, strengthen, prepare - 2024 as a moment of truth for the future of the European continent

Tuesday 23 January

Prime Minister De Croo talks about the strengths of the Union, its relationship with the United Kingdom, and the ways in which the EU needs to reform to stay in shape.

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 The geopolitics of Germany: ninth November - then and now

Thursday 9 November

Klaus Welle, Visiting Professor in Practice at the LSE European Institute, sheds light on the extremely significant events that have taken place across the years on 9th of November, and how they are closely linked to geopolitical orientations of Germany.

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 Black feminism in Europe

Monday 30 October

In tandem with the theme of Black History Month, "Celebrating our Sisters, Saluting our Sisters, and Honouring Matriarchs of Movements", Dr Mame-Fatou Niang and Dr SM Rodriguez present their research and explore the role of black women in social, cultural and political movements historically and in our times.

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The future of European Union integration in light of the economic and geopolitical challenges

Thursday 26 October

Building on his experience as former French Minister of Finance and European Commissioner, Pierre Moscovici, First President of the Cour des comptes – the French Supreme Audit Institution – presents his vision of what the European Union could become in the future.

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 Homelands: a personal history of Europe

 Thursday 19 October

Timothy Garton Ash talks about his new book Homelands: a personal history of Europe. Homelands is at once a social and political commentary and also a living, breathing history of a period of unprecedented progress, a clear-eyed account of how so much then went wrong and an urgent call to the citizens of this great old continent to understand and defend what we have collectively achieved.

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How to slay a dragon: building a new Russia after Putin

Tuesday 10 October

Author and activist Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks about his new book, How To Slay a Dragon: building a new Russia after Putin. The book is Khodorkovsky's account of what is happening in Russia today and what could happen in the future. In it he charts a pathway towards a parliamentary federal republic which would enable Russia to become a free and democratic society, living in peace and without dragons.

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The transition paradox: navigating the path to becoming the world's first fossil-free welfare state

Monday 09 October

Mikael Damberg, former Swedish Minister for Finance, shares his insights on how Sweden can navigate this intricate path to becoming the world's first fossil-free welfare state. This event explored ways to move towards a greener, more sustainable future that benefits everyone.

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Eurowhiteness: culture, empire and race in the European project

Tuesday 3 October

The European Union is often seen as a cosmopolitan rejection of violent nationalism. Yet the idea of Europe has a long, problematic history—in medieval times, it was synonymous with Christianity; in the modern era, it became associated with ‘whiteness’. The speakers in this event discussed Hans Kundnani's latest book, Eurowhiteness: culture, empire and race in the European project.

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2022-2023

What Art Makes of War: perspectives on and from the Ukraine War

Thursday 08 June 2023

In this event, a panel including Ukrainian artists and academic experts on war and trauma studies, reflect on the role of art in verbalising the trauma of conflict, and in addressing grief, resiliance and reconstruction.

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Turkey’s Economic Problems and Solutions: A small open economy approach

 Friday 02 June 2023

In this event, co-hosted with the LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies and the LSE Systemic Risk Centre, Şebnem Kalemli Özcan (Professor, University of Maryland), discusses th (mis)management of Turkey's economic policies and the contribution of academic research on emerging markets for provinding policy solutions.

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A Decolonial Moment in European & EU Studies

Wednesday 31 May 2023

In this event, part of our Beyond Eurocentrism programme, Gurminder K Bhambra (Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies, University of Sussex), spoke on the permation of Europe's colonial legacies into modern societies, the connections between decolonial thinking and Europe, and the silenced histories of colonialism, racialisation, hierarchies, and exclusions at the centre of European society.

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Growing Apart: cities, nations and the future of Europe

Tuesday 23 May 2023

In this event, co-organised with LSE Cities, the panel discusses the evolution of urban-national political relationships in Europe in recent decades and the role cities are playing in shaping the direction of national and continental politics. 

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Maurice Fraser Annual Lecture | Ukraine, Europe and the Return of Geopolitics

Wednesday 17 May 2023

For the annual Maurice Fraser Lecture, Klaus Welle, who served as the former Secretary General of the European Parliament (2009-2022), presents his take on Russia's war in Ukraine, and its implications for and impacts on the European Union political system and Transatlantic relations.

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Conflict, Justice and Peace Platform Annual Lecture | Nationalism and the Return of Geopolitics

Tuesday 21 March 2023

In this inagural annual lecture, CJP hosted Professor Lars-Erik Cederman to discuss his work on nationalism, ethnography and geopolitics, specifically in the context of the war in Ukraine.

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Celebrating Women in Science and Technology

Thursday 09 March 2023

In this event, a form of Turkish female scholars in science and technology discussed the challenges of working in their respective fields as non-white women.

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Cities in the Aftermath of the Earthquakes: Experiences, Needs and Possible Futures in Turkey

Wednesday 08 March 2023

In this event speakers, who had witnessed the devastation of the earthquakes in February 2023 first hand, shares their observations, with a focus on the immediate needs of the victims, and how cities can be rebuilt.

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 Meritocracy, Growth, and Lessons from Italy's Economic Decline

Wednesday 01 March 2023

This event marked the launch of Lorenzo Codogno and Giampaolo Galli's new book Meritocracy, Growth, and Lessons from Italy’s Economic Decline: Lobbies (and Ideologies) Against Competition and Talent.

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Emerging Europe's Chronic Distrust: lessons from the region's COVID-19 puzzle

Thursday 16 February 2023

This event marked the launch of the new edited volume Emerging Europe's chronic distrust: Lessons from the region's COVID puzzle, a compendium that has emerged from a joint workshop with researchers from Corvinus University, Budapest, and LSE and investigates the pandemic in central and eastern Europe.

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 Inside the Deal: how the EU got Brexit done

Monday 06 February 2023

This event marked the launch of Stefaan De Rynck's new book, Inside the Deal inwhich he discusses and demonstrates how the EU-27’s unity held firm while the UK vacillated throughout, changing negotiators, prime ministers, their aims and tactics. A close aide to Michel Barnier, Stefaan De Rynck had a ringside seat in the Brexit negotiations.

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Global Trade Policy Challenges: preparing for the next decade

Wednesday 1 February 2023

This event brought together trade policy-makers and academics to discuss the challenges and policy strategies for the next decade. They examine the present period of turmoil and change in the world economy and how states can tackle challenges and benefit from the changes.

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 Changing Borders after Ukraine: the justice and utility of secession

Thursday 26 January 2023

This event looks at the War in Ukraine. Our speaker, Timothy William waters, discusses whether secession can be an instrument for peaceful political change that we could use more freely - especially in a world in which commitments to non-aggression and territorial integrity may be breaking down.

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Growth for Good: reshaping capitalism to save humanity from climate catastrophe

Tuesday 17 January 2023

This event marked the launch of Alessio Terzi's new book Growth for Good. Terzi tackles the big questions on the climate emergency; as humanity starts to grapple with the Herculean challenge of climate change, should economic growth be abandoned to stand a chance of success?

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Digital Trade Integration: A new global dataset for 21st century trade policy

Monday 14 November 2022

The event presented a new global database produced by a consortium of researchers from the European University Institute, Bocconi University, Hertie School, the European Centre for International Political Economy and LSE, which benchmarks the readiness of some one hundred countries around the world for digital trade.

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European Remembrance

Tuesday 8 November 2022

As part of the European Institute’s 30th Anniversary celebrations, celebrations through which we memorialise our own institutional history, this event explored the role of memory and memorialisation in European societies in general – on the role that a specifically European memory plays in shaping and reshaping those societies.

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Foreign States in Domestic Markets

Monday 24 October 2022

This event marked the launch of Mark Thatcher and Tim Vlandas' new book, Foreign States in Domestic Markets: Sovereign Wealth Funds and the West. This book examines policies towards non-Western SWFs buying company shares in four countries: the US, UK, France, and Germany. The authors argue that the internationalisation and liberalisation of financial markets offer national policy makers opportunities to govern their domestic economies.

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Archaeology and Soft Power: Cultural Diplomacy between Türkiye and the UK

Tuesday 18 October 2022

The panel explore linkages between archaeology, soft power and international relations. It examines the significance of archaeology as a tool of cultural diplomacy  through the example of Anglo-Turkish Relations since the 1940s. The seminar considers the positive influence of archaeology, as well as potential controversies involving excavations, recovery, and exhibition of artifacts by international scholars in foreign territories.

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Ideas and European Education Policy: constructing the Europe of knowledge

Tuesday 11 October 2022

The speakers discuss the transformation of European education from a national to a supranational concern, highlighting the process and mechanisms through which the European Commission and the European business community constructed the idea of the “Europe of Knowledge” as a solution for Europe’s lack of competitiveness.

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From Annexation to War: Russia's Aggression in Ukraine

Monday 03 October 2022

“If Russia stops fighting, there will be no war. If Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine” is the sentiment used by many Ukrainian protesters mobilising against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In this talk, the panellists will consider both Russia's war against and invasion of Ukraine since February 2022 and the longer trajectory of Russia's aggression against Ukraine since 2014, first in Crimea and second in Donetsk and Luhansk.

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2021-2022

Ukraine's Wartime Economy and Financial Challenges

Monday 27 June 2022

LSE Visiting Senior Fellow Valeria Gontareva, who is the former Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, discusses Ukraine's wartime economy and the financial challenges it faces. Her remarks also include observations on the Ukrainian banking sector, financial needs, global implications and worldwide economic shocks.

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Competition Policy in Europe After the COVID-19 Crisis 

Thursday 16 June 2022

An unprecedented amount of financial support has been granted by national authorities to companies to alleviate the economic effects of COVID-19. Join panel members Natura Gracia, Ruben Lapa Maximiano, Roberto Alimonti and chair Dr Angelo Martelli to evaluate first, what happened during the pandemic, taking stock of the effectiveness of the state aid measures and the competition tools used to respond to and manage the crisis; second, to assess whether any policy changes are necessary to upgrade the toolkit for the next crisis to come. 

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70 Years in NATO: Turkey's partnership with the western alliance since 1952 

Wednesday 8 June 2022

Although Turkey has been a member of NATO since 1952, its contribution to the Western alliance has been questioned in the past two decades due to deteriorating relations. The recent war in Ukraine has once again highlighted Turkey’s role in NATO. Taking into consideration the historical ups and downs in relations, this event will assess the past and future of Turkish membership in NATO.

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Criminalizing the Buying of Sex? Experiences from the Nordic Countries 

Tuesday 24 May 2022

The “Swedish” or “Nordic” model has in recent years risen to the centre of anti-trafficking and prostitution policy debates. It claims to revolutionise the policy field by criminalising the buying instead of the selling of sex. But how does this policy affect the people it claims to protect, sex workers and people in the sex trade? This event provides a unique opportunity to find answers to these questions and to understand how the “Nordic model” functions in various geographic locations.

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The Criminalisation of Irregular Migration in Europe 

Tuesday 17 May 2022

Matilde Rosina discusses her new book on the criminalisation of irregular migration in Europe. The event explores the meaning, purpose, and consequences of criminalising unauthorised entry and stay. 

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The French Presidential Elections of 2022: what they mean for France and for Europe

Tuesday 29 March 2022

This panel will explore the upcoming French presidential election.

With 2017 upstart Emmanuel Macron now the incumbent, the 2022 presidential election has taken place during a time of crisis in Europe and the world. Our panel will discuss the candidates, the issues, and what it means for French and European politics as President Macron seeks to secure a second term.

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The French Presidential Elections of 2022: what they mean for France and for Europe

Tuesday 29 March 2022

This panel will explore the upcoming French presidential election.

With 2017 upstart Emmanuel Macron now the incumbent, the 2022 presidential election has taken place during a time of crisis in Europe and the world. Our panel will discuss the candidates, the issues, and what it means for French and European politics as President Macron seeks to secure a second term.

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What Europe? Continuity and Change in Public Opinion About European integration 

Tuesday 15 March 2022

How and why do public attitudes toward the EU and Europe differ across the continent? And what is causing broad changes in values, such as the rise of populist parties?

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A Hamilton moment for Europe? Demystifying the Next Generation EU and the EU Recovery Funds

Wednesday 9 March 2022

This panel will explore the design and implementation of the Next Generation EU programme and the EU Recovery Funds, weighing the positives against the negatives and posing where improvement might be needed. 

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Freedom in Transition

Monday 7 March 2022

Lea Ypi joins Abby Innes to discuss her memoir and her experiences growing up in Albania, the last Stalinist outpost in Europe during the fall of communism in 1990. They will be exploring how lived experiences in the transition from state socialism to liberalism can shape our understanding of freedom and related critiques of society.

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One Party After Another: The Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage

Wednesday 2 March 2022

Michael Crick, journalist and broadcaster, discusses with Professor Tony Travers his new biography One Party After Another: the Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage.

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In Conversation with Nadia Calviño Santamaría

Thursday 17 February 2022

Nadia Calviño Santamaría, First Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for the Economy and Digital Transformation, explored the economic prospects for Spain and the European Union.

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Student Event: Monetary Policy in Uncertain Times

Tuesday 15 February 2022

Banque de France Governor, Francois Villeroy de Galhau, spoke to LSE students about monetary policy in uncertain times, and accordingly, the theory and practice of forward guidance, in particular for the ECB.

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30 Years of EU Migration and Asylum Policies: success or failure?

Monday 14 February 2022

Thirty years ago the Maastricht Treaty was signed, creating today’s ‘European Union’ and representing the biggest single transformative text on European integration since the Treaty of Rome in 1958. As internal barriers began to fall, new walls and policies have risen between Europe and the rest of the world. How did Maastricht treaty affect migration through and to Europe? How have migration policies developed today? 

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UK-Turkey Trade Partnership Post-Brexit: Limits and Prospects

Wednesday 9 February 2022

The UK and Turkey signed a free trade agreement (FTA) in December 2020, almost simultaneously with the UK’s Trade and Cooperation agreement with the EU. This panel event will analyse the road to the FTA and its future from the perspectives of political economy, international trade law and business

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Europe: A Philosophical History

Wednesday 17 November 2021

In discussion with Dr Cristóbal Garibay-Petersen, Professor Simon Glendinning, Head of the LSE European Institute and Professor in European Philosophy explored his latest two-volume book, Europe: A Philosophical History, discussing what philosophy might contribute to an understanding of Europe today. 

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Queering Europe: nationalism and sexuality

Thursday 11 November 2021

This event will explore the seemingly paradoxical relationship between sexuality and Europeanness. Challenging the binary of tolerant West and intolerant others, the event will discuss how both homophobia and homonationalism are intertwined with nationalist projects across the continent.

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Maastricht 30 years on – lessons learnt?

Wednesday 10 November 2021

Thirty years ago, Maastricht Treaty was signed by the then twelve members of the European Community. Now, with 14 new members having joined and one having left, what lessons are to be drawn for the EU from the ideals and instruments of this seminal moment? Our expert panel explored what went right and what went wrong.

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Maurice Fraser Memorial Lecture  - Britain, Europe and America: lessons from the recent past and prospects for the near future

Monday 25 October 2021

This years Maurice Fraser Memorial Lecture was delivered by Lord Kim Darroch. From his experience as UK Ambassador to Washington, Kim Darroch considers the new challenges facing the transatlantic relationship and draws on the lessons of the past for current decision-makers.

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Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi: Forgotten Father of Europe

Thursday 21 October 2021

This event will explore the book, Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard: Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi and his Vision of Europe, a biography of Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, the founder of the Pan-European Union. 

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The Euro@30: has the common currency finally grown up?

Wednesday 06 October 2021

The idea of a common currency materialised with the Maastricht Treaty thirty years ago. But soon after it was tested in a major crisis in 1992/93, with more to come. This panel will discuss whether the reforms since 2010 have been sufficient to make the Euro a "mature" currency.

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My Secret Brexit Diary

Monday 27 September 2021

As the EU's chief negotiator, for four years Michel Barnier had a seat at the table as the two sides thrashed out what Brexit would really mean. During this time, Michel Barnier kept a secret diary. In this event, Michel Barnier discusses his new book, My Secret Brexit Diary: a glorious illusion.

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Germany After Merkel: end of an era or more of the same?

Thursday 23 September 2021

After 16 years of Angela Merkel's chancellorship, the signals for a new beginning in German politics are ambiguous. What does either continuity or change mean for key policies and for European integration? The panel to discuss this question consists of a new generation of leading experts who analyse German politics and policymaking from an international vantage point.

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2020-2021

Recovery or Radical Transformation: the effect of COVID-19 on justice systems

Thursday 17 June 2021

In discussion with Andrew Murray, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, outlines the evolution of the civil justice system, including the potential of technology to alter fundamentally the administration of justice, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Europe's Refugee 'Crisis': where are we now?

Wednesday 16 June 2021

Six years after the beginning of Europe’s so called ‘refugee’ or ‘migration’ crisis, we ask what has happened since and (how) has Europe changed? This event explores Europe’s ‘refugee’ or ‘migration’ crisis, asking whether Europe has changed since, and what happened to the people who arrived and the policies that governed their arrival.

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The Response of Major Cities to the Challenges of the 21st Century

Tuesday 08 June 2021

In conversation with LSE Cities Director, Professor Ricky Burdett, the Mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau, discusses the transformative role of cities in responding to today's challenges. 

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The Long-term Impact of the Covid-19 Crisis on the Euro Area

Thursday 03 June 2021

Poul Mathias Thomsen, former Director of the IMF's European Department explored the impact of COVID-19 on the Euro Area, taking into account policy limitations and the existing structural differences between member states. 

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Is Europe White? Assessing the Role of Whiteness in Europe Today

Monday 15 March 2021

Dr Jean Beaman, Dr Neema Begum, and Professor David Theo Goldberg explore how, in the form of white privilege, ‘colour-blindness’ and supremacy, whiteness shapes individual lives and European societies alike.

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EI Seminar: The New Pact, Returns and EU-Africa Migration Partnerships
Thursday 11 March 2021

Joined by Professor Florian Trauner and Dr Oreva Olakpe, this student/staff seminar explored the new a new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, considering both the positives and the challenges of the new pact. 

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UK Market Regulation After Brexit: higher, lower or stay the same?
Tuesday 09 March 2021

Minette Batters, Tony Danker, Professor Sam Fankhauser, and Frances O'Grady, explore what model of market regulation the UK should seek after Brexit.

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How the Pandemic Polarised Us
Tuesday 02 March 2021

Dr Florian Foos, Professor Sara Hobolt, and Professor Peter Trubowitz explore political polarisation in the UK, EU, US and on social media in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how democracy can be built back. 

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How Was Brexit For You? A Reflection On What We Learnt

Wednesday 17 February 2021

Considering the changes that have occured across government, economy and society, this event explores what lessons have been learnt from Brexit, and what lessons are need to be learnt in order to ensure Brexit is a success. 

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Outside the EU: options for Britain
Tuesday 9 February 2021

In this lecture, Dr Martin Westlake and Sebastian Remøy lay out the arguments in Outside the EU: options for Britain, on the various options for the continued relationship between the EU and post-Brexit Britain. With contributions from Dr Sara Hagemann.

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Assessing Next Generation EU

Wednesday 27 January 2021

Lorenzo Codogno and Paul van den Noord present their paper 'Assessing Next Generation EU', on the EU Recovery fund dubbed 'Next Generation EU'. Contributions from Professor Waltraud Schelkle. 

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The Impact of Brexit on Higher Education

Monday 25 January 2021

Professor Simon Hix, Dr Beth Thompson, and Professor Wendy Thomson explore the possible impacts of Brexit on highter education in the UK. 

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The 'True' Brexit: where are we now?

Speakers: Professor Katy Hayward, Professor of Political Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast and a Senior Fellow at ‘The UK in a Changing Europe’; Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor at the Centre for Economics and Business Research and former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service; Jill Rutter, Senior Research Fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe; Professor Tony Travers is Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.

Date: Thursday 10 December 2020, 5pm-6:30pm GMT

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After Brexit: the UK in the North Atlantic trade triangle

Speakers: Anthony Gardner, former US Ambassador to the European Union; Beatrice Kilroy-Nolan, former senior EU and trade advisor to the Prime Minister in No.10 Downing Street; Luisa Santos, Deputy Director General at BusinessEurope.

Date: Thursday 12 November 2020, 5pm-6:30pm GMT

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Them and Us: how immigrants and locals can thrive together

Speaker: Philippe Legrain, Visiting Senior Fellow, LSE European Institute; former economic adviser to the President of the European Commission.

Discussant: Heather Grabbe, Director, Open Society European Policy Institute.

Date: Wednesday 4 November 2020, 6pm-7.30pm GMT

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Anti-System Politics: the crisis of market liberalism in rich democracies

Speaker: Professor Jonathan Hopkin, Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Government and European Institute at LSE. 

Date: Tuesday 27 October 2020, 4pm-5:30pm GMT

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The Paradox Between Human Rights and Security Politics

Speaker: Professor Daniela Haarhuis, Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, Germany.

Discussant: Gijs de Vries, Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE European Institute, and former State Secretary of the Interior in the government of The Netherlands.

Date:Thursday 22 October 2020, 5pm-6.30pm BST

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The European Central Bank Between the Financial Crisis and Populisms: a conversation with Ewald Nowotny

Speakers: Dr Sebastian Diessner, Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute; Dr Corrado Macchiarelli, Principal Economist at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR); Mara Monti, visiting fellow at the LSE European Institute; Professor Ewald Nowotny, Austrian economist and Social Democratic politician, former governor of Austria's central bank Oesterreichische Nationalbank and former member of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council; Professor Claudia Wiesner, Professor for Political Science at Fulda University of Applied Sciences.

Date: Monday 19 October 2020, 2pm-3.30pm BST

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Young People and (anti-) Racism: whose lives matter in Europe?

Speakers: Dr Manmit Bhambra, Research Officer in the Religion and Global Society Research Unit at the LSE; Hiba Latreche, General Secretary of the Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations (FEMYSO); Magid Magid, former Green Party MEP representing Yorkshire & the Humber at the European Parliament and was previously the youngest ever Lord Mayor of Sheffield; Dr. Emilia Zenzile RoigFounder and Executive Director of the Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ). 

Date: Monday 12 October 2020, 5pm-6.30pm BST

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Growth and solidarity: cities reimagining human mobility in Africa and Europe

Speakers: Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone; Marta Foresti, Director of ODI Europe and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the LSE Institute of Global Affairs; Giuseppe Sala, Mayor of Milan, Italy.

Discussant: Professor Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies at LSE and Director of the Urban Age and LSE Cities.

Date: Thursday 24 September 2020, 1pm-2.30pm BST

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Brexit and Culture Wars: is this a new 'normal'?

Speakers: Professor John Denham, Director of the Centre for English Identity and Politics at the University of Southampton and former Labour cabinet minister; Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions and professor in the Department of Government and the European Institute; Chaminda Jayanetti, politics, social policy and public services journalist who has been published in The GuardianThe Independent, and The Observer.

Date: Monday 05 October 2020, 5pm-6.30pm BST

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Student Event: Medium-term economic challenges for Europe in the aftermath of the pandemic

Speaker: Poul Thomsen, Former Director of the European Department at the International Monetary Fund.

Date: Monday 05 October 2020, 5pm-6.30pm BST

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2019 - 2020

Negotiating Our Post-Brexit Future: where are we heading?

Speakers: Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union and Labour Law, University of Cambridge; Dr Meredith Crowley, Reader in International Economics at the University of Cambridge and Senior Fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe (UKCE); Dr Adam Marshall, Director General of British Chambers of Commerce; Professor Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London, and Director of The UK in a Changing Europe; Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE.

Date: Tuesday 30 June 2020 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Venue: 
Online Event

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Brexit and the Post-COVID-19 Options for the Economy

Speakers: Professor Sir Tim Besley, School Professor of Economics of Political Science and Sir W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics, Department of Economics, LSE; Wolfgang Münchau, Director of Eurointelligence and a columnist for the Financial Times; Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor, Centre for Economics and Business Research and former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service. 

Date: Monday 22 June 2020, 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Venue: 
Online Event

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The Political Scar of Epidemics

Speakers: Professor Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science at University of California, Berkeley; Dr Cevat Giray Askoy, Principal Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London; Dr Orkun Saka, Assistant Professor in Finance at the University of Sussex.

Discussants: Professor Chris Anderson, Professor in European Politics and Policy at LSE's European Institute; Dr Anna Getmansky, Assistant Professor of International Relations in the Department of International Relations at LSE.

Date: Wednesday 17 June 2020 6:30 pm to 8:00pm
Venue: 
Online Event

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Six Political Philosophies in Search of a Virus: critical perspectives on the coronavirus pandemic

LEQS Annual Lecture 2020

Speaker: Professor Gerard Delanty,  Professor of Sociology and Social & Political Thought at the University of Sussex, Brighton. Discussant: Dr Sonja Avlijaš, Research Associate at Sciences Po, Paris and Institute for Economic Sciences, Belgrade.

Hosted by the European Institute and LSE “Europe in Question” (LEQS) Discussion Paper Series

Date: Monday 15 June 2020 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Venue: 
Online Event

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The State of European Banking Union: two proposals to resurrect it

Speaker: Professor Luis Garicano, Member of the European Parliament and leader of Ciudadanos in Europe.

Date: Tuesday 25 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE.

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What has European Integration Ever Done for Us?

SpeakersProfessor Esra Özyürek, Professor in European Anthropology, European Institute, LSE; Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor, UNHCR’s Representative to the UK; and Professor Waltraud Schelkle, Professor in Political Economy at the European Institute, LSE.

Date: Wednesday 19 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE.

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Brexit and the Future of British Politics 

Speakers: Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions and Professor in the Department of Government and the European Institute, LSE; Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Buckingham; and Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy, LSE.

Date: Monday 17 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.

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How Can Peace be Measured?

Speaker: Professor Richard Caplan, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford and Professor Mary Kaldor, Professor of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit, LSE.

Date: Wednesday 12 February, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE.

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The Future of Anglo-German Relations: beyond Brexit 

Speakers: Professor Iain Begg, Academic Co-Director of the Dahrendorf Forum at LSE IDEAS and professorial research fellow at the European Institute; Rt Hon Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Conservative peer in the House of Lords and former Minister for Security and Counter Terrorism; and Dr. Norbert Röttgen, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the German Bundestag.

Date: Monday 3 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.

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Brexit: third time lucky?

Speakers: Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union and Labour Law at Trinity College, University of Cambridge; Professor Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London, and Director of the The UK in a Changing Europe; John Mills, founder and Chairman of JML, economist and author; Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor, CEBR and former Joint Head of the UK Government Economics Service; and Sir Ivan Rogers, former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union.

Date: Friday 31 January 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE.

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The Implications of Brexit for the UK Economy 

Speakers: Dr Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Strategist at challenger wealth manager Netwealth and Board Member of Bank of China (UK); Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor, CEBR and Professor John Van Reenen, former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service and Ronald Coase Chair in Economics, Department of Economics, LSE.

Date: Monday 27 January 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.

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Securing Freedom in the Age of Connectivity: Toward a Deeper German-British Partnership?

Thursday 16 January 2020, 17:30-19:00

Speaker: Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Germany’s Federal Minster of Defence and recently elected Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).

Date: Thursday 16 January, 17.30-19.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building

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Rethinking the governance of the EU and the euro: Hard-earned lessons

Speakers: George Papaconstantinou, former Greek Finance Minister; Professor Panicos Demetriades, former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus and former member of Governing Council of the European Central Bank.

Date: Monday 9 December, 18:30-20:00
Venue
: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.

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Europe 2020: the European year in review

Speakers: Dr Swati Dhingra, Associate Professor in Economics, LSE; Dr Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, European Institute, LSE; Dr Sara Hagemann, Academic Director for the LSE School of Public Policy, and Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, Department of Government, LSE.

Date: Tuesday 03 December 2019, 18:30-20:00 
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.

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French Muslims in Perspective: nationalism, post-colonialism and marginalisation under the Republic 

Speakers: Dr Fiona Adamson, Reader (Associate Professor) in International Relations, SOAS; Dr Joseph Downing, LSE Fellow in Nationalism, LSE European Institute.

Date: Wednesday 27 November, 18:30-20:00 
Venue: Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE.

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The Future of Football in Europe: access and sustainability

Speakers: Alasdair Bell, Deputy Secretary General of FIFA; Ebru Köksal, Senior Advisor, J Stern & Co and Chair, Women in Football; Umberto Gandini, Vice Chairman of the European Club Association and Gabriele Marcotti, Italian sports journalist, sports author, and radio-television presenter.

Date: Tuesday 19 November 2019, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, OId Building, LSE.

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The International Peace Architecture, the EU, and the Uncovering of the 'Counter-Peace'

Speaker: Professor Oliver Richmond, Professor of Politics, University of Manchester.

Date: Thursday 14 November, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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The UK and Germany in a Changing Europe

Speaker: H.E. Dr Peter Wittig, German Ambassador to the UK.

Date: Tuesday 12 November, 19:00-20:15
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE.

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Brexit meets its Halloween? Assessing the Immediate Future for the UK and the EU

Speakers: Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union and Labour Law at Trinity College, University of Cambridge; Vicky Pryce, former Joint Head of the UK Government Economics Service; Sir Ivan Rogers, former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union, and Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy and Professor in Practice, Department of Government, LSE.

Date: Thursday 31 October, 18:30-20:00                Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Trading Across the Globe: an analysis of the political economy of China and Europe

Speakers: Dr Robert Basedow, Assistant Professor in International Political Economy, LSE European Institute; Prof Dr DING Chun, Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre for European Studies, Fudan University; Dr YU Jie, Senior Research Fellow on China, Chatham House and Associate Fellow at LSE IDEAS and Dr Thomas Sampson, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE.

Date: Thursday 17 October, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, OId Building, LSE                          

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Challenges Facing the Euro

Speakers: François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France; Iain Begg, Professorial Research Fellow at the European Institute and Co-Director of the Dahrendorf Forum.

Date: Tuesday 17 September, 17.30-19.00
Venue: Old Theatre, OId Building, LSE.                  

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2018 - 2019

Britain and Europe: how did we get here, and where do we go next? (Maurice Fraser Annual Lecture Series)

Speaker: 
Rt Hon David Miliband, Former Foreign Secretary; President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee 

Date: Friday 21 June, 12.00 - 13.30
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE

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Afropean: notes from black Europe

Speaker: Johny Pitts, Author and Founder of Afropean.com

Date: Wednesday 5 June, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Anti-System Politics in Europe: the crisis of market liberalism in rich democracies (LEQS Annual Lecture 2019)

Speaker
: Jonathan Hopkin, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Government, LSE.

Date: Thursday 30 May, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation

Speaker: Sophie Pedder, Paris Bureau Chief of The Economist.

Date: Tuesday 21 May, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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What Might the European Elections Mean for the Future of the EU?

Speakers: Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent; Sara Hagemann, Associate Professor in European Politics, European Institute, LSE; Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, Department of Government, LSE.

Date: Thursday 16 May, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Brexit: re-thinking the future of higher education in the UK

Speakers: Julia Black, Strategic Director for Innovation, LSE; Edward Byrne, President & Principal, King’s College London; Nick Hillman, Director of Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI)

Date: Wednesday 1 May, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Taking Back Control? Brexit and the Future of Europe

Speaker: Wolfgang Streeck, Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne

Date: Friday 15 March, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Speaking Up for Brussels: reflections on the role of the European Commission

Speaker: Margaritis Schinas, European Commission Chief Spokesperson and Deputy Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communication

Date: Wednesday 13 March, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE

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Brexit: the future of Europe and the Franco-British relationships

Speaker: Nathalie Loiseau, French Minister for European Affairs

Date: Thursday 7 March, 12.30-13.30
Venue: The Long Room, 1st Floor, 29 Lincoln's Inn Fields

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Reflections on the Future of Europe with Paolo Gentiloni

Speaker: Paolo Gentiloni, Italian politician, member of the Democratic Party and former Prime Minister of Italy

Date: Wednesday 6 March, 12.30-14.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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The Haunting of Neo-liberalism

Speakers: Robert Eaglestone, Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought  Royal Holloway, University of London; Simon Glendinning, Head of the European Institute and Professor of European Philosophy, LSE and Maja Zehfuss, Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester

Date: Thursday 28 February, 18.00-19.00
Venue:
 Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building

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Brexit: the Constitution and the future of the UK

Speakers: Catherine Haddon, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government and Vernon Bogdanor, Research Professor, Centre for British Politics and Government, King's College London

Date: Tuesday 19 February, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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A Short History of Europe

Speaker: Sir Simon Jenkins, columnist for The Guardian, author and BBC broadcaster.

Date: Tuesday 12 February, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Brexit: with a little help from our friends

Speakers: HE Janice Charette, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; HE George Brandis QC, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; HE Foo Chi Hsia, High Commissioner of the Republic of Singapore to the United Kingdom; HE Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM QSO KStJ, New Zealand High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Date: Thursday 7 February, 18.30 - 20.00 
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE 

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What Now? The Political and Judicial Future of the Catalan Independentist Movement

Speakers: Aamer Anwar, Rector of the University of Glasgow and a criminal defence lawyer; Alfred Bosch, Catalan Minister of Foreign Action and Institutional Relations, Clara Ponsati Obiols, Former Minister of Education of Catalonia and Professor of Economics, University of St Andrews and José Ignacio Torreblanca, Head of the Madrid office of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Date: Thursday 31 January 2019, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Looking Ahead: the 89ers and the future of the EU

Speaker: Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford.

Date: Wednesday 30 January, 19.00-20.00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE. 

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Europe's Response to the Challenge of Migration and Security

Speaker: Dimitris Avramopoulos, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship

Date: Wednesday 23 January, 19.00-20.00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE. 

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What Now? The Political and Judicial Future of the Catalan Independentist Movement

Speakers: Aamer Anwar, Rector of the University of Glasgow and a criminal defence lawyer; Alfred Bosch, Catalan Minister of Foreign Action and Institutional Relations, Clara Ponsati Obiols, Former Minister of Education of Catalonia and Professor of Economics, University of St Andrews and José Ignacio Torreblanca, Head of the Madrid office of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Date: Thursday 31 January 2019, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Looking Ahead: the 89ers and the future of the EU

Speakers:Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford. 

Date: Wednesday 30 January 2019, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Europe's Response to the Challenge of Migration and Security

Speaker: Dimitris Avramopoulos, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship.

Date: Wednesday 23 January, 19.00-20.00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE. 

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How Far Has Brexit Reached? Taking Stock of Progress and Risks 

Speakers: Catherine Barnard, Professor in European Union Law and Employment Law at the University of Cambridge; Rain Newton-Smith, Chief Economist at the Confederation of British Industry; Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, LSE; Stephen Wall, Former British Ambassador to Portugal and Permanent Representative to the European Union.

Date: Wednesday 28 November 2018, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Brexit Forum: The UK and the EU; past, present and future

Speakers: Jennifer Jackson-Preece, Associate Professor of Nationalism, European Institute and Department of International Relations, LSE; Piers Ludlow, Professor of International History, Deputy Head of Department; Robert Saunders, Senior Lecturer in Modern British History, Queen Mary University; Karen Smith, Professor of International Relations, Director of the European Foreign Policy Unit 

Venue: Workspace 4, LSE Life, LSE Library
Date: Monday 26 November 2018, 19:15-20:30

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Managing heterogeneity in Europe: does one size fit all?

Speakers: Thomas Wieser, former President of the Economic and Financial Committee and of the Eurogroup Working Group.

Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE
Date: Tuesday 20 November 2018, 19.00 - 20.30

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The New Left and the New Right; Continuity, Rupture and the Politics of Emotion in Europe

Speakers: Bermhard Forchtner, Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Leicester; Jan Kubik, Professor of Slavonic and East European Studies; Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Professor of Education and Sociology, American University

Date: Monday 12 November, 18.00 - 20.00
Venue: CLM.5.02, Clement House, LSE

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Uncertain Futures: imaginaries, narratives, and calculation in the economy

Speakers: Jens Beckert, Director Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies; Richard Bronk, Visiting Fellow, European Institute, LSE; Waltraud Schelkle, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE; Ekaterina Svetlova, Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, University of Leicester and Lord Adair Turner, Chair, Institute of New Economic Thinking and the Energy Transitions Commission.

Date: Thursday 1 November, 18.30 - 20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building

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Brexit: Impact on Government and Parliament 

Speakers: Vernon Bogdanor, Professor of Government, Kings College, London; Joe Owen, Associate Director, Institute for Government Working on Brexit; Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy, LSE.

Date: Tuesday 23 October, 18:30 - 20:00
Venue: Wolfson Theatre. NAB

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Judging: a common or civil law legal system? 

Speaker: Vassilios Skouris, Former President of the European Court of Justice 

Date: Wednesday 10 October, 18:30 - 20:00
Venue: Sheik Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Banking on Markets; the transformation of bank-state ties in Europe and beyond

Speaker: Rachel Epstein, Professor of International Relations and European Politics, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver; Abby Innes, Assistant Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, LSE; Waltraud Schelkle, Associate Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, LSE.

Date: Tuesday 9 October, 18:30 - 20:00
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE

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Is a Rules Based, Open, Globalisation Still Worth Fighting For?

Speaker: Pascal Lamy, former General Director of the World Trade Organization

Date: Monday 8 October, 14:30 - 16:00
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE

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Reforms to Strengthen the European Monetary Union 

Speaker: Vítor Constâncio, Former Vice President of the European Central Bank and Former Governor of the Bank of Portugal 

Date Tuesday 2 October, 18:30 - 20:00 
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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How Does The Euro Shield Europe From Future Crises?

Speaker: Mário Centeno, President of the Eurogroup and Finance Minister of Portugal 

Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Date: Thursday 13 September, 18.30 - 20.00

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2017/2018

The Thatcher and Major Governments In Retrospect: reflections on 18 years in power  

The Maurice Fraser Annual Lecture Series

Location: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Date: Thursday 21 June, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke CH QC MP in conversation with Professor Tony Travers, Interim Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy and Professor Kevin Featherstone, Head of LSE European Institute
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How To Lose a Referendum

Date: Monday 4 June, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Jason Farrell, Sky News Senior Political Correspondent
Paul Goldsmith, Politics and Economics Teacher, Latymer Upper School and Author of the Goldblog
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The French Revolution: one year on

Date: Thursday 24 May, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers
: Jean Pisani-Ferry, Professor at Sciences Po Paris and the Hertie School of Governance Berlin, Mercator Senior Fellow at Bruegel and Programme and Ideas Director for Emmanuel Macron's presidential campaign
Christine Ockrent, Journalist, Broadcaster, Editor-In-Chief of L'Express and former Chief Operating Officer of France 24 and RFI
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Counter Revolution: liberal Europe in retreat

Date: Wednesday 16 May, 18.30 - 20.00
Speaker: Jan Zielonka, Professor of European Politics and Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford
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The Other Neoliberalism: German Ordoliberalism after the Euro crisis

Date: Thursday 10 May, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Michelle Everson, Professor of Law, School of Law, Birkbeck University of London
Albert Weale, Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, Department of Political Science, UCL
Jonathan White, Professor of Political Science, LSE European Institute
David Woodruff, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, LSE Department of Government
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The Catalan Crisis: populism and secessionism

Date: Tuesday 8 May, 18.30 - 20.00
Speaker: Dr Pedro Sanchez, Secretary General of PSOE (Spanish Socialists and Workers' Party), leader of the Spanish opposition and vice president of the Socialist International
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Europe In a Map: people and borders in times of change

Date: Wednesday 2 May, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Simon Glendinning, Professor of European Philosophy, LSE European Institute and Director of the Forum for European Philosophy
Elspeth Guild, Jean Monnet Professor ad personam, Queen Mary University of London and Radboud University Nijmegen
Natascha Zaun, Assistant Professor in Migration Studies, LSE European Institute
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Euroscepticism and the Future Of European Integration

Date: Thursday 26 April, 18.30 - 20.00 Speakers: Tony Barber, Europe Editor of the Financial Times Catherine De Vries, Professor of Politics and Director of the Essex Centre of Experimental Social Science, Department of Government, University of Essex Simon Hix, Harold Laski Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, LSE
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The Greco-German Affair In the Euro Crisis: mutual recognition lost?

Date: Tuesday 20 March, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni, PhD student, LSE European Institute
Kalypso Nicolaïdis, Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for International Studies, University of Oxford
Claudia Sternberg, Senior Research Associate, UCL European Institute
Jonathan White, Professor of Politics, LSE European Institute
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Article 50: one year on

Date: 12 March 2018
Speakers: Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law, University of Cambridge
Simon Hix, Harold Laski Professor of Political Science, LSE Department of Government
Jill Rutter, Programme Director for Brexit, Institute for Government
Tony Travers, Director, LSE Institute of Public Affairs
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The Brexit Negotiations: the view from Brussels

Date: Monday 5 March, 18.30 - 20.00
Speaker: Stefaan De Rynck, Senior Adviser to Michael Barnier (Chief EU Negotiator for Brexit) and Professor, College of Europe

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Brexit: what next?

Date: Thursday 1 March, 18.30 - 20.00     
Speaker: Hilary Benn, Labour MP for Leeds Central and Chair of the Select Committee on Exiting the European Union

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Perspectives for the European Common Security and Defence Policy

Date: Wednesday 28 February, 16.00 - 17.15  Speaker: Ursula von der Leyen, German Minister of Defence
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The Impact Of Brexit On London 

Date: Tuesday 27 February, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Naomi Clayton, Policy and Research Manager, Centre for Cities
Niamh Moloney, Professor of Law, LSE Law Department
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Combatting the Five Giants In Twenty-First Century European Welfare States

Date: Thursday 21 February 2018, 16.00 - 17.15 
Speakers: Kathleen Henehan, Resolution Foundation
Professor Nicola Lacey, School Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy at LSE and an Associate Member of the International Inequalities Institute
Stewart Wood Baron Wood of Anfield
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Citizens' Basic Income Day

Date: 20 February 2018, 09.00 - 17.45
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Academic Freedom and the New Populism

Date: 8 February 2018, 18.30 - 20.00
Speaker: Michael Ignatieff, Rector and President of Central European University
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What Do the Italian Elections Mean For Europe?

Date: Wednesday 31 January 2018, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Francesco Caselli, Norman Sosnow Professor at the LSE Department of Economics
Lorenzo Codogno, Visiting Professor in Practice at the LSE European Institute
Miriam Sorace, Fellow in EU Politics at the LSE European Institute
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Economic Convergence In the Euro Area: coming together or drifting apart?

Date: Monday 29 January, 12.30 - 14.00
Speaker: Jeffrey Franks, Director of the IMF Europe Office and Senior Resident Representative to the European Union

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Clean Brexit: why leaving the EU still makes sense

Date: 17 January 2018, 18.30 - 20.00
Speakers: Liam Halligan, British economist, journalist and broadcaster
Dr Gerard Lyons, leading UK and international economist and writer
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Challenges For the Eurozone

Date: Thursday 11 January, 18.30 - 20.00 Speaker: Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President of the Eurogroup and former Netherlands Minister of Finance Listen to podcast


Less Populist, More Popular: my vision for the EU in 2018

Date: 18 December 2017
Speaker: Pierre Moscovici, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
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The Brexit Alternatives and Their Implications 

Date: 27 November 2017
Speakers: Joachim Blatter, Professor of Political Science, University of Lucerne
Erik O. Eriksen, Director of ARENA and Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo
Sieglinde Gstöhl, Director of the Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies, College of Europe
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The Implications Of Brexit For Human Rights In the UK 

Date: 22 November 2017
Speaker: Conor O' Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law, LSE Department of Law
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The Future Of the Euro

Date: 21 November 2017
Speaker: Paul de Grauwe, John Paulson Chair in European Political Economy, LSE European Institute
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Regional Economic Impacts Of Brexit

Date: 15 November 2017
Speakers: Swati Dhingra, Lecturer in Economics, LSE Department of Economics
Henry Overman, Professor of Economic Geography, LSE Department of Geography and Environment
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The Backlash Against Immigration and the Fate Of Western Democracy

Date: 8 November 2017
Speaker: Sasha Polakow-Suransky, Open Society Foundations Fellow
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The Brexit Negotiations: make or break?

Date: 2 November 2017 
Speakers: Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, LSE European Institute
Philippe Legrain, founder of think tank Open and Senior Visiting Fellow, European Institute 
John Rentoul, Chief Political Commentator for The Independent and Visiting Professor, King's College London
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No More Cake and Eat It: making a Brexit deal for workers

Date: 31 October 2017 
Speaker: Frances O'Grady, TUC General Secretary
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UK and EU Foreign Policy Challenges Following Brexit

Date: 25 October 2017
Speaker: Karen Smith, Professor of International Relations, Department of International Relations, LSE 
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The Impact Of Brexit On European Financial Centres

Date: 23 October 2017, 18.30 - 20.00
Speaker: Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Finance Minister
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Orbán's Hungary: an exception or a role model for Central and Eastern Europe? 

Date: 18 October 2017
Speaker: Paul Lendvai, Hungarian-born Austrian journalist and author
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The Political Economy Of Monetary Solidarity: understanding the Euro experiment

Date: 12 October 2017
Speakers: Philippe Legrain, think tank Open, Senior Visiting Fellow, LSE European Institute
Jonathan White, Professor of Politics, LSE European Institute
Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy, University of Cambridge
Dr Waltraud Schelkle, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE European Institute
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The Future Of Europe Post-Brexit

Date: 28 September 2017
Speaker: Guy Verhofstadt, Head of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament and the Brexit negotiation team
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Can National Politics Still Support International Integration? The case of the EU

Date: 25 September 2017
Speaker: Professor Mario Monti, Head of Bocconi University
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A Changing Germany In a Changing Europe? The German elections and their implications for Europe

Date: 14 September 2017 
Speakers: Professor William Paterson, Aston University
Christian Odendahl, Centre for European Reform
Dr Natascha Zaun, Assistant Professor in Migration Studies, LSE European Institute  
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2016/2017

First Confession: a sort of memoir

Date: 11 July 2017 
Speaker: Chris Patten, Chancellor of Oxford University
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Managing the Complexity: what Brexit could mean for British business

Date: 6 July 2017
Speaker: Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI Director General
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Britain and France

Date: 29 June 2017
Speaker: Edward Llewellyn, UK Ambassador in France
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Illiberal Democracy in Unstable Times: the perils of democracy in Central & Eastern Europe

Date: 18 May 2017
Speakers: Professor Miklos Haraszti, Dr Denisa Kostovicova, Professor Jan Zielonka
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Israel and the World Economy: the power of globalisation

Date: 4 May 2017
Speaker: Assaf Razin, Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University
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Whither Europe? Historical Perspectives in 2017

Date: Thursday 27 April 2017
Speakers: Michael Cox, Director of LSE IDEAS and LSE Emeritus Professor of International Relations 
Dr. Abby Innes, Assistant Professor of Political Economy at LSE's European Institute
Professor Mike Savage, Martin White Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of LSE International Inequalities Institute
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The Treaty Of Rome 60 Years On: are the founding fathers still relevant today?

Date: 21 March 2017
Speakers: Etienne Davignon, Professor Hellen Wallace
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The Road To Somewhere: the populist revolt and the future of politics

Date: 20 March 2017
Speaker: David Goodhart
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The French Presidential Election: implications for France and Europe

Date: 21 March 2017
Speakers: Christian Lequesne, Francoise Boucek, John Peet
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Britain, Brexit and the EU: was this a love affair gone wrong or always an unhappy marriage of convenience?

Date: 6 March 2017
Speaker: Stephen Wall
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Protecting Children In War and Conflict: European and global implications for child rights

Date: 12 January 2017
Speaker: Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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Britain and Europe: Towards Brexit? LSE European Institute 25th Anniversary panels on Brexit

Date: 8 December 2016
Speakers: Professor Julia Black, Professor Sara Hobolt, Professor Niamh Maloney, Professor Danuta Hübner, Professor Samuel Fankhauser, Professor Simona Iammarino, Professor Iain Begg, Professor Paul De Grauwe, Professor Tony Travers, Dr Jennifer Jackson Preece
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2017: will the EU survive?

Date: 1 December 2016
Speakers: Agata Gostynska-Jakubowska, Professor Philippe Marlière, Professor Anand Menon, Bojan Pancevski, Michiel van Hulten
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Europe's Incompatible Trinities

Date: 21 November 2016
Speakers: Marco Buti, Paul de Grauwe, Mareike Kleine
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Iceland's Road to Recovery - Key Lessons

Date: 19 October 2016
Speaker: Lilja Alfreðsdóttir
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EU and Brexit

Date: 23 September 2016
Speaker: Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament
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Britain After Brexit: will something continue to turn up?

Date: 20 September 2016
Speaker: David Smith, Economics Editor for The Sunday Times
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2015/2016

The Euro and Its Threat To Europe

Date: 30 August 2016
Speaker: Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia Business School and Chair of the Management Board and Director of Graduate Summer Programs, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester
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Should we stay or should we go now? LSE European Institute "Europe in Question" Annual Lecture 2016

Date: 10 May 2016
Speaker: Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography and Fellow of St Peter’s College, University of Oxford 
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The World’s Climate Capital? COP21 and the Greening of Paris

Date: 15 March 2016
Speaker: Celia Blauel, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of the Environment, Sustainable Development, the Climate Plan for Energy and Hydric resources since 2014 
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How to boost growth as the Oil Price Falls: transformation and reform of the Norwegian economy

Date: 11 March 2016
Speaker: Siv Jensen, Norwegian Minister of Finance (2013- )
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Too Important To Fail: humanitarian financing in a more fragile world

Date: 10 March 2016
Speaker: Kristalina Georgieva, Vice-President of the European Commission for Budget and former Humanitarian Aid Commissioner
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Managing Europe: what is Germany's responsibility?

Date: 3 March 2016
Speaker: Dr Wolfgang Schäuble, German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) politician, served as German Federal Minister of Finance in the second and third Merkel cabinets
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One School, Two Visions Literary Festival 2016

Date: 25 February 2016
Speakers: Professor Michael Cox, Director of LSE IDEAS
Professor Chandran Kukathas, Head of the Department of Government, LSE
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Britain and the EU: a view from the European Parliament

Date: 5 February 2016
Speaker: Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament
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Hungarian Perspective On the Future Of Europe

Date: 4 February 2016
Speaker: Mr Péter Szijjártó, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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How Growth Regimes Change: the co-evolution of economics and politics in the developed democracies

Date: 8 December 2015
Speaker: Professor Peter A. Hall, LSE Centennial Professor and Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies at Harvard University
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Unstable Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood: a range of threats to European security

Date: 26 November 2015
Speaker: Edgars Rinkevics, Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Europe's Perfect Storm: racism, anti-Semitism, terrorism and resurgent nationalism

Date: 23 November 2015
Speaker: Michel Wieviorka, Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and President of the Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme
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Next Steps In EU Antitrust Law: boosting national enforcement

Date: 20 November 2015
Speaker: Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition, former Danish Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior and former Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark
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Climate Change and Migration To Europe

Date: 18 November 2015
Speakers: Professor Neil Adger, Mary Robinson, Alain Le Roy
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The Way Forward For Europe: a union of solidarity and differentiation?

Date: 24 September 2015
Speaker: Emmanuel Macron 
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2014/2015

Philosophy, the Public and Other Subjects

Date: 10 February 2015
Speaker: Professor Simon Glendinning, Professor of European Philosophy at LSE
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A Stress Test Of the Welfare State

Date: 2 February 2015
Speaker: Tito Boeri, Professor of Economics and Dean for Research, Bocconi University, Milan and BP Centennial Professor at the LSE
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The Return Of the 'German Question'

Date: 26 January 2015
Speakers: Hans Kundnani, Research Director, European Council on Foreign Relations and Associate Fellow, Birmingham University
Quentin Peel, Mercator Senior Fellow, Chatham House
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Being German, Becoming Muslim: race, religion and conversion in the new Europe

Date: 21 January 2015
Speakers: Esra Özyürek, Associate Professor in Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE European Institute
Ruth Mandel, Reader in Social Anthropology, University College London
Nasar Meer, Reader in Comparative Social Policy and Citizenship, Strathclyde University and Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Fellow
Joel Robbins, Sigrid Rausing Professor in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
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What Europe?

Date: 17 November 2014
Speakers: Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford, and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Renaud Dehousse, Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Law and Political Science, Sciences Po, Paris
Giuseppe Laterza, Chairman, Laterza Publishing
Jan Zielonka, Professor of European Politics and Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford 
Recorded: 17 November 2014 
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The Limits Of Transformation From Above: Turkey since 1914

Date: 11 November 2014
Speaker: Çağlar Keyder, Centennial Professor, LSE European Institute and Professor, Department of Sociology, Boğaziçi University
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From Ukraine To Syria: what foreign policy priorities for the new European Commission?
In partnership with ECFR and the EU Commission

Date: 3 November 2014
Speakers: Nick Witney, Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR
Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, LSE
Quentin Peel, Senior Fellow, Chatham House
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Transatlantic Free Trade: the final push? British, French and US Perspectives on a TTIP agreement

Date: 13 October 2014
Speakers: Pascal Lamy, Former Director General of the World Trade Organisation (2005-13)
Sir Peter Ricketts, British Ambassador to France
Sylvie Bermann, French Ambassador to the UK
Peter Sutherland, Chair of the LSE Council, Chairman of Goldman Sachs International and Former Director General of the World Trade Organisation (1993-95)
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2013/2014

The 2014 EP Elections: a victory for European democracy?

Date: 2 June 2014
Speakers: Dr Sara Hagemann, Professor Iain Begg, Dr Mareike Kleine
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From Subsidy To Strategic Investment: what can the EU's new reformed Regional Policy do for growth and jobs in 2014 - 2020?

Date: 28 May 2014
Speakers: Johannes Hahn, European commissioner for Regional and Urban Policy, in conversation with Professor Iain Begg
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Fixing Europe Dialogue 2: John Peet and Hugo Dixon

Date: 27 May 2014
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Fixing Europe Dialogue 1: Roger Bootle and Philippe Legrain

Date: 12 May 2014
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European Parliamentary Elections: what’s at stake?

Date: 30 April 2014
Speakers: Professor Maurice Fraser, Stuart Wheeler, Mark Leonard, Dr Sara Hagemann
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The EU Economy After the Great Recession

Date: 29 April 2014
Speaker: Pier Carlo Padoan, Italian Minister of Economy and Finance
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Discovering Cooperation In Regional Organizations: is the European Union a paragon?

Date: 18 March 2014
Speaker: Professor Gary Marks 
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A Crisis of European Democracy?

Date: 11 March 2014
Speakers: Catherine de Vries, Claes de Vreese, Mark Franklin, James Tilley
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Accountability and Efficiency In the European Union: twenty years of co-decision

Date: 6 March 2014
Speakers: Sara Hagemann, LSE European Institute
Fergal O’Regan, Head of Unit at the European Ombudsman
Anthony Teasdale, Director General, European Parliamentary Research Service and Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE European Institute 
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The UK and the EU: sovereign illusions in an age of interdependence

Date: 5 March 2014
Speaker: Alexander Stubb, Finnish Minister for European affairs and Foreign Trade 
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Surprise What Surprise?: the old 'new' nationalisms in post-security Europe

Date: 26 February 2014
Speaker: Professor Mabel Berezin, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Cornell University
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The United Kingdom and the European Parliament Elections: voting for, against or about the European Union?

Date: 12 February 2014
Speakers: Professor Vernon Bogdanor, Professor Simon Hix, Professor Damian Chalmers and Mats Persson
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Winning and Losing From EU Enlargement: politics and principles

Date: 11 February 2014
Speakers: Lord Timothy Boswell and Robert Cooper
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The Rise of Euroscepticism: causes and prospects

Date: 30 January 2014
Speakers: Matthew Goodwin, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham
Peter Kellner, President of YouGov (2007 -) and former Political Editor of New Statesman 
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Insurance and Adjustment In a Diverse Monetary Union: what can the Eurozone learn from the UK?

Date: 29 January 2014
Speakers: Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Alberto Montagnoli, Danuta Hübner, Julia Darby
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Structural Reforms To Stimulate Growth: more pain for workers and another credit bubble in the making?

Date: 4 December 2013
Speakers: Tito Boeri, Gilles Saint-Paul and Laurence Boone
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An Industrial Compact for Europe

Date: 3 December 2013
Speaker: Antonio Tajani
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European Competitiveness: is completing the single market the key?

Date: 21 November 2013
Speakers: Yiannos Papantoniou, Damian Chalmers and Sebastien Dullien
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Macroeconomic Stabilisation In Times Of Austerity: how can national income be anchored again?

Date: 20 November 2013
Speakers: Lucrezia Reichlin, Martin Weale, Paul De Grauwe 
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Competition Policy: European and global perspectives

Date: 11 November 2013
Speaker: Joaquín Almunia, Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Competition (2010 - 2014)
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The UK In the EU Single Market: what next? Opportunities and challenges

Date: 17 October 2013
Speaker: Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services 
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Can the European Union Reconnect With Its Citizens?

Date: 14 October 2013
Speaker: Gavin Hewitt, BBC Europe Editor 
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The 2014 European Elections: why this time will be different

Date: 2 October 2013
Speakers: Simon Hix, Professor of European and Comparative Politics, LSE
Doru Frantescu, VoteWatch Policy Director
Mats Persson, Open Europe Director
Gergely Polner, Head of Public Affairs at European Parliament UK Office
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The Future Of Europe’s Economy: deliverance or disaster?

Date: 18 September 2013
Speakers: Paul De Grauwe, Holger Schmieding, George Magnus, Thomas Mayer
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2012/2013

Why Europe Matters: the case for the European Union

Date: 17 June 2013
Speaker: John McCormick, Professor of European Union Politics, Indiana University
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Representing Europeans: a pragmatic approach

Date: 6 June 2013
Speaker: Professor Richard Rose, Visiting Professor, European University Institute, Florence
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France’s Place In Europe: one year into the Socialist Presidency

Date: 5 June 2013
Speaker: Jean-François Copé, founder of think tank Generation France and leader of the French opposition
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The Lost Continent: Europe's darkest hour since World War Two

Date: 8 May 2013
Speaker: Gavin Hewitt, BBC Europe Editor
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Britain and the EU: an ever-closer union of peoples?

Date: 2 May 2013
Speaker: Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Conservative Member of Parliament for Kensington and former Foreign Secretary
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Ireland's Economic Recovery and the EU Presidency: stability, jobs and growth

Date: 11 March 2013
Speaker: Enda Kenny, Taoiseach of Ireland
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Why I Am a Euro-optimist

Date: 4 March 2013
Speaker: Alain Juppé, Former Prime Minister of France
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Literary Festival 2013: My Mediterranean

Date: 1 March 2013
Speaker: David Abulafia, Professor of Mediterranean History, University of Cambridge
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EU At a Cross-road and the Future Of Our European Project: a view from Central Europe

Date: 13 February 2013
Speaker: Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
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Geopolitical Oblivion Or a Pragmatic Approach? Britain, the EU and European foreign policy in 2012

Date: 6 February 2013
Speakers: Helga Schmid, Deputy Secretary General, EEAS
Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times
Dr Heather Grabbe, Director, Open Society European Policy Institute
Dr Spyros Economides, LSE European Institute
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Perspectives On the European Crisis From a Small Open Economy

Date: 16 January 2013
Speaker: Anders Borg, Swedish Minister for Finance
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Blaming Europe? Citizens, Governments and the Media

Date: 5 December 2012
Speaker: Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions at the LSE European Institute
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The Future Of the European Union After the Euro Crisis: political union and its discontents

Date: 3 December 2012
Speakers: Ulrike Guérot, ECFR Representative for Germany
José Ignacio Torreblanca, El Pais columnist and Head of ECFR Madrid
Mark Leonard, Co-Founder and Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations
Anthony Teasdale, Director, EU Internal Policies, in the secretariat of the European Parliament and LSE Senior Visiting Fellow
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The Eurozone’s Design Failures: can they be corrected?

Date: 28 November 2012
Speaker: Professor Paul De Grauwe, John Paulson Chair in European Political Economy and Head of the LSE European Institute
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Europe's Unfinished Currency: the political economics of the Euro

Date: 1 November 2012
Speaker: Dr Thomas Mayer, Senior Fellow at the Center of Financial Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt
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Strengthening Competitiveness and Growth In Europe

Date: 30 October 2012
Speaker: Philipp Rösler, German Vice-Chancellor
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The Mediterranean: an opportunity?

Date: 26 October 2012
Speaker: Lawrence Gonzi, Prime Minister of Malta
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Spain's Economic Policy Strategy

Date: 4 October 2012
Speaker: Luis de Guindos, Spanish Minister of the Economy and Competitiveness
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A European Policy Outlook: the crisis and beyond

Date: 17 September 2012
Speaker: Pierre Moscovici, French Finance Minister
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2011/2012

Philosophy and European Union

Date: 19 June 2012
Speaker: Simon Glendinning, Reader in European Philosophy, LSE European Institute and Director of the LSE Forum for European Philosophy
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Freud On Translation

Date: 6 June 2012
Speaker: Robert J. C. Young, Julius Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature, New York University
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How Can European Migration Policies Promote Development?

Date: 23 May 2012
Speakers: Tobias Billström, Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, in conversation with Peter Sutherland, United Nations Special Representative for Migration
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The Eurozone's Awkward Threesome: fiscal stance, macroeconomic stability and growth

Date: 8 May 2012
Speaker: Leszek Balcerowicz, former Polish Deputy Prime Minister
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On Guilt

Date: 8 May 2012
Speakers: Robert Eaglestone, Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought, Royal Holloway, University of London
Edward Harcourt, University Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Oxford 
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Can Greece Get Out Of the Crisis?

Date: 28 March 2012
Speakers: Dimitris Daskalopoulos, Chairman of the Board of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises
Moritz Kraemer, Managing Director EMEA, Standard & Poor's
Vicky Pryce, Senior Managing Director - Economics, FTI Economics
Poul Thomsen, Deputy Director, European Department of the International Monetary Fund and Head of the Troika Programme for Greece
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Re-Thinking Alienation

Date: 13 March 2012
Speaker: Rahel Jaeggi, Professor of Practical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
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Growth For Europe: resuscitating the single market

Date: 29 February 2012
Speaker: Petr Nečas, former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
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Literary Festival 2012: the Culture of Europe

Date: 29 February 2012
Speakers: Sir Roger Scruton in conversation with Professor Maurice Fraser, LSE Senior Fellow in European Politics 
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