Autumn 2007 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdf

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Autumn 2007 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdf

Audio and pdf files from LSE's autumn 2007 programme of public lectures and events.

  1. 2007/12/06

    Human Rights in the 21st century: problems and prospects

    Contributor(s): Kenneth Roth | In the past decade, Human Rights Watch has emerged as one of the leading human rights organisations in the world, its reports increasingly acclaimed for their accuracy and for the depth of their human rights advocacy. Executive Director Kenneth Roth discusses the human rights landscape in the Centre's annual Human Rights Day lecture: What have been the main challenges that Human Rights Watch has faced as it has worked to achieve this position? How has the organisation adapted to the new climate of opinion after 11 September 2001 and to the new militarism of the Bush years? What are the key challenges that human rights NGOs face in the world today? With an eye to the future, what is the current state of health of the human rights ideal?

    1 小时 28 分钟

  2. 2007/12/06

    Why is it Always 'Us' and 'Them': on the natural history of thinking through groups

    Contributor(s): Professor Lawrence Hirschfeld | This event presents recent findings about representations of social categories that have potential relevance for anthropology, psychology and evolutionary biology.Lawrence Hirschfeld is professor of psychology and anthropology at the New School for Social Research, New York.

    1 小时 30 分钟

  3. 2007/12/05

    The United States - Dangerous Nation?

    Contributor(s): Dr Robert Kagan | The years immediately following the end of the Cold War offered a tantalising glimpse at the possibility of a new kind of international order, but that was a mirage.Robert Kagan is senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund.

    1 小时 21 分钟

  4. 2007/12/05

    Shared Protection, Shared Values: Next Steps on Migration

    Contributor(s): Jacqui Smith MP | Jacqui Smith is Home Secretary, a position she has held since June 2007. Prior to this she held several ministerial posts. From 1999 she served for two years as parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Education. In 2001 she was promoted to minister of state for health with responsibility for social services. She was promoted again to be minister of state at the Department for Trade and Industry, and deputy minister for women. After the 2005 general election she became minister of state for schools. In May 2006 she joined the cabinet as chief whip.

    53 分钟

  5. 2007/12/04

    Escaping the Prisoners' Dilemma

    Contributor(s): Professor Nicola Lacey | Only by understanding the institutional preconditions for a tolerant criminal justice system can we think clearly about the possible options for reform within the British system.

    1 小时 9 分钟

  6. 2007/11/29

    France and Britain in Europe and the World: let's seize the opportunities

    Contributor(s): Gérard Errera | Most would agree that what unites those 'sweet enemies', France and Britain, is much greater than what divides them. But how can shared perspectives and interests be translated into practical strategies which will make a real difference to the world? Girard Errera is French ambassador to the UK.

    1 小时 26 分钟

  7. 2007/11/29

    The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight against AIDS

    Contributor(s): Helen Epstein | This lecture is one event in the LSEAIDS series of Public Lectures on HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases and Reproductive Health funded by the Department for International Development (DFID).

    1 小时 14 分钟

  8. 2007/11/29

    Turning Risk into Opportunity: An insider's guide to entrepreneurial strategy

    Contributor(s): Sir Ronald Cohen | Sir Ronald Cohen is a founder of the private-equity industry in Europe and one of the world's leading private equity investors. At the age of 26, he co-founded the firm that became Apax Partners. When he stepped down from the chairmanship thirty-three years later, Apax was the largest global private-equity firm founded in Europe. He is currently chairman of Bridges Ventures and The Portland Trust. He was knighted in 2001 for his services to venture capital.

    1 小时 9 分钟
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