Atomized incorporation: Chinese workers and the aftermath of China's rise

Wednesday 19 March 2025, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre

Author Sungmin Rho discusses her recently published book Atomized Incorporation: Chinese Workers and the Aftermath of China's Rise. The panel will discuss debates around how China copes with the aftermath of its economic rise, as export-led growth becomes no longer sustainable.

Meet our speakers and chair:

Dr Sungmin Rho, Associate Professor of International Relations and Political Science at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Switzerland

Discussants:

Dr Boram Lee, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, LSE

Ruofan Ma, PhD student in the Department of Government at Harvard University

Chair:

Dr Natalya Naqvi, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, LSE

This public event is free and open to all on a first come, first served basis. No registration is required.

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The future of Europe's security after three years of war in Ukraine: approaching crunch time?

Thursday 20 March 2025, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Old Theatre, Old Building

For three years now, Russia has been waging a war of aggression against Ukraine. For three years, Ukraine has endured massive violence, suffering and destruction with resolve and determination. What is clear is that the outcome of the war will be decisive not only for the future of Ukraine but for the shape of the European political and security architecture.

A panel of practitioners and experts will address some of the key questions on the current agenda, right after the third anniversary of Russia’s aggression. 

Meet our speakers and chair:

Ambassador Pierre Vimont is a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Europe Foundation, former French Ambassador to the United States, and Executive Secretary General of the European External Action Service. He is also an Ambassador of France, a lifetime distinction. 

Charles Grant is Director of the Centre for European Reform (CER). In January 1998 he left The Economist to become the CER’s first – and so far only – director. He is the author of numerous CER reports, including Russia, China and global governance (2012), How to build a modern European Union (2013) and Relaunching the EU (2017). 

Armida van Rij is a Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, and heads up the Europe Programme. She spearheads the Institute’s initiatives on the future of the EU, European security policy, and Europe’s role in the world. 

Chair:

Karen E Smith is a Professor of International Relations at LSE. Her main area of research is the ‘international relations of the European Union’, and she has written extensively on the formulation and implementation of common EU foreign policies.

This public event is free and open to all. No ticket or pre-registration is required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

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Queer conflict research: new approaches to the study of political violence

Wednesday 26 March 2025 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre

Join us for a book launch: Jamie Hagen, Samuel Ritholtz, and Andrew Delatolla recently published an edited volume Queer Conflict Research: New Approaches to the Study of Political Violence (Bristol University Press, 2024). The volume provides a guide to the use of methodologies drawn from Queer Studies in the study of political violence and conflict.

Meet our speakers and chair:

Dr Jamie J Hagen is a Lecturer in Global Politics at the University of Manchester. Her work sits at the intersection of gender, security studies, and queer theory. 

Dr Samuel Ritholtz is Departmental Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford, in association with St Hilda’s College. Their research explores LGBTIQ+ experiences of conflict, crisis, and displacement in the Americas with a particular focus on Colombia.

Dr Andrew Delatolla is a Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Leeds. His research interests centre on the intersections of race and sexuality in relation to statehood and state formation with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa. 

Chair:

Dr Milli Lake is an Associate Professor of International Security in thr Department of International Relations at LSE. Her research and expertise lies in political violence, institutions, law, poverty, and gender.

This public event is free and open to all on a first come, first served basis. No registration is required.

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Greenland, Iceland and the meltdown of the old order in the North Atlantic

Tuesday 6 May 2025 6.30pm to 8.00pm
In-person and online (LSE Campus, Venue tbc to ticketholders)

President Trump’s determination to increase American influence and presence in Greenland has generated great interest in the future of the world’s largest island and its surrounding regions in the Arctic and the North Atlantic. Iceland is Greenland’s closest neighbour in Europe. In 1944, Iceland declared full independence from Denmark, at a time when Greenland was still a Danish colony. This event will focus on the current position and future developments of these two countries in the Arctic and the North Atlantic at large.

Meet our speakers:

Gudni Jóhannesson is a professor of history at the University of Iceland. From 2016-2024, he was President of Iceland. 

Kristina Spohr is Professor of International History at LSE. 

Chair:

Jeffrey Chwieroth is Professor of International Political Economy, and Head of Department, in the Department of International Relations, LSE.

This public event is free and open to all. This event will be a hybrid event, with an in-person audience and an online audience. 

For the in-person event: Members of the public, LSE students, staff and alumni can request one ticket via the online ticket request form which will be live on this listing after 10am on Monday 28 April until at least 12 noon on Tuesday 29 April. If after this time we have received more requests than there are tickets available, the line will be closed, and tickets will be allocated on a random basis to those requests received. If we have received fewer requests than tickets available, the ticket line will stay open until all tickets have been allocated. You will be notified within 2 working days whether your ticket request has been successful.

For the online event: Registration for this event via LSE Live will open in mid April.

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Revolutions and world order: still the 'Sixth Great Power'?

Department of International Relations Fred Halliday Memorial Lecture 2024/25

Tuesday 27 May 2025, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
In-person and online public event
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, CKK Building

Revolutions appear to be everywhere – on the streets of Yangon, Tbilisi and Damascus, in the potential of technologies to reshape people’s lives, and in everyday cultural practices: films, art, music and more. But can revolution really be street mobilisation, technological breakthrough and cultural form at the same time? If revolution is everywhere, perhaps it is nowhere. 

Writing 25 years ago, Fred Halliday argued that revolutions were the “sixth great power” of the modern world, a force that sat alongside the five great powers that sought to regulate 19^th century world politics. This lecture examines whether Halliday’s assessment of the impact of revolutions remains true today, particularly given the fracturing of revolution as both concept and practice.

Meet our speakers and chair

George Lawson is a professor in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University. 

Jasmine Gani is Assistant Professor in International Relations Theory at LSE. She specialises in anti-colonial theory and history, and the politics of empire, race and knowledge production. 

Rohan Mukherjee is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations and Deputy Director of LSE IDEAS. His research focuses on rising powers and how they navigate the power and status hierarchies of international order. 

This public event is free and open to all. This event will be a hybrid event, with an in-person audience and an online audience.

For the in-person event: No ticket or pre-registration is required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries see LSE Events FAQ.

For the online event: Registration for this event via LSE Live will open in mid April.

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Find out more about Fred Halliday and previous memorial lectures.

Economic nationalism and global (dis)order

Department of International Relations Martin Wight Memorial Lecture 2024/25

Monday 9 June 2025 6.30pm to 8.00pm
In-person and online public event
Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

Join us for this year's Martin Wight Memorial Lecture which will be delivered by Robert Falkner who will explore the rise of economic nationalism amidst growing geopolitical rivalry.

The lecture will be based on his new co-authored book, The Market in Global International Society: An English School Perspective on International Political Economy.

Meet our speaker and chair

Robert Falkner is Professor of International Relations at LSE and the Academic Dean of the TRIUM Global Executive MBA. He held academic positions at the universities of Oxford, Kent and Essex before joining LSE. 

Katerina Dalacoura is Associate Professor in International Relations at LSE. She was awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust for her project, entitled The International Thought of Turkish Islamists: History, Civilisation and Nation.

This public event is free and open to all. This event will be a hybrid event, with an in-person audience and an online audience.

For the in-person event: No ticket or pre-registration is required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries see LSE Events FAQ.

For the online event: Registration for this event via LSE Live will open in mid April.

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For any queries email events@lse.ac.uk.

Find out more about Martin Wight and previous memorial lectures.