Spring Term: Ralph Miliband Programme Events

LSE Ralph Miliband Programme

Generations

Spring

2019

Wednesday 23rd January, 6:30-8 pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE

Generations of Feminism?


Speakers: Avtar Brah, Clare Hemmings and Imaobong Umoren

We often talk about different generations of feminism, but do these distinctions make sense?

Our panel examines what differences and similarities there might be between generations of feminists


Avtar Brah
is Professor Emerita at Birkbeck College, University of London

Clare Hemmings is Professor of Feminist Theory at LSE

Imaobong Umoren is Assistant Professor in the Department of International History at LSE

Thursday 14th March, 6:30-8 pm, Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

Social Care in Crisis: What Are the Solutions?


Speaker: Pat Thane

The social and health needs of older people are not easily separable. But care has been institutionally separate since 1948.

Did this help create the current crisis?

Pat Thane is Research Professor in Contemporary History, King’s College London

Monday 18th March, 6:30-8 pm, Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

Silences of the Great War:

All the Things We Cannot Hear


Speaker: Jay Winter

Silence itself is a language of memory. Jay Winter explores the dialectic between silence and sound

in the auditory history of the Great War.

Jay Winter is Charles J Stille Professor of History Emeritus, Yale University

Tuesday 26th March, 6:30-8 pm, Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

Intergenerational Justice and Generational Sovereignty:

Brexit and Climate Change


Speaker: Axel Gosseries

Do the intergenerational issues raised by climate change differ from those raised by the Brexit vote?

And what can we do to address these issues?

Axel Gosseries is Professor of Economics and Social Ethics at Louvain University

All events are free and open to all. Unless stated otherwise seats are allocated on a first come first served basis. If you have any queries please contact m.goodfellow