LSE Festival 2020: Shape The World

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In this episode of The Politics of Race in American Film, Dr. Clive James Nwonka hosts a conversation with Melanie Hoyes (British Film Institute), Dr. Luisa Heredia (Sarah Lawrence College), and Dr. Shelley Cobb (University of Southampton) about the films American Honey and The Florida Project. Each film examines the experiences of people on the fringes of American society: for Star, American Honey’s protagonist, joining a traveling group of magazine-selling teenagers offers her the freedom of the road. For Mooney and her mother Halley, freedom is harder to come by as they live in the shadow of one of America’s most potent cultural icons, Walt Disney World. This conversation explores the films’ themes of economic precarity, the absence and ineptitude of the state as a site of assistance, and the communities that form outside of that system. The discussion also explores depictions of Latinidad, biracial identity, gender and white femininity. 
 
Contributors: Melanie Hoyes, Industry Inclusion Executive, British Film Institute (BFI); Dr. Luisa Heredia, Joanne Woodward Chair in Public Policy, Sarah Lawrence College; Dr. Shelley Cobb, Associate Professor of Film, University of Southampton; Dr. Clive James Nwonka, Fellow International Inequalities Institute, LSE

The Politics of Race in American Film: Episode 3, Class, Gender, and Freedom at the Edges of America

In this episode of The Politics of Race in American Film, Dr. Clive James Nwonka hosts a conversation with Cheryl Bedford (Women of Color Unite), Lanre Bakare (The Guardian), and Sam Mejias (The New School) which looks at films which engage with questions of blackness and race in America during the Obama and Trump eras. These films include Moonlight, Get Out, Us, Queen and Slim, Waves, Harriet, and more recently, Judas and the Black Messiah. What do these films tell us about the politics of race, both within the industry and more broadly in American society, and how we see African American films (or African Americans within film) shaping and influencing the racial politics of the US? What might be next for African American cinema in the era of Joe Biden?

Contributors: Cheryl Bedford, Women of Color Unite; Lanre Bakare, Arts and Culture Correspondent, The Guardian; Sam Mejias, The New School; Dr. Clive James Nwonka, Fellow International Inequalities Institute, LSE

The Politics of Race in American Film: Episode 4, Hollywood Representations of Blackness

Speaker(s): Dr Cristobal Young, Ed Miliband MP, Dr Andrew Summers | If taxes rise, will they leave? In his new book, Cristobal Young publishes the findings from the first-ever large-scale study of migration of the world’s richest individuals, drawing on special access to over 45mil US tax returns, together with Forbes rich lists. He shows that contrary to popular opinion, although the rich have the resources and capacity to flee high-tax places, their actual migration is surprisingly limited. Place still matters, even in today’s globalised world. <brCristobal Young (@cristobalyoung5) is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stanford University. <brEd Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) is the Member of Parliament for Doncaster North and was leader of the Labour Party from 2010-2015. <brAndrew Summers (@summers_ad) is Assistant Professor of Law, LSE. His teaching and research specialises in the taxation of wealth. <brNicola Lacey is School Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy, LSE. <brThe International Inequalities Institute at LSE (@LSEInequalities) brings together experts from many LSE departments and centres to lead critical and cutting edge research to understand why inequalities are escalating in numerous arenas across the world, and to develop critical tools to address these challenges. <brLSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world.

The Myth of Millionaire Tax Flight: how place still matters for the rich [Audio]

James Butler is joined by author, activist and academic Raj Patel to discuss 'A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things', and explore the relation between climate, capitalism, colonialism – and the future of the planet. http://novaramedia.com/?p=10463

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#NovaraFM: Raj Patel: a History of the World in Seven Cheap Things

Imperial soldiers played a significant and increasingly well acknowledged part in the Second World War, but what about the women of the British empire? What stories might global and feminist histories of the Second World War reveal? 

Listen to Professor Yasmin Khan deliver the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2019, "Women On The Frontline Of Empire: a feminist history of the Second World War".

For episode notes and more information, visit: http://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/women-on-frontline-of-empire/.

Women on the Frontline of Empire

How might museum exhibitions convey the complex dynamics of black British history? In this episode of the History Workshop Podcast, co-curators Melissa Bennett (Museum of London) and Iyamide Thomas (Historical Researcher for The Krios Dot Com) discuss their work on "The Krios of Sierra Leone," a new display at the Museum of London Docklands that tells the story of Sierra Leone’s Krio people. In the process they have a broader conversation about Black British history in museums and community-engaged museum practice. Subscribe and listen now on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher.

Displaying Black British History: the Krios of Sierra Leone

How can history be used in making judgements about the present? We will be looking at the First World War, the History of Poland, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the End of the Cold War for answers.

Michael Cox is Director of LSE IDEAS and Emeritus Professor of International Relations at LSE.

Matthew Jones is Professor of International History and Head of the Department of International History at LSE.

Anita Prazmowska is Professor of International History and Deputy Head of Department of International History at LSE.

David Stevenson is Stevenson Professor of International History at LSE.

Dina Gusejnova is Assistant Professor of International History at LSE.

Twitter hashtags for this event: #LSEFestival #ShapetheWorld

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Lessons from the Past: how to learn and not learn from history

The tensions between economic growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability are putting London, like other global cities, under pressure. Local authorities are needing to make trade-offs between new development and existing neighbourhoods to accommodate more housing and services. What impact will these choices have on the shape of London?

Ricky Burdett (@BURDETTR) is Professor of Urban Studies at LSE and Director of the Urban Age and LSE Cities.

Muhammed Butt (@MAsgharButt2) is Leader of Brent Council.

Amica Dall (@Assemblestudio) is one of the directors of Assemble, a democratically run architecture, art and design practice.

Georgia Gould (@Georgia_Gould) is Leader of Camden Council and Deputy Leader of London Councils.

Tony Travers is Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy and Director of LSE London, LSE.

Shaping London

Less than 2% of global philanthropic capital is dedicated to climate causes despite the very widely shared view that climate represents a genuine and urgent crisis. Join our panel of experts to discuss giving, power, inequality and the climate crisis. 

Dr Luna Glucksberg ( @luna_inequality) Research Fellow, LSE’s International Inequalities Institute.

Sonia Medina (@medinagomez) is Executive Director for Climate at CIFF (Children’s Investment Fund Foundation).

Stephan Chambers is Director of LSE’s Marshall Institute (@LSEMarshall).

Twitter hashtags for this event: #LSEFestival #ShapetheWorld

This event is part of the LSE Festival: Shape the World running from Monday 2 to Saturday 7 March 2020, with a series of events exploring how social science can make the world a better place.

Power, Philanthropy and Inequality

A key challenge for the COP26 climate conference to be held in Glasgow in November 2020 is to agree how to harness the world’s financial system behind a rapid transition to a net-zero, resilient and inclusive global economy.

Many positive developments are underway among central banks, investors, civil society and development banks. But at present, these do not add up to a credible strategy for mobilising the trillions that will be needed for climate action both in industrialised countries such as the UK and also in the developing countries of the Global South.

This event brings together leaders in sustainable finance who will explore how key financial breakthroughs can be achieved in 2020.

Gianpiero Nacci (@NacciGianpiero) is Deputy Director of the Energy Efficiency and Climate Change team at EBRD.

Ann Pettifor (@AnnPettifor) is Director of PRIME and author of The Case for the Green New Deal. 

Rhian-Mari Thomas (@RhianMariThomas) is Chief Executive Officer at the Green Finance Institute.

Steve Waygood (@stevewaygood) is Chief Responsible Investment Officer at Aviva Investors.

Nick Robins (@NVJRobins1) is Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance, Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change and the Environment at LSE.

Financing a Global Climate Deal

Recent advancements made by the UK's Committee on Climate Change (UKCCC) towards achieving the Paris Agreement goals by announcing their net zero emissions target shows the UK's commitment to tackling one of the most important challenges of the 21st century: the climate change dilemma. Can we sustain this behaviour change through old-school nudges only? Or is there a need for greater reflection on the part of individuals?

Peter John (@peterjohn10) is Professor of Public Policy at King's College, London and author of Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think: Experimenting with Ways to Change Civic Behaviour.

Professor Theresa M Marteau (@MarteauTM) is Director of the Behaviour and Health Research Unit, University of Cambridge.

Sanchayan Banerjee (@SanchayanBanerj) is a PhD Candidate in Environmental Economics at LSE. He holds an MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change (Distinction) from LSE (2017-18) and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Silver Medalist) from Jadavpur University, India (2014-17).

Professor Gerry Stoker (@ProfStoker) is Professor of Governance at the University of Southampton.

Dr Ganga Shreedhar (@geeshree)Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, and  Affiliate of the Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

The Department of Geography and Environment (@LSEGeography) is a centre of international academic excellence in economic, urban and development geography, environmental social science and climate change.

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