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Department of Development Studies

The Globalisation Lectures

The Globalisation Lectures are a series of evening lectures (usually four per year), attracting high profile speakers on a range of issues in globalisation. Entry is free and booking is not required, however seating is on a first come, first seated basis. The lectures are convened by Professor Gilbert Achcar.

Previous Globalisation Lectures:

Men who Tiptoe into their Marital Bedrooms: The Novelist and Dictatorship | Hisham Matar Watch video

Inclusion and Participation: a New Agenda for the Globalised Economy | Heiner Flassbeck Watch video

The Role of Women in Promoting Peace in the Middle East | Dr Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Prize Winner) Watch Video

World Literature and World Languages | Tariq Ali Watch video

For a Green and Just Way out of the Global Crisis | Dr Susan George Listen to audio recording

The American Empire in Light of the Global Crisis | Profs Alex Callinicos & Leo Panitch Listen to audio recording

The World’s Third Spaces: Neither Global Nor National? | Prof Saskia Sassen Listen to audio recording

The Imperial Paradox: Ideologies of Empire | Prof Ellen Meiksins Wood Listen to audio recording

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