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