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Research CommsGenerative-AI: Establishing guidelines for how to use it | Amy Mollett, Barney Brown and William Kerslake | University of CambridgeGenerative-AI tools, like ChatGPT, are increasingly embedded in the day-to-day work of research communicators. At the University of Cambridge the senior comms team has published a set of AI guidelines, created in consultation with staff across the university.In this episode of Research Comms, members of the working group that put the guidelines together - Amy Mollett, Barney Brown and William Kerslake - talk about their feelings towards AI, the good and the bad, why they felt they needed to create guidelines for its use, and how the University of Cambridge is currently using AI tools to...2024-01-3144 min
University of CambridgeMohamed El-Erian on his new book, Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured WorldMohamed El-Erian is the President of Queen’s College Cambridge, and his new book, Permacrisis: A Plan To Fix A Fractured World, is out now.
Written with former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence, the book is an attempt to understand and explain our world has gone wrong, and presents a plan to better manage the future for the benefit of the many and not the few.
This interview was produced by Amy Mollett for the University of Cambridge. Our interviewer was James Helm. Thanks to Mohamed El-Erian and the Queen’s College team, and the...2023-10-0506 min
Research CommsHarnessing the power of social media | Amy Mollett | University of CambridgeIn this episode of Research Comms Amy Mollett talks about the exciting early days of blogs and twitter, of her social media work at LSE, of the digital services team in Parliament. Tips for getting started, maintaining digital wellbeing and tracking what’s important abound.2022-02-2430 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books Podcast in Brazil: Episode 3: Politics, People and Petroleum [Audio]Contributor(s): Francisco Panizza, Anthony Hall, Guy Michaels, Francesco Casselli, André Vitor Singer, Armando Simões, Antonio Claret Campos Filho, Marcos Mendes, Marislei Nishijima | In the third and final episode of our series on Brazil, we head inland from Rio de Janeiro, to the heart of the country’s political life: the capital of Brasília. Authors from the LSE, the University of São Paulo, and Brasília policymakers, talk to LSE Review of Books about left-of-centre politics and social development in the country. We also find out whether Brazil proves or disproves the "oil curse" theory. Presented by Amy Mol...2014-07-2229 minLSE Review of Books | AudioLSE Review of Books Podcast in Brazil: Episode 3: Politics, People and Petroleum [Audio]Contributor(s): Francisco Panizza, Anthony Hall, Guy Michaels, Francesco Casselli, André Vitor Singer, Armando Simões, Antonio Claret Campos Filho, Marcos Mendes, Marislei Nishijima | In the third and final episode of our series on Brazil, we head inland from Rio de Janeiro, to the heart of the country’s political life: the capital of Brasília. Authors from the LSE, the University of São Paulo, and Brasília policymakers, talk to LSE Review of Books about left-of-centre politics and social development in the country. We also find out whether Brazil proves or disproves the "oil curse" theory. Presented by Amy Mol...2014-07-2229 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books Podcast in Brazil: Episode 3: Politics, People and PetroleumIn the third and final episode of our series on Brazil, we head inland from Rio de Janeiro, to the heart of the country’s political life: the capital of Brasília. Authors from the LSE, the University of São Paulo, and Brasília policymakers, talk to LSE Review of Books about left-of-centre politics and social development in the country. We also find out whether Brazil proves or disproves the "oil curse" theory.
LSE Guests: Francisco Panizza (Senior Lecturer in Latin American Politics), Anthony Hall (Professor of Social Policy), Guy Michaels (Associate Professor of Economics) Francesco Casselli (Norman Sosnow Profe...2014-07-2229 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books in Brazil: Favela life: From Drugs Gangs to Drums BeatsContributor(s): Sandra Jovchelovitch, Jacqueline Priego-Hernandez, Paul Heritage, Silvia Ramos, Celso Athayde
Released on 2 April 2014.
In this second episode of our three-part series on Brazil, the LSE Review of Books Podcast, we spend time in Rio de Janeiro’s morros, or hills, to see just how two grassroots movements are shaking things up in the city’s favelas. Sandra Jovchelovitch, Director of the Social and Cultural Psychology Programme at the LSE, and researcher Jacqueline Priego-Hernandez, about their new book: Underground Sociabilities: Identity, culture and resistance in Rio’s favelas. Paul Heritage, Professor of Drama and Performance at Queen Mary College in Lon...2014-04-0235 minLSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books in Brazil: Favela life: From Drugs Gangs to Drums Beats [Audio]Contributor(s): Sandra Jovchelovitch, Jacqueline Priego-Hernandez, Paul Heritage, Silvia Ramos, Celso Athayde | In this second episode of our three-part series on Brazil, the LSE Review of Books Podcast, we spend time in Rio de Janeiro’s morros, or hills, to see just how two grassroots movements are shaking things up in the city’s favelas. Sandra Jovchelovitch, Director of the Social and Cultural Psychology Programme at the LSE, and researcher Jacqueline Priego-Hernandez, about their new book: Underground Sociabilities: Identity, culture and resistance in Rio’s favelas. Paul Heritage, Professor of Drama and Performance at Queen Mary College in London, also talks...2014-04-0235 minLSE Review of Books | AudioLSE Review of Books in Brazil: Favela life: From Drugs Gangs to Drums Beats [Audio]Contributor(s): Sandra Jovchelovitch, Jacqueline Priego-Hernandez, Paul Heritage, Silvia Ramos, Celso Athayde | In this second episode of our three-part series on Brazil, the LSE Review of Books Podcast, we spend time in Rio de Janeiro’s morros, or hills, to see just how two grassroots movements are shaking things up in the city’s favelas. Sandra Jovchelovitch, Director of the Social and Cultural Psychology Programme at the LSE, and researcher Jacqueline Priego-Hernandez, about their new book: Underground Sociabilities: Identity, culture and resistance in Rio’s favelas. Paul Heritage, Professor of Drama and Performance at Queen Mary College in London, also talks...2014-04-0235 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books | LSE Literary Festival 2014 | The books that inspired Ellen HelsperTo celebrate and support the LSE Literary Festival the LSE Review of Books is asking prominent LSE academics and event speakers about the books that inspired them into their academic subject. In this podcast, Dr Ellen Helsper, Lecturer in the Media and Communications Department at the LSE, talks us through the books that have inspired her interest in media technologies and privacy. Ellen will contribute to the Literary Festival event titled "Private Lives: Do we still value our privacy?" on 1st March 2014.
Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Other contributor: Ellen Helsper. Music courtesy of Candlegravity for the...2014-02-2511 minLSE Review of BooksLSE Literary Festival 2014: The books that inspired Ellen Helsper [Audio]Contributor(s): Dr Ellen Helsper | To celebrate and support the LSE Literary Festival the LSE Review of Books is asking prominent LSE academics and event speakers about the books that inspired them into their academic subject. In this podcast, Dr Ellen Helsper, Lecturer in the Media and Communications Department at the LSE, talks us through the books that have inspired her interest in media technologies and privacy. Ellen will contribute to the Literary Festival event titled "Private Lives: Do we still value our privacy?" on 1st March 2014. Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Other contributor: Ellen Helsper. Music...2014-02-2511 minLSE Review of Books | AudioLSE Literary Festival 2014: The books that inspired Ellen Helsper [Audio]Contributor(s): Dr Ellen Helsper | To celebrate and support the LSE Literary Festival the LSE Review of Books is asking prominent LSE academics and event speakers about the books that inspired them into their academic subject. In this podcast, Dr Ellen Helsper, Lecturer in the Media and Communications Department at the LSE, talks us through the books that have inspired her interest in media technologies and privacy. Ellen will contribute to the Literary Festival event titled "Private Lives: Do we still value our privacy?" on 1st March 2014. Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Other contributor: Ellen Helsper. Music...2014-02-2511 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books | LSE Literary Festival 2014 | The books that inspired David StephensonTo celebrate and support the LSE Literary Festival the LSE Review of Books is asking prominent LSE academics and event speakers about the books that inspired them into their academic subject. In this podcast, David Stevenson, Professor of International History at the LSE, tell us about the books on World War I that have had the most impact on his academic career. Professor Stevenson will chair at this year's Literary Festival titled "Why Remember? Reflections on the First World War Centenary" on 26th February.
Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Other contributor: David Stevenson. Music courtesy of Nic...2014-02-2108 minLSE Review of BooksLSE Literary Festival 2014: The books that inspired David Stevenson [Audio]Contributor(s): David Stevenson | To celebrate and support the LSE Literary Festival the LSE Review of Books is asking prominent LSE academics and event speakers about the books that inspired them into their academic subject. In this podcast, David Stevenson, Professor of International History at the LSE, tell us about the books on World War I that have had the most impact on his academic career. Professor Stephenson will chair at this year's Literary Festival titled "Why Remember? Reflections on the First World War Centenary" on 26th February. Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Other contributor: David Stevenson...2014-02-2108 minLSE Review of Books | AudioLSE Literary Festival 2014: The books that inspired David Stevenson [Audio]Contributor(s): David Stevenson | To celebrate and support the LSE Literary Festival the LSE Review of Books is asking prominent LSE academics and event speakers about the books that inspired them into their academic subject. In this podcast, David Stevenson, Professor of International History at the LSE, tell us about the books on World War I that have had the most impact on his academic career. Professor Stephenson will chair at this year's Literary Festival titled "Why Remember? Reflections on the First World War Centenary" on 26th February. Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Other contributor: David Stevenson...2014-02-2108 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books | LSE Literary Festival 2014 | The books that inspired Craig CalhounTo celebrate and support the LSE Literary Festival the LSE Review of Books is asking prominent LSE academics and event speakers about the books that inspired them into their academic subject. In this podcast, The Director of the LSE and world-renowned sociologist, Professor Craig Calhoun, tells us about the classical social theorists who inspired him early in his career, and why the most inspiring books are the ones with which you find a multitude of limits and problems.
Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Other contributor: Craig Calhoun. Music courtesy of Podington Bear for his song Lilywhite on...2014-02-1708 minLSE Review of BooksLSE Literary Festival 2014 - The books that inspired Craig Calhoun [Audio]Contributor(s): Amy Mollett, Craig Calhoun | To celebrate and support the LSE Literary Festival the LSE Review of Books is asking prominent LSE academics and event speakers about the books that inspired them into their academic subject. In this podcast, The Director of the LSE and world-renowned sociologist, Professor Craig Calhoun, tells us about the classical social theorists who inspired him early in his career, and why the most inspiring books are the ones with which you find a multitude of limits and problems. Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Other contributor: Craig Calhoun. Music courtesy of Podington...2014-02-1708 minLSE Review of Books | AudioLSE Literary Festival 2014 - The books that inspired Craig Calhoun [Audio]Contributor(s): Amy Mollett, Craig Calhoun | To celebrate and support the LSE Literary Festival the LSE Review of Books is asking prominent LSE academics and event speakers about the books that inspired them into their academic subject. In this podcast, The Director of the LSE and world-renowned sociologist, Professor Craig Calhoun, tells us about the classical social theorists who inspired him early in his career, and why the most inspiring books are the ones with which you find a multitude of limits and problems. Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Other contributor: Craig Calhoun. Music courtesy of Podington...2014-02-1708 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books - Episode 8: Architecture and Design: Framing the urban experienceIn this podcast we set out to explore how design and architecture can enhance and manipulate our everyday experiences. Architect David Kohn, co-designer of A Room for London, discusses how design can influence the way we experience everything from time to the urban experience. Fran Tonkiss, LSE Reader in Sociology and Director of the LSE Cities Programme, talks about her latest book on the social life of urban form and why ‘the devil gets all the best designs’. Hyun Bang Shin, LSE Associate Professor in Geography and Urban Studies, talks about reading Marx under South Korea’s strict national security laws a...2013-12-0329 minLSE Review of BooksEpisode 8: Architecture and Design: Framing the urban experience [Audio]Contributor(s): Amy Mollett, David Kohn, Fran Tonkiss, Hyun Bang Shin | In this podcast we set out to explore how design and architecture can enhance and manipulate our everyday experiences. Architect David Kohn, co-designer of A Room for London, discusses how design can influence the way we experience everything from time to the urban experience. Fran Tonkiss, LSE Reader in Sociology and Director of the LSE Cities Programme, talks about her latest book on the social life of urban form and why ‘the devil gets all the best designs’. Hyun Bang Shin, LSE Associate Professor in Geography and Urban Studies, talk...2013-12-0329 minLSE Review of Books | AudioEpisode 8: Architecture and Design: Framing the urban experience [Audio]Contributor(s): Amy Mollett, David Kohn, Fran Tonkiss, Hyun Bang Shin | In this podcast we set out to explore how design and architecture can enhance and manipulate our everyday experiences. Architect David Kohn, co-designer of A Room for London, discusses how design can influence the way we experience everything from time to the urban experience. Fran Tonkiss, LSE Reader in Sociology and Director of the LSE Cities Programme, talks about her latest book on the social life of urban form and why ‘the devil gets all the best designs’. Hyun Bang Shin, LSE Associate Professor in Geography and Urban Studies, talk...2013-12-0329 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books - Academic Inspiration: Deputy Director of LSE Stuart CorbridgeIn this special edition podcast, Stuart Corbridge, Professor of International Development, Provost and Deputy Director at the LSE, focuses on the books that have inspired him throughout his academic career: From the Marxist theory that shaped his undergraduate study, to the many books on India and development studies that have inspired his passion for these areas, and finally through to a very special history of The Beatles.
To read more academic inspiration essays and the latest social science book reviews visit LSE Review of Books.com
Presented by Amy Mollett. Contributors: Stuart Corbridge. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Music courtesy of...2013-10-0108 minLSE Review of BooksAcademic Inspiration: Deputy Director of LSE Stuart Corbridge [Audio]Contributor(s): Stuart Corbridge | In this special edition podcast, Stuart Corbridge, Professor of International Development, Provost and Deputy Director at the LSE, focuses on the books that have inspired him throughout his academic career: From the Marxist theory that shaped his undergraduate study, to the many books on India and development studies that have inspired his passion for these areas, and finally through to a very special history of The Beatles. To read more academic inspiration essays and the latest social science book reviews visit LSE Review of Books.com Presented by Amy Mollett. Contributors: Stuart Corbridge. Produced by Cheryl...2013-09-3008 minLSE Review of Books | AudioAcademic Inspiration: Deputy Director of LSE Stuart Corbridge [Audio]Contributor(s): Stuart Corbridge | In this special edition podcast, Stuart Corbridge, Professor of International Development, Provost and Deputy Director at the LSE, focuses on the books that have inspired him throughout his academic career: From the Marxist theory that shaped his undergraduate study, to the many books on India and development studies that have inspired his passion for these areas, and finally through to a very special history of The Beatles. To read more academic inspiration essays and the latest social science book reviews visit LSE Review of Books.com Presented by Amy Mollett. Contributors: Stuart Corbridge. Produced by Cheryl...2013-09-3008 minLSE Review of BooksEpisode 7: Behind Economics and Finance: Prisoners’ Dilemmas and Payday Lenders [Audio]Contributor(s): Mary Morgan, Carl Packman, John van Reenen, Amy Mollett, Cheryl Brumley, Joel Suss | Mary Morgan, LSE Professor of History and Philosophy of Economics, speaks to us about her book: The World in the Model: How Economists Work and Think and how the once prose-heavy discipline founded by Adam Smith has been transformed by maths. Carl Packman, author of Loan Sharks: The Rise and Rise of Payday Lending, discusses the exponential growth of the payday lending industry in the UK. Director of LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance, Professor John van Reenen, thinks back to his early career and id...2013-07-1731 minLSE Review of Books | AudioEpisode 7: Behind Economics and Finance: Prisoners’ Dilemmas and Payday Lenders [Audio]Contributor(s): Mary Morgan, Carl Packman, John van Reenen, Amy Mollett, Cheryl Brumley, Joel Suss | Mary Morgan, LSE Professor of History and Philosophy of Economics, speaks to us about her book: The World in the Model: How Economists Work and Think and how the once prose-heavy discipline founded by Adam Smith has been transformed by maths. Carl Packman, author of Loan Sharks: The Rise and Rise of Payday Lending, discusses the exponential growth of the payday lending industry in the UK. Director of LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance, Professor John van Reenen, thinks back to his early career and id...2013-07-1731 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books - Episode 7: Behind Economics and FinanceMary Morgan, LSE Professor of History and Philosophy of Economics, speaks to us about her book: The World in the Model: How Economists Work and Think and how the once prose-heavy discipline founded by Adam Smith has been transformed by maths. Carl Packman, author of Loan Sharks: The Rise and Rise of Payday Lending, discusses the exponential growth of the payday lending industry in the UK. Director of LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance, Professor John van Reenen, thinks back to his early career and identifies the books shaped his thinking about the economic world.
Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by...2013-07-1732 minLSE Review of Books | AudioThe Women’s Library @ LSE [Audio]Contributor(s): David Doughan, Asiya Islam, Amy Mollett | This special joint podcast from the LSE Review of Books and LSE Equality and Diversity, examines the history of the newly acquired Women’s Library at the LSE through the eyes of a long-term librarian. David Doughan MBE, who has been at the Women's Library for 23 years, speaks to Asiya Islam about the continued significance of the library and its role in the late 20th century feminist movement. Presented by Amy Mollett. Contributors: Asiya Islam, David Doughan. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Music courtesy of Duke Hugh (Sweet and Lowdown) from the Freemusicarchive.or2013-06-1408 minLSE Review of BooksThe Women’s Library @ LSE [Audio]Contributor(s): David Doughan, Asiya Islam, Amy Mollett | This special joint podcast from the LSE Review of Books and LSE Equality and Diversity, examines the history of the newly acquired Women’s Library at the LSE through the eyes of a long-term librarian. David Doughan MBE, who has been at the Women's Library for 23 years, speaks to Asiya Islam about the continued significance of the library and its role in the late 20th century feminist movement. Presented by Amy Mollett. Contributors: Asiya Islam, David Doughan. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Music courtesy of Duke Hugh (Sweet and Lowdown) from the Freemusicarchive.or2013-06-1408 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books - Women's Library @ LSEThis special joint podcast from the LSE Review of Books and LSE Equality and Diversity, examines the history of the newly acquired Women’s Library at the LSE through the eyes of a long-term librarian. David Doughan MBE, who has been at the Women's Library for 23 years, speaks to Asiya Islam about the continued significance of the library and its role in the late 20th century feminist movement.
Presented by Amy Mollett. Contributors: Asiya Islam, David Doughan. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Music courtesy of Duke Hugh (Sweet and Lowdown) from the Freemusicarchive.org.2013-06-1408 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books | LSE Literary Festival 2013 | Academic Inspiration: Favourite fiction IIIn this special LSE Literary Festival series, the LSE Review of Books blog asked prominent LSE professors to read from their favourite works of fiction, building on the Academic Inspiration series on their blog, LSEReviewofbooks.com. In the second part of this series, we hear from Director of LSE IDEAS, Professor Odd Arne Westad, reading from Hunger, Director of the Centre for Economic Performance, Professor John Van Reenen, reading from the non-fiction essay The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, Research Fellow at POLIS Dr Fatima El Issawi, reading from the poem The Messenger With Her Hair Long to the Springs...2013-06-1015 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books | LSE Literary Festival 2013 | Special Edition Preview PodcastFrom 26th of February to 2nd March 2013, the London School of Economics will hold its 5th Annual Literary Festival under the theme ‘Branching Out’. The LSE Review of Books team been out on the road to meet some of this year’s Literary Festival speakers, and in this special edition podcast you’ll hear a taster of some of the events to come.
Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize winner and LSE’s current Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs, talks to us about her Literary Festival event ‘Narrative Memory and the Mind’, taking place on Wednesday 27th February. Anne speaks about h...2013-06-1010 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books | LSE Literary Festival 2013 | Academic Inspiration: Favourite works of fictionIn this special LSE Literary Festival series, the LSE Review of Books blog asked prominent LSE professors to read from their favourite works of fiction, building on the Academic Inspiration series on their blog, LSEReviewofbooks.com. Professor of Human Rights Law Conor Gearty reads from The Trial, Centennial Professor at Gender Institute Mary Evans from Little Women, and Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications from The Warden.
Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Contributors: Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone. Music and sound came courtesy of the following contributors at the FreeMusicArchive.org...2013-06-1008 minLSE Review of Books | AudioLSE Literary Festival - Academic Inspiration: Favourite works of fiction II [Audio]Contributor(s): Odd Arne Westad, John Van Reenen, Fatima El Issawi, Simon Glendinning, Dominic Muir | In this special LSE Literary Festival series, the LSE Review of Books blog asked prominent LSE professors to read from their favourite works of fiction, building on the Academic Inspiration series on their blog, LSEReviewofbooks.com. In the second part of this series, we hear from Director of LSE IDEAS, Professor Odd Arne Westad, reading from Hunger, Director of the Centre for Economic Performance, Professor John Van Reenen, reading from the non-fiction essay The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, Research Fellow at POLIS Dr Fatima...2013-03-0115 minLSE Review of BooksLSE Literary Festival - Academic Inspiration: Favourite works of fiction II [Audio]Contributor(s): Odd Arne Westad, John Van Reenen, Fatima El Issawi, Simon Glendinning, Dominic Muir | In this special LSE Literary Festival series, the LSE Review of Books blog asked prominent LSE professors to read from their favourite works of fiction, building on the Academic Inspiration series on their blog, LSEReviewofbooks.com. In the second part of this series, we hear from Director of LSE IDEAS, Professor Odd Arne Westad, reading from Hunger, Director of the Centre for Economic Performance, Professor John Van Reenen, reading from the non-fiction essay The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, Research Fellow at POLIS Dr Fatima...2013-03-0115 min
Spring 2013 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLiterary Festival 2013: Beyond the Book: new forms of academic communicationContributor(s): Professor Miriam Bernard, Dr Kip Jones, Dr Gareth Morris | Academic communication is changing. New emphasis on impact and public engagement, combined with new technologies that allow high quality and easy to use production methods are increasing the possible range of outputs from academic research. This session will hear from three researchers that have used alternative forms for their research dissemination. We will ask what strengths these forms had in comparison to traditional books and articles, their value to research users and their credibility with funders and academic assessors. Miriam Bernard is professor at Keele and looks at representation...2013-02-281h 28Spring 2013 | Public lectures and events | VideoLiterary Festival 2013: Beyond the Book: new forms of academic communicationContributor(s): Professor Miriam Bernard, Dr Kip Jones, Dr Gareth Morris | Academic communication is changing. New emphasis on impact and public engagement, combined with new technologies that allow high quality and easy to use production methods are increasing the possible range of outputs from academic research. This session will hear from three researchers that have used alternative forms for their research dissemination. We will ask what strengths these forms had in comparison to traditional books and articles, their value to research users and their credibility with funders and academic assessors. Miriam Bernard is professor at Keele and looks at representation...2013-02-281h 28LSE Review of BooksLSE Literary Festival 2013: Special Edition Preview Podcast [Audio]Contributor(s): Anne Applebaum, Nigel Warburton, Louise Gaskell | From 26th of February to 2nd March 2013, the London School of Economics will hold its 5th Annual Literary Festival under the theme ‘Branching Out’. The LSE Review of Books team been out on the road to meet some of this year’s Literary Festival speakers, and in this special edition podcast you’ll hear a taster of some of the events to come. Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize winner and LSE’s current Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs, talks to us about her Literary Festival event ‘Narrative Memory and the Mind’, takin...2013-02-2110 minLSE Review of Books | AudioLSE Literary Festival 2013: Special Edition Preview Podcast [Audio]Contributor(s): Anne Applebaum, Nigel Warburton, Louise Gaskell | From 26th of February to 2nd March 2013, the London School of Economics will hold its 5th Annual Literary Festival under the theme ‘Branching Out’. The LSE Review of Books team been out on the road to meet some of this year’s Literary Festival speakers, and in this special edition podcast you’ll hear a taster of some of the events to come. Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize winner and LSE’s current Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs, talks to us about her Literary Festival event ‘Narrative Memory and the Mind’, takin...2013-02-2110 minLSE Review of BooksLSE Literary Festival - Academic Inspiration: Favourite works of fiction [Audio]Contributor(s): Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone | In this special LSE Literary Festival series, the LSE Review of Books blog asked prominent LSE professors to read from their favourite works of fiction, building on the Academic Inspiration series on their blog, LSEReviewofbooks.com. Professor of Human Rights Law Conor Gearty reads from The Trial, Centennial Professor at Gender Institute Mary Evans from Little Women, and Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications from The Warden. Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Contributors: Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone. Music and sound came courtesy...2013-02-1508 minLSE Review of Books | AudioLSE Literary Festival - Academic Inspiration: Favourite works of fiction [Audio]Contributor(s): Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone | In this special LSE Literary Festival series, the LSE Review of Books blog asked prominent LSE professors to read from their favourite works of fiction, building on the Academic Inspiration series on their blog, LSEReviewofbooks.com. Professor of Human Rights Law Conor Gearty reads from The Trial, Centennial Professor at Gender Institute Mary Evans from Little Women, and Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications from The Warden. Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Contributors: Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone. Music and sound came courtesy...2013-02-1508 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books - Episode 6: ChinaWe take a walk through London’s Chinatown with Rosemary Sales and Xia Lin, Researchers at Middlesex University, to discuss the complex of identities in the area and meanings of home for Chinese immigrants. John Gittings, Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African, talks about China’s early peace philosophers and the importance of engaging the country in diplomacy. Ting Xu, Research Fellow at LSE’s economic history department, speaks about growing up in China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution and how her parent’s boundless passion for books was a source of inspiration.
Presented by Amy Moll...2013-01-0429 minLSE Review of Books | AudioEpisode 6: China - Home and Away [Audio]Contributor(s): Rosemary Sales, Xia Lin, Perry Fung, John Gitting,Ting Xu, Amy Mollett | We take a walk through London’s Chinatown with Rosemary Sales and Xia Lin, Researchers at Middlesex University, to discuss the complex of identities in the area and meanings of home for Chinese immigrants. John Gittings, Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African, talks about China’s early peace philosophers and the importance of engaging the country in diplomacy. Ting Xu, Research Fellow at LSE’s economic history department, speaks about growing up in China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution and how her pa...2013-01-0329 minLSE Review of BooksEpisode 6: China - Home and Away [Audio]Contributor(s): Rosemary Sales, Xia Lin, Perry Fung, John Gitting,Ting Xu, Amy Mollett | We take a walk through London’s Chinatown with Rosemary Sales and Xia Lin, Researchers at Middlesex University, to discuss the complex of identities in the area and meanings of home for Chinese immigrants. John Gittings, Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African, talks about China’s early peace philosophers and the importance of engaging the country in diplomacy. Ting Xu, Research Fellow at LSE’s economic history department, speaks about growing up in China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution and how her pa...2013-01-0329 min
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books - Episode 5: Democracy and its DiscontentsProfessor of Politics at Sheffield University, Matthew Flinders, talks about his new book Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the 21st Century, and argues that the problem with politics is not politicians themselves but the public’s understanding of the processes involved. LSE’s Armine Ishkanian speaks about her book Democracy Building and Civil Society in Post-Soviet Armenia and how civil society and democratisation projects need a firm grounding in a country’s grassroots in order to successfully aid its transition to democracy. George Lawson, Professor of International Relations at the LSE and an expert in democratisation and revolutions, tells us abo...2012-09-2730 minLSE Review of Books | AudioEpisode 5: Democracy and its Discontents [Audio]Contributor(s): Matthew Flinders, Armine Ishkanian, Elisa de Denaro Vieira, George Lawson, Cheryl Brumley, Amy Mollett | Professor of Politics at Sheffield University, Matthew Flinders, talks about his new book Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the 21st Century, and argues that the problem with politics is not politicians themselves but the public’s understanding of the processes involved. LSE’s Armine Ishkanian speaks about her book Democracy Building and Civil Society in Post-Soviet Armenia and how civil society and democratisation projects need a firm grounding in a country’s grassroots in order to successfully aid its transition to democracy. George Lawson...2012-09-2630 minLSE Review of BooksEpisode 5: Democracy and its Discontents [Audio]Contributor(s): Matthew Flinders, Armine Ishkanian, Elisa de Denaro Vieira, George Lawson, Cheryl Brumley, Amy Mollett | Professor of Politics at Sheffield University, Matthew Flinders, talks about his new book Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the 21st Century, and argues that the problem with politics is not politicians themselves but the public’s understanding of the processes involved. LSE’s Armine Ishkanian speaks about her book Democracy Building and Civil Society in Post-Soviet Armenia and how civil society and democratisation projects need a firm grounding in a country’s grassroots in order to successfully aid its transition to democracy. George Lawson...2012-09-2630 minLSE Review of Books | AudioEpisode 4: London 2012 Olympics - What happens when global meets local? [Audio]Contributor(s): Professor Ricky Burdett, Iain Sinclair, Dr. Suzi Hall, Amy Mollett, Cheryl Brumley | Architectural Advisor to the 2012 Olympic Games and LSE Cities Professor Ricky Burdett talks about the primacy of Olympic legacy and the regeneration of East London. Author of Ghost Milk: Calling Time on the Grand Project, Iain Sinclair, takes us on a tour of London Fields in Hackney, a host borough for the Olympic Games, to talk us through what he sees as a negative acceleration of change brought about by the Olympic project. Dr. Suzi Hall, urban ethnographer and lecturer from LSE Cities, leafs through the...2012-07-2728 minLSE Review of BooksEpisode 4: London 2012 Olympics - What happens when global meets local? [Audio]Contributor(s): Professor Ricky Burdett, Iain Sinclair, Dr. Suzi Hall, Amy Mollett, Cheryl Brumley | Architectural Advisor to the 2012 Olympic Games and LSE Cities Professor Ricky Burdett talks about the primacy of Olympic legacy and the regeneration of East London. Author of Ghost Milk: Calling Time on the Grand Project, Iain Sinclair, takes us on a tour of London Fields in Hackney, a host borough for the Olympic Games, to talk us through what he sees as a negative acceleration of change brought about by the Olympic project. Dr. Suzi Hall, urban ethnographer and lecturer from LSE Cities, leafs through the...2012-07-2728 minLSE Review of Books | AudioEpisode 3: Marxism and the Left [Audio]Contributor(s): Eli Zaretsky, Alex Callinicos, Amy Mollett, Cheryl Brumley | In this special episode we visit the Marxism 2012 Festival in London's Bloomsbury to hear the latest from Marxist thinkers and activists. Professor of European Studies at King's College London, Alex Callinicos, speaks about austerity and how Karl Marx's theories have found increasing relevance in today's recession-weary world. We then take a look at the leftist movements across the Atlantic with Eli Zaretsky, Professor of History at The New School for Social Research in New York. He talks to us about his latest book Why America Needs a Left, the rise...2012-07-1912 minLSE Review of BooksEpisode 3: Marxism and the Left [Audio]Contributor(s): Eli Zaretsky, Alex Callinicos, Amy Mollett, Cheryl Brumley | In this special episode we visit the Marxism 2012 Festival in London's Bloomsbury to hear the latest from Marxist thinkers and activists. Professor of European Studies at King's College London, Alex Callinicos, speaks about austerity and how Karl Marx's theories have found increasing relevance in today's recession-weary world. We then take a look at the leftist movements across the Atlantic with Eli Zaretsky, Professor of History at The New School for Social Research in New York. He talks to us about his latest book Why America Needs a Left, the rise...2012-07-1912 minLSE Review of Books | AudioEpisode 2: Gender and Feminism [Audio]Contributor(s): Lesley Hall, Melanie Williams, Mary Evans, Amy Mollett, Cheryl Brumley | Senior archivist at the Wellcome Library, Lesley Hall, talks to us about her book on the early 20th century reproductive rights campaigner Stella Browne and how her activism influences today’s feminist movements. Melanie Williams, Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia, tells us how film and gender studies make natural companions. We also hear from LSE Centennial Professor Mary Evans on the books that inspired her into social theory and gender studies and how Scandinavian crime novels make for an exciting escape fr...2012-06-2623 minLSE Review of BooksEpisode 2: Gender and Feminism [Audio]Contributor(s): Lesley Hall, Melanie Williams, Mary Evans, Amy Mollett, Cheryl Brumley | Senior archivist at the Wellcome Library, Lesley Hall, talks to us about her book on the early 20th century reproductive rights campaigner Stella Browne and how her activism influences today’s feminist movements. Melanie Williams, Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia, tells us how film and gender studies make natural companions. We also hear from LSE Centennial Professor Mary Evans on the books that inspired her into social theory and gender studies and how Scandinavian crime novels make for an exciting escape fr...2012-06-2623 minLSE Review of BooksEpisode 1: Language [Audio]Contributor(s): Professor Dan Everett, Philip Gross, Linda Yueh, Amy Mollett, Cheryl Brumley | Professor Dan Everett, linguistic anthropologist and author of Language: The Cultural Tool, tells us how a language spoken by a tribe living deep in the Amazon jungle poses a direct challenge to the widely-held view that language is inherent. Prize-winning poet Philip Gross talks to us about his father’s loss of language and reads from his collections Deep Field and The Water Table. As part of our academic inspiration series we speak to LSE economist and Bloomberg TV broadcaster Linda Yueh about the books that inspired he...2012-05-0825 minLSE Review of Books | AudioEpisode 1: Language [Audio]Contributor(s): Professor Dan Everett, Philip Gross, Linda Yueh, Amy Mollett, Cheryl Brumley | Professor Dan Everett, linguistic anthropologist and author of Language: The Cultural Tool, tells us how a language spoken by a tribe living deep in the Amazon jungle poses a direct challenge to the widely-held view that language is inherent. Prize-winning poet Philip Gross talks to us about his father’s loss of language and reads from his collections Deep Field and The Water Table. As part of our academic inspiration series we speak to LSE economist and Bloomberg TV broadcaster Linda Yueh about the books that inspired he...2012-05-0825 min