(Online) The Politics of Land: Pre-Colonial and Post-Colonial Perspectives on the Situation of First Nations in Canada

SPEAKER: Professor John Berkman, Visiting Fellow at Laudato Si' Research Institute

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Land claims are among the most significant issues facing indigenous peoples around the world today. Control of land is key not merely to sustainable existence in economic terms, but to the possibility of the survival of spiritual cultures, traditions, and knowledges.

Prof Alison Wolf, Ian Stuart and Sir Chris Husbands in conversation: 'Britain's long-running 'skills crisis': why can't we fix it? and what would it take to do so?'

This country has been worrying about vocational skills since the late 19th century.

Since then we have had one government initiative after another, yet employers' complaints about skill shortages have steadily increased. At the same time, the country has continued to grow economically: so sceptics might wonder if there is really a crisis at all. This conversation brings three expert academic and practitioner perspectives on this vital issue.

St Antony's, Germany and Britain: A memorial event for Professor A J (Tony) Nicholls

Speakers
Caroline Nicholls, Tony's daughter, will remember him as a family man.
Fionnuala Corrie Webb will speak about him as a tutor.
Jurgen Kocka (online) will assess him as a historian of Germany, from a German perspective.
Peter North will address Tony’s work on the North Commission.
Richard Evans (online) will comment on Tony as a supervisor.
Timothy Garton Ash will talk about him as a colleague, and as Director of the European Studies Centre.
Roger Goodman will say a say a few words about him as a College man.

Laxman Narasimhan & Colin Mayer in Conversation: 'The role of business in reviving left behind places'

Business is key to a successful programme of regeneration of left behind places.

In many cases it has been the collapse and exit of major industries such as coal, steel and manufacturing that have been the cause of their decline. Bringing back some of the large companies that have their roots in these localities is a key part of revival. But so too is promoting entrepreneurship and the start-up of new businesses that grow and thrive.
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