Events archive

Description: The bi-weekly King's Colloquium in Philosophy and Medicine, Thursdays 17:00-18:30, rotating venues. No registration, open to all.

Description: The foundation of Manila in 1571 was a defining episode in world economic and trans-cultural history.This was the first leg of an intercontinental trade which united Asia, the Americas and Europe but how did the Pacific galleon trade managed to survive for its two hundred and fifty year history?

Description: The New Politics of Russia: Interpreting Change with Andrew Monaghan, Chatham House

Description: In A Tale of Two Navies: Geopoltics, technology and strategy in the United States Navy and the Royal Navy, 1960 - 2015, Anthony Wells presents a history and analysis of the unique and enduring relationship between the United States Navy and the Royal Navy.

Description: Is fossil fuel divestment likely to achieve its aims? In this discussion, Professor Benjamin J. Richardson evaluates the rationales of divestment for their capacity to give the campaign influence.

Description: How does war shape societies beyond the boundaries of the battlefield? What are the expressions of war in the contemporary world? Musicians; Lisa Ueda (violin) & Daniele Rinaldo (piano) engage with these questions by exploring how war has contributed to shape contemporary Japan through a musical journey. The repertoire -including pieces by Messiaen, Stravinsky and Debussy- seeks to explore the relationship between Japanese and European musical aesthetics that consolidated in the first half of the 20th century.

Description: This book focuses on the 'Kashmir Knot' and relies primarily on British archives to show that the issue was the end product of Britain's ruthless policies to satisfy its geo-political, defence and strategic interests in the Indian subcontinent.

Description: Tom Rodwell, Lessons Advisor at the UK Stabilisation Unit, offers personal reflections on the evolution of the UK approach to stabilisation.