Brunch, Coffee and More

Dear all,

Brunch with Grimshaw

After popular demand, we are pleased to announce the 2nd Grimshaw Brunch on Friday 5th February at 10.00.  Held again at the Fleet River Bakery, this is a chance to take a break and relax.  The menu includes tea, coffee, orange juice, pastries and breakfast rolls. We’ve booked out the downstairs again, and tickets will go on sale from this Friday (tomorrow) at the reduced price of £3.  Tickets will be on sale between 12.30-13.30 in the IR Common Room and on Houghton Street next week.

Rescheduled Coffee Morning with Prof. Alden

We are sorry that we had to cancel Tuesday’s coffee morning with Prof. Alden on Chinese Exceptionalism in Africa at such short notice, but the speaker was unavoidably detained.  We have rescheduled the event for Tuesday 2nd February at 12.00 in room G212.  Please do come along again!

Global Governance Seminar

You may also be interested in the following seminar run by the Centre for Global Governance.
2-Feb-2010, 13:00-14:00, Rm M101, LSE

Professor Furio Cerutti

Global Challenges to Politics at the End of Modernity

Furio Cerutti is Professor of Political Philosophy at the Univ. of Florence, Dept. of Philosophy and a current Visiting Professor at Global Governance.
Cerutti has recently published Global Challenges for Leviathan: A Political Philosophy of Nuclear Weapons and Global Warming and The Search for a European Identity: Values, Policies and Legitimacy of the European Union, ed. with S. Lucarelli.

Please also do apply to the two trips advertised earlier this week – they will be great!

Many thanks,

The Grimshaw Committee

Trips, trips, trips!

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce two wonderful Grimshaw trips that will take place during the first and the second week of the Eastern holidays. Please find below the description of the trip to Geneva (22 March – 26 March) and the trip to Belgium and the Netherlands (28 March – 6 April).

GENEVA (22 March – 26 March)

Geneva: the capital of international institutions in Europe.
Geneva is one of the headquarters of the United Nations in Europe. It hosts a variety of UN as well as other major international institutions and is known for its focus on human rights and humanitarian issues.

During our five-day trip, we will meet with officials of various institutions, giving us insights on both their experience and work and will present us job and internship opportunities, that are of interest to all of us. We are planning visits to UNHCR, ILO, UN Secretariat, WTO, ICRC and CERN.

Join Grimshaw as we journey to Geneva. Here, you will find the thrill of a small but multicultural city in the heart of Europe. Besides offering you a unique insight into the international institutions, you will have a chance to get to know the city, the lake and its beautiful mountainous surroundings.

We anticipate that costs will be less than £200 for the 5 days, when flying from London. (this price includes the price of flights as they are at the moment and Youth Hostel accommodation)

Application process:
We can accept a maximum of 15 people, and are therefore asking those who wish to go to submit a brief presentation of themselves (incl. name, surname, degree, year of study)  and their motivation for joining us on this trip to: c.f.charpentier@lse.ac.uk (Chloé) and l.petesch@lse.ac.uk (Lynn).

Applications close on Friday February 5th at 10.00 am. We aim to let people who have been selected to know by Friday February 12th at 18.00.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!

BELGIUM AND THE NETHERLANDS (28 March – 6 April)

Whereas the first Geneva trip takes you to the capital of international institutions, during the second one we will head off to the capital of European institutions. On March 28th, 15 Grimshaw Club members will get to go to Brussels to visit one or two of the main EU institutions (European Parliament, European Council and/or European Commission) and NATO. After a two-day stay in Brussels, we will train to The Hague to visit the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. The last two days of the trip will be dedicated to digesting all the things we have learned while biking around in the wonderful city of Amsterdam.

The estimated costs of this 6-day trip are about £300. This price includes accommodation, 3 group dinners (one in every city), bike rental (we will rent normal bikes in Amsterdam, and if possible, we will also rent a beerbike: http://www.beerbike.co.uk/)  and transportation (London-Brussels, Brussels-The Hague, The Hague-Amsterdam and Amsterdam-London).

Application process:
We can accept a maximum of 15 people on this trip. If you want to be one of them, please submit a brief presentation of yourself (incl. name, surname, degree, year of study) and your motivation for this trip (200-250 words) to l.f.steins@lse.ac.uk (Lisette).

Applications close on Monday February 8th at 10 am. Selected applicants will be informed before Monday 15th.

If you have any questions about this trip, please do not hesitate to send an email to l.f.steins@lse.ac.uk.

Announcement

On top of these two voyages coming up, Grimshaw offers you the possibility to start your Eastern break in style: on March 20th the UN Society/Grimshaw Club Ball will take place. More info about this event will be send to you shortly.

Many thanks,

The Grimshaw Committee

The London Globalist – Coming to LSE!

A Network of International Affairs Magazines.

Global21 was founded at Yale University in 2005, and now comprises of chapters from the world’s most distinguished universities, including Cape Town, Jerusalem, Paris, Peking, Sydney, Toronto and Yale. Global21 produces insightful, provocative publications that give young people a platform to debate the international problems that will affect our generation most directly. By 2011, the Foundation aims to establish twenty-one chapters on six continents, reaching over 600,000 students with content in nine languages.

Through the Global21 network (http://www.global21online.org/), all nine publications form a global community.

Looking for an interesting perspective on a global issue?

Call The Yale Globalist: http://tyglobalist.org/

Or The Peking Globalist: http://www.global21online.org/peking/

Or The Paris Globalist: http://www.global21online.org/paris/

Now the movement has come to London and the LSE…

The London Globalist

The London Globalist is currently seeking talented writers from all disciplines for its Spring 2010 issue

We will be holding an informational meeting this Monday, January 25th at 3 pm in G209 for all interested writers. If you are unable to attend, please e-mail londonglobalist@googlemail.com. Interested writers will be asked to submit a quality first draft of their article by February 5th by 11:59 pm. Submissions must adhere to the guidelines outlined in the Writers Meeting.

Please note that while the theme is on the 21st Century: A Decade Retrospective, approximately half of our issue will comprise of non-themed articles. While you are encouraged to submit a themed piece, we do not discourage the submission of any quality non-themed pieces on various global issues.

Finally, should you require more information, please do not hesitate to email us at londonglobalist@googlemail.com or speak with one of our editors personally.

Thank you, and good luck!

The London Globalist Team

What makes the Globalist so unique?

• A broad range of subject matter to report on – global and interesting!

• The Foundation strives to create a personal network among  
the international pool of high-achieving students who are most likely  
to assume leadership roles in business, government, the non-profit  
sector, and the media

• A very thorough editing process with (ideally) two dedicated editors working with each writer to produce the best piece possible – a great way to develop journalistic and writing skills.

• Access to the resources and audiences afforded by a global network of magazines and readers – contact and photo databases, built-in access to personal contact networks at premier global universities, and a worldwide, interested readership.

• Institutional stability – there are well-established procedures for getting Globalist magazines off the ground and making them excellent, as well as plenty of support available through Global21 and other branches.

• Extensive creative input for writers through the theme selection process.

• The chance to discover the background story and work directly with primary sources.

Events in the Upcoming Week!

Dear all,

Coffee Morning with Professor Alden

We are pleased to announce the first in this term’s series of coffee mornings will be held on Tuesday 26th January at 11.00.  Professor Alden will be talking on Chinese Exceptionalism in Africa. This will be in room H102.  This is a great chance for an informal discussion on the increasing Chinese role in the African continent.

Professor Alden is a senior lecturer in the IR department and is the author of many books on China’s role in Africa, including “China in Africa.”

★ GRIMSHAW IR ¡RELOADED! 2010 ★

The day has come, its on, TODAY, THE PUB/BAR CRAWL OF THE YEAR!

The LEGEND returns ➣ after numerous inquiries and the brilliant turnout in the previous term,
we decided that its about time to call for ROUND Number 2!

¿WHEN? TODAY 21st January 2010

¿WHAT TIME? 6PM Be early, apparently the first 10 get a free drink

¿WHERE? Starting at PITCHER&PIANO on Kingsway, the entire upstairs is only reserved for us!
Watch for the leading t-shirt!

¿WHO? You, dear Grimshaw Member, bring ur friends and enjoy the pleasure of this brilliant society!

¿THE ROUTE? A Secret, but this time we have a party to go to, COLOMBIAN CANDELA, the best South American Party of LSE.
Tickets are available at a reduced price only for participants of the Pub Crawl!

Talks

A reminder, too, of the lecture tomorrow (Friday 22nd January) by the International Crisis Group’s EU Advocacy Manager on Defending the Responsibility to Protect. This will be at 18.00 in room D202.

The Centre for Global Governance is also hosting two seminars that may be of interest:

26 January – 13:00-14:00 – M101, LSE
Robert Falkner
The Copenhagen Accord: What next for international climate policy?

28 January – 18:30-20:00 – NABLG03, New Academic Building LSE
Josh Lyons
Operational UN Security Analysis with Satellite imagery: Case studies of Gaza, Sri Lanka and Georgia

The recent availability of very high resolution satellite imagery has transformed the ability of the UN and human rights community to remotely assess complex humanitarian and security environments. During the recent conflicts in Gaza, Sri Lanka and Georgia, satellite-based analysis provided critical information on the spatial extent, chronology and political context of armed attacks directed against civilians, with direct evidential value to potential war crimes trials at the ICC.

Many thanks,

Grimshaw Committee

Events in the Upcoming Week!

Dear all,

We are pleased to inform you of several events that will be happening next week.

Grimshaw IR Reloaded 2010

Following last term’s successful pub crawl, we’re delighted to announce that we will be holding another one on Thursday 21st January 2010.

Time for round 2, having had a great first crawl its time to beat it!

¿Where? Start at Pitcher&Piano, on Kingsway, this time upstairs, the route is secret with a Special Surprise at the end!

¿What time? 6PM

¿Why? Cause we all got to catch up, socialise and joyfully KICKSTART INTO A FUNKY 2010!

See ya all there with ur best drinking & socialising skills!

P.S: The Crawl is leading to COLOMBIAN CANDELA!

Israel: One Year on From Operation Cast Lead

You may also be interested in the following event run by the Israel Society, which is very proud to present Lorna Fitzsimons, the Chief Executive of Bicom (British Israel Communication and Research Centre) at LSE.

She will be giving a FASCINATING lecture on ‘ISRAEL: ONE YEAR ON FROM OPERATION CAST LEAD’

The details are as follows:
Date: Tuesday 19th January
Time: 5pm
Location: D402

Please note that pre-registration is required by emailing  su.soc.israel@lse.ac.uk with ones name and Fitzsimons in the subject line.

The Deadly Ideas of Neoliberalism: How the IMF has undermined public health and the fight against AIDS

You may also be interested in the following seminar run by the Centre for Global Governance.  The Deadly Ideas of Neoliberalism explores the history of and current collision between two of the major global phenomena that have characterized the last 30 years: the spread of HIV/AIDS and other diseases of poverty and the ascendancy of neoliberal economic ideas.

Rick Rowden has previously worked with advocacy NGOs engaged on foreign aid and development issues and most recently, he was an Inter-Regional Advisor with the Globalization and Development Strategies Division of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Hope to see you at some of these events!

Many thanks,
The Grimshaw Committee

ICG: Defending the Responsibility to Protect

The Grimshaw Club is proud to present:

International Crisis Group: Defending the Responsibility to Protect.

Friday 22 January

D202 @ 18:00

Responsibility to Protect or R2P is the principle that sovereign states, and the international community as a whole, have a responsibility to protect civilians from mass atrocity crimes. The concept was first developed in 2001 by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, which was co-chaired by (former) International Crisis Group president Gareth Evans. The doctrine has since been central to the group’s efforts to prevent conflict around the world .

However, the international community’s lack of action in the face of, for example, the atrocities committed in Darfur has led some commentators to state that R2P is dead or, at best, irrelevant. Neil Campbell, ICG’s EU Advocacy Manager, will be addressing these and other issues in his talk on Friday January 15.

Neil Campbell was appointed Crisis Group’s EU Advocacy Manager in February 2008. Since joining Crisis Group in March 2003 as EU liaison and media assistant he has filled a variety of roles within the organisation, most recently as Senior Research Analyst based in the Brussels research unit. As EU Advocacy Manager, Neil works to enhance Crisis Group’s ability to affect and improve the EU’s role in conflict prevention and to manage Crisis Group’s targeted advocacy in Brussels.

For information about R2P and ICG’s role in applying and upholding the principle, please visit: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4521&l=1 or http://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/

International Alert: A Climate of Conflict

Grimshaw is pleased to invite you to its next event:

A Climate of Conflict

Wednesday, 13 January

NAB 206 @ 18:00
“The impact of climate change will make the poorest communities across the world poorer. Many of them are already affected by conflict and instability and thus face a dual risk. International Alert’s research finds that the consequences of climate change will fuel violent conflict, which itself hinders the ability of governments and local communities to adapt to the pressures of climate change.”

One of the effects of ongoing climate change is a heightened risk of violent conflict. Since the first publication of their groundbreaking report in 2007 “A Climate of Conflict”, International Alert has been working to bring about a shift in the global debate on climate change : from the financial and growth concerns of the West and the BRICs to the needs of those 46+56 countries deemed at high risk for violent conflict as a result of climate change.

Dan Smith, co-author of International Alert’s most recent reports on climate change and conflict, will discuss the discuss the social and human consequences of these issues as well as International Alert’s views on the outcome of the Copenhagen Conference.

Dan has been the Secretary General of International Alert since 2003.

For the full reports, please go to: http://www.international-alert.org/climate_change/index.php