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Celebrities And Aid: New Humanitarians or Just Another Fad?
Social Policy Department of LSE invites all interested for its PUBLIC LECTURE "Celebrities And Aid: New Humanitarians or Just Another Fad?". Why do charities use celebrities to speak out on humanitarian action? Who do celebrities represent? Are they genuinely committed to the causes they espouse or have causes become another path to self-promotion? These are some of the issues that the panellists will debate on 5th of February 2009 in Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London.
Date: Thursday 5th
February 2009
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre,
New Academic Building
Speakers: Lisa Ann Richey, John Street, Kris
Torgeson
Chair: Dr Armine Ishkanian
Lisa Ann Richey is
Associate Professor of International Studies at Roskilde University.
John Street is a Professor of Politics at the
University of East Anglia.
Kris Torgeson is the International Secretary for the Médecins Sans Frontières International Office.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.
Information about coming to LSE can be found on the LSE www.lse.ac.uk/conferenceAndEventsOffice/comingToAnEventAtLSE.htm website or by calling the LSE Events Office on 020 7955 6043.
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