Department of POLIS Lectures

Greg Hands, MP for Chelsea and Fulham and Minister of State in the Department of International Trade will gave the 2016 Alcuin Lecture on Thursday 20th October.

Professor Christopher Hill gives his valedictory lecture on "What is left of the international?".

Pragmatism versus Populism: Building a winning Labour Project in the age of anti-politics Tristram Hunt is Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central. From October 2013 until September 2015, Tristram served as Labour's Shadow Education Secretary focusing on developing Labour's policy on teachers' professional development, vocational education and early years education.

*There was a problem with the microphone on the night; we apologise for the quality of the audio. The 2015 Alcuin Lecture was given by Neal Ascherson, a Scottish historian and journalist who currently writes for the Guardian, on the historical connections between Scotland and Europe, how they can be exploited in the present context, and the importance of re-establishing an active and distinct 'European identity' for Scotland in the next few years.

The inaugural Antcliffe Lecture given by Lord Michael Howard of Lympne (former Leader of the Conservative Party) on the subject of Thatcherism Today

Professor David Runciman's Inaugural Lecture, given on Tuesday 24th February 2015 in the Alison Richard Building. Professor Runciman is Professor of Politics and Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies.

The first ten minutes of Professor David Runciman's Inaugural Lecture. The complete lecture is available in the Department of POLIS Lectures Collection, titled "Political Theory and Real Politics in the Age of the Internet (FULL LECTURE)"