2026-06-11
1 小时 32 分钟Welcome to the LSE Events podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.
Good evening, everyone.
Welcome to the LSE for this event, which is hosted by the Department of International Relations.
My name is Jeffrey Schweroth.
I am the head of the International Relations Department and also Professor of International Relations.
And I extremely pleased to welcome you here in the audience
today in the theater with all those who are joining us online.
First, if I may, a few housekeeping items before we start the event this evening.
We aren't expecting a fire alarm tonight, so if one is heard,
please do make your way out of the building, calmly and follow our stewards and event staff in the audience.
May I also ask you that you please turn your mobiles on silent for the duration of the event.
Tonight's event is a lecture delivered by Marwa Dowdy, held in honor of the renowned scholar Fred Halliday.
This lecture will explore the entanglement of colonialism and capitalism and environmental exploitation
that has shaped the modern global order in ways that continue to structure global inequality.
Mainstream approaches and international relations often obscure the violent histories of dispossession, domination,
and extractive economies that drive contemporary political and ecological crises,
as producing racialized geographies of land, resources, labor, and environment that continue to endure.
Drawing on Fred Halliday's critique of narratives that portray the Arab world's inherently locked in conflict,
economic failure, or cultural clashes, tonight's lecture will situate climate