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SUMMARY:Surviving extreme times
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (Gr
 eat Hall\, Marshall Building)
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 17 June 2026 6.30pm - 7.30pmSpeakersMishal HusainPro
 fessor Lea YpiChairProfessor Mukulika BanerjeeIn their books\, both Mishal
  Husain and Lea Ypi have explored their family histories through periods o
 f authoritarianism\, conflict and political upheaval. In this conversation
  they will explore the resonance with the present of themes from the past\
 , like the rise of fascism\, migration\, colonialism and inequality. What 
 can history tell us about how to live through difficult political times\, 
 and where to find hope?Meet our speakers and chairMishal Husain is host of
  the Mishal Husain Show global interview podcast and Editor-at-Large at Bl
 oomberg Weekend. She was a presenter of the ‘Today’ programme on BBC R
 adio 4 from 2013 to 2024 and her television work for the BBC included the 
 main UK news bulletins\, international news\, live coverage of royal event
 s and UK election debates. She has written two books\, the Sunday Times be
 stseller ‘Broken Threads: A Family from Empire to Independence’ and 
 ‘The Skills: How to Win at Work.’Lea Ypi (@lea_ypi) is the Ralph Mili
 band Professor in Politics and Philosophy at LSE\, a fellow of the Wissens
 chaftskolleg zu Berlin\, and Honorary Professor at ANU. Author of Free and
  Indignity (Penguin)\, her work has won major prizes\, including the RSL O
 ndaatje Prize and Leverhulme Prize\, and been translated into 35+ language
 s. She coedits Political Philosophy and writes for the FT and Guardian.Muk
 ulika Banerjee (@MukulikaB @mukulika.bsky.social) is Professor in Social 
 Anthropology at LSE and was inaugural director of the LSE South Asia Centr
 e. Her books include Cultivating Democracy: Politics and Citizenship in Ag
 rarian India\, Why India Votes?\, The Pathan Unarmed and The Sari (with Da
 niel Miller)\; and the series Exploring the Political in South Asia. She c
 reated the BBC Radio 4 documentary Sacred Election: Lessons from the bigge
 st democracy in the world on the 2009 Indian national elections.More about
  this eventThis event is part of the LSE Festival: How to save the planet 
 running from Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June 2026. This year's Festival expl
 ores how existential threats including the climate crisis\, conflict and A
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