28 March 2009 14:00 - 16:00 BST John Keane speaks of Paine’s legacy 200 years after his death A special meeting to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Thomas Paine, revolutionary democrat and author of The Rights of Man, The Age of Reasonand Common...
Read MoreTuesday 29 April 2008 Time: 6:30-8pm Venue: London School of Economics, Old Theatre, Old Building Speakers: David Goodhart, Professor John Keane, Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh Chair: Professor Lord Tony Giddens At this event, John Keane with David Goodhart (editor of Prospect) discussed Lord Bhikhu Parekh’s...
Read MoreJohn Keane, Ruth Kinna, (Senior Lecturer in Politics at Loughborough University) and Peter Marshall (philosopher and historian), talk of ANARCHISM with Melvyn Bragg (BBC Radio4 December, 7, 2006) Anarchism Pierre Joseph Proudhon famously declared “property is theft”. And perhaps more surprisingly that...
Read MoreSummary: On the 7th of November, AKU-ISMC hosted a lunch-hour seminar entitled: The strange origins of representative democracy, led by John Keane, Professor of Politics at the University of Westminter and the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB). During the seminar, Keane explored the...
Read MoreListen to Audio Sydney Democracy Forum. Thursday 11 October 2007. 6.30 pm. The Twenty-First Century Enemies of Democracy. Venue: Footbridge Theatre, Parramatta Road, University of Sydney. Summary: Among the striking new developments of our times is the reappearance of an old problem with...
Read MoreSummary: The Lowy Institute, in cooperation with the Sydney Democracy Forum, explored the state of West Asian democracy in a panel discussion held on Tuesday 2 October, 2007 at the Institute. The session compared and contrasted two different ends of...
Read MoreJohn Keane was guest of Jill Kitson at ABC Radio National Summer series of talks and lectures. The show was broadcasted Wednesday 24 January 2007 6pm. ...
Read MoreJohn Keane, Ruth Kinna, (Senior Lecturer in Politics at Loughborough University) and Peter Marshall (philosopher and historian), talk of ANARCHISM with Melvyn Bragg (BBC Radio4 December, 7, 2006) Anarchism Pierre Joseph Proudhon famously declared “property is theft”. And perhaps more surprisingly that...
Read More16 August 2006, 10.05am ABC Classic FM John Keane guest at Mornings with Margaret Throsby -9.05 -11.00am weekdays. At 10.05am Margaret Throsby is in conversation with a special guest, playing their favourite music and telling their own stories. Listen to Audio (Part One) [audio mp3="http://www.johnkeane.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/throsby.mp3"][/audio] Listen to...
Read MoreListen to Audio [audio mp3="http://www.johnkeane.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/jk_abc_paine.mp3"][/audio] Wednesday 26 July 2006, 6pm Thomas Paine English-American writer and revolutionary Thomas Paine had a profound influence on the French revolution, the American Revolution and English radicalism. And his ideas shaped the way all of us understand the concept...
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