Hybrid Lecture – Global Dignity and Seeing Others: Political and Environmental Recognition Compared
Tuesday 1 April 2025, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm BST, online and London, UK
Join us for this lecture in which Michèle Lamont will discuss her book Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How it Can Heal a Divided World.
She will also discuss ongoing collaborative research on whether and how American and British young workers in the “two Manchesters” are searching for recognition through politics; how indigenous people in Canada and Micronesia are seeking recognition through environmental justice and jobs, and the challenge of seeking recognition where it is impossible to obtain.
Meet our speaker and chair
Michèle Lamont (@mlamont6), Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies at Harvard, specialises in cultural and comparative sociology. Her research focuses on social worth, inequality, boundaries, and knowledge evaluation. Key works include Money, Morals and Manners and Seeing Others. Lamont served as ASA president (2016-17) and is a member of prestigious academies. She studies inclusion, racism, class cultures, and social change across societies.
Sam Friedman (@SamFriedmanSoc) is Professor of Sociology at LSE and co-author of The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged, and author of Comedy and Distinction: the Cultural Currency of a ‘Good’ Sense of Humour. He is the co-editor of The British Journal of Sociology. His new book with Aaron Reeves entitled Born To Rule explores how the British elite has changed over the last 120 years.
More about this event
This event will be available to watch on LSE Live. LSE Live is the new home for our live streams, allowing you to tune in and join the global debate at LSE, wherever you are in the world. If you can’t attend live, a video will be made available shortly afterwards on LSE’s YouTube channel.
Find more information and book your free place here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/04/202504011830/global-dignity
This event will be held online and at Old Theatre, Old Building, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, UK.