At this workshop, a roundtable of experts will examine the issue of state capture and the implications for the constitutional order.

Professor Colin Scott, University College Dublin, will present his findings of a comparative study of the regulation of higher education conducted in the early noughties, in which he analysed the contrasting patterns of four modes of oversight based in oversight, competition, mutuality, and contrived randomness.

Following the Palm D'or winning success of his latest film Shoplifters, FLJS Films is pleased to present master director Hirokazu Kore-eda's previous film, The Third Murder, his elliptical reworking of Kurosawa's Rashomon for modern times. Sir Tim Hitchens will introduce a pre-screening talk by Signt&Sound's expert in East Asian cinema Tony Rayns.

In 2009, Elinor Olstrom became – and remains – the only woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, awarded for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons. Ten years on, we revisit her groundbreaking book Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action.

FLJS Films is pleased to present a special screening of Golden Kingdom, the acclaimed first international feature film to be produced in Myanmar since its reopening. Director Brian Perkins and SE Asia expert Dr Mandy Sadan will discuss the film's themes and genesis. Donations are invited to the Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Rohingya refugee crisis appeal.

A workshop to further explore the themes raised in the Max Watson Annual Lecture 2018, on the constitutional consequences of recent populist movements around Europe and beyond.

To mark the centenary of the Armistice, we present Stanley Kubrick’s digitally restored masterpiece Paths of Glory. Widely considered to be both his finest work and the best film about the First World War ever made, the film explores the morality of conflict as French Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) is forced to defend three fellow soldiers faced with execution for cowardice and dereliction of duty.

In this lecture, Dr Ying Yu will challenge conventional assumptions that China and the West have developed wholly different understandings of society, relations among its members, and between the people and government. Through a close analysis of Confucius’ ideas, based on the original script, Dr Yu will show how similar they are to the jurisprudential foundations of western societies, offering the basis for an entirely new approach.

Twenty years on from the Good Friday Agreement, we look back at the Troubles with this screening of Steve McQueen's acclaimed debut Hunger, featuring a bravura breakthrough performance from Michael Fassbender as IRA volunteer Bobby Sands, whose Maze Prison hunger strike changed government policy.