1 INTRODUCTION

2 DATA  
2.1 Observations  
2.2 Field kinematics  
2.3 Metallicities  
2.4 Red Clump properties  

3 ANCHORING THE LMC RED CLUMP DISTANCE SCALE

4 STELLAR POPULATIONS IN THE LMC OUTSKIRTS

5 KINEMATICS IN THE FRAME OF THE LMC DISK  
5.1 Common properties and literature comparison  
5.2 The relatively undisturbed north-eastern disk  
5.3 The “straight-edged” western disk  
5.4 The disturbed southern disk  

6 DISCUSSION  
6.1 Dynamical models  
6.2 Predicted effects of interactions in the outer LMC  
6.3 Comparing models to observations  
6.4 Effect of disk geometry  

7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS