Past Lectures

Past Lectures

LECTURE BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, DR ROWAN WILLIAMS,
12th May 2010, UCL Bloomsbury Theatre

Enriching the Arguments: the Refugee Contribution to British Life

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SCHOLARS AT RISK: HUMAN RIGHTS AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM
26TH May 2010, the University of Cambridge

Refugee academics from Iran, Iraq and Zimbabwe took part in a roundtable to share their experiences confronting professional and personal threats in their native countries. The event was chaired by Sir Martin Harris, President of Clare Hall Cambridge. For the Centre of Governance and Human Rights report on the event, please click here

SPEAKING OUT: ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN THE 21ST CENTURY
15th April 2010, the University of East London

A panel discussion chaired by Mr Mark Stephens, Chair of UEL Governors, focused on the importance of academic freedom and the specific problems faced by academics when trying to carry out their work in repressive conditions. Speakers included refugee academics from Cameroon, Iraq and Rwanda. For a report on Cameroonian Academic Freedom please click here
The event was also covered by Hannah Fearn from the Times Higher Education. To view the Article click here.

SPEAKING OUT: ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN THE 21ST CENTURY
23rd March 2010, London School of Economics

A panel discussion chaired by Mr Tom Porteous, Director of Human Rights Watch UK focused on the importance of academic freedom and the specific problems faced by academics when trying to carry out their work in repressive conditions. Speakers included: Mr Giles Ji Ungpakorn, a Thai academic and author who in 2009 fled to the UK after being charged under lese-majeste laws, which forbid criticism of the king; Ms Mina Al-Lami, an Iraqi visiting academic at the LSE under the Scholars at Risk scheme; and Joseph, a lecturer who fled to the UK for political reasons.

JEREMY SEABROOK SEMINAR, December 2009, the School of Oriental and African Studies

Jeremy Seabrook, the author of CARA's 75th anniversary book, 'the Refuge and the Fortress: Britain and the Flights from Tyranny', lead a seminar at SOAS on the flight of academic refugees and the atttitude of the receiving coutry.

If you are interested in CARA organising a seminar at your University, please contact Laura Wintour on wintour.cara@lsbu.ac.uk or 0207 021 0880.

REFUGEE FORUM - May 26th 2009 at the Oxford Union

Hosted by Lord John Krebs, Principal of Jesus College Oxford with guest speakers: Professor Gustav Born, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology and son of refugee academic and Nobel Prize winner Max Born; Layla, a refugee academic from Libya; and Katie Ghose, Commissioner from the Independent Asylum Commission and Director of the British Institute of Human Rights.

PROFESSOR NIGEL HARRIS- 1st December 2009 6pm, Museum of London

' Refugees, economic migration and the future of the world economy'

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DR RALPH KOHN LECTURE - 3rd November 2009 6pm, Imperial College London

'Nazi Persecution - Britain's Gift'

Introduced by the Rector of Imperial College, Sir Roy Anderson FRS.

A presentation about the persecution of scientists in Nazi Germany during the 1930s and the 'unique and dedicated work of extraordinary British subjects' to help persecuted academics find a safe haven for their work and life in the UK.

To download a copy of the Royal Society publication, "Nazi Persecution - Britain's Gift", please click here.

RT HON. DAVID LAMMY IN CONVERSATION WITH PERSECUTED ACADEMICS
- 27th April 2009

"I was dismissed from the university and had to flee for my life"

Held in conjunction with The Council for Assisting Refugee Academics
(CARA) and The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS)

DR RALPH KOHN LECTURE - 3rd December 2008, at The Royal Society

'Nazi Persecution - Britain's Gift'

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NIGEL HARRIS LECTURE- 26th June 2008, The Royal Society

'Refugees, economic migration and the future of the world economy'

ALBIE SACHS LECTURE - 23rd January 2008, UCL

'Why I was not despised and rejected: Justice Sachs on his life in Britain.'

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