A distinguished lecture series featuring a wide range of inspiring and educational talks will begin at Liverpool Hope University this autumn.
An initial nine lectures have been announced as part of the programme, which will be delivered by leading academics from across the UK throughout the 2023/24 academic year.
The lectures are free to attend, and open to students, university staff and the general public. Pre-registration is not required and refreshments will be served beforehand at each of the lectures.
The 2023/24 programme kicks off on Wednesday 11 October with Professor Ralph Darlington, who will be discussing his latest book, Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14. Emeritus Professor of Employment Relations at Salford University, Professor Darlington will explain the context, causes, actors, dynamics and significance of the Labour Revolt, as well as the role of the radical left and the relationship between industrial struggles and political organisation, which remains relevant today.
This will be followed by Professor David Croisdale-Appleby, a leading expert on health and social care who received an OBE in 2009 in recognition of his work for social justice. His lecture will consider the issues that exist in the UK’s health and social care system and what is required to create better health outcomes and wellbeing for our population.
Professor Faraz Khan will bring a business perspective to the lecture series. An ESG investment and impact specialist with 25 years’ experience in the field of sustainability business, Professor Khan is CEO of global sustainability advisory, technology, and implementation company, Spectreco. His lecture will weigh up the opportunities and consequences of the Green New Deal.
Observer journalist Kenan Malik will address the limits of identity politics as he shares thoughts from his latest book- Not So Black and White – which provides a powerful new history of the idea of race. In his lecture, Malik will explain the real origins of ‘race’ in Western thought, tracing its path from those beginnings in the Enlightenment all the way to our own fractious world. In doing so he upends many assumptions underpinning today’s heated debates around race, culture, whiteness and privilege.
Professor Faraz Khan will bring a business perspective to the lecture series. An ESG investment and impact specialist with 25 years’ experience in the field of sustainability business, Professor Khan is CEO of global sustainability advisory, technology, and implementation company, Spectreco. His lecture will weigh up the opportunities and consequences of the Green New Deal.
Within the Liverpool Hope University Distinguished Lecture series, the School of Humanities will deliver a programme of lectures on the four constitutions from the second Vatican council in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
Professor Reimund Bieringer, Professor Paul McPartlan, Dr Patricia Jones and Liverpool Hope’s Professor Pete McGrail will deliver lectures on each of the four constitutions, all of which will be preceded by a seminar providing a more focused discussion on selected issues.
Distinguished Lecture Series: Programme
Professor Ralph Darlington: The Pre-war Labour Revolt
Date: Wednesday 11 October 2023.
Time: 5.30pm, with refreshments available from 5pm.
Location: Eden Lecture Theatre, Hope Park Campus, Taggart Avenue, L16 9JD.
Professor Reimund Bieringer on Dei Verbum: Constitution on Divine Revelation
Date: Wednesday 25 October 2023.
Time: 5.30pm - 7pm.
Location: Frances Mary Lescher 014 Building, Hope Park Campus, Taggart Avenue, L16 9JD.
Professor David Croisdale Appleby: Creating health and wellbeing – a personal view of the future: with acknowledgement to Alice – both In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Date: Wednesday 8 November 2023.
Time: 5.30pm, with refreshments available from 5pm.
Location: Eden Lecture Theatre, Hope Park Campus, Taggart Avenue, L16 9JD.
Professor Faraz Khan: The Green New Deal: Dynamic Opportunities, Disastrous Consequences, or both?
Date: Wednesday 15 November 2023.
Time: 5.30pm, with refreshments available from 5pm.
Location: Eden Arbour Room, Hope Park Campus, Taggart Avenue, L16 9JD.
Kenan Malik: Not So Black and White: A History of Race from White Supremacy to Identity Politics
Date: Wednesday 6 December 2023.
Time: 5.30pm, with refreshments available from 5pm.
Location: Eden Lecture Theatre, Hope Park Campus, Taggart Avenue, L16 9JD.
Professor Paul McPartlan on Lumen Gentium: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
Date: Thursday 7 December 2023.
Time: 5.30pm - 7pm.
Location: Frances Mary Lescher 014 Building, Hope Park Campus, Taggart Avenue, L16 9JD.
Professor Pete McGrail on Sacrosanctum Concilium: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Date: Wednesday 17 January 2024.
Time: 5.30pm - 7pm.
Location: Frances Mary Lescher 014 Building, Hope Park Campus, Taggart Avenue, L16 9JD.
Dr Patricia Jones on Gaudium et Spes: Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
Date: Wednesday 28 February 2024.
Time: 5.30pm - 7pm.
Location: Frances Mary Lescher 014 Building, Hope Park Campus, Taggart Avenue, L16 9JD.