Islamophobia, lectures and discussion

Events in Leeds and London to mark the 20th anniversary of the Runnymede Trust report on Islamophobia, published in 1997.

Leeds:

Thursday 9 November 2017, 6.30-9pm
Carriage works Theatre, 3 Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD
Speakers include: Professor S. Sayyid (professor of social theory and decolonial thought at the University of Leeds); Baroness Saeeda Warsi (author of The Enemy Within: A Tale of Muslim Britain); Robin Richardson (former director of the Runnymede Trust) and AbdoolKarim Vakil (lecturer in contemporary history at King’s College London). (Attendance is free of charge, but prior registration is essential.)

London:

Monday 20 November 2017, 7-9pm
Khalili Lecture Theatre, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG
Speakers include: AbdoolKarim Vakil; Baroness Valerie Amos (director of the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London); Baroness Julia Neuberger; Professor S.Sayyid; and Robin Richardson. (Attendance is free of charge, but prior registration is essential.)