Politics of Fear, Politics of Hope?
Professor
the Baroness Haleh Afshar OBE, AcSS, will be the guest speaker at
the next Ebor lecture being held on Wednesday 9 February at York St
John University.
In a lecture entitled ‘The Politics of Fear:
What does it mean to those who are otherised and feared?’, Haleh
Afshar will discuss the topic in the context of the current series
theme: ‘Politics of Fear, Politics of Hope? Terrorism in the 21st
Century’. Acts of terrorism and the perceived threat of terrorism
are seen to be changing our world. Some argue that freedom is being
eroded and liberty curtailed through the deliberate building up of
a climate of fear. This series of Ebor Lectures will explore these
issues of freedom and security, the politics of fear and the
politics of hope.
Haleh Afshar teaches Politics and Women's
Studies at the University of York and serves as a Crossbench Peer
in the House of Lords. In 2005 she was awarded an OBE for services
to equal opportunities.
She is a founding member of the Muslims
Women’s Network UK and has served as its Chair and is currently its
Honorary president. She has served on the Home Office’s Working
Group on ‘engaging with women’ and is a member of the Home Office’s
Preventing Extremism Together (PET) Working Group.
The Ebor lectures are an ecumenical project
jointly organised by York St John University, York Minster, The
Order of Carmelites, The Churches Regional Commission for Yorkshire
& the Humber and York Institute for Community Theology.
Since their launch in 2006, the Lectures have
established an enviable reputation with prestigious speakers,
promoting debate on topical issues and broadening discussion.
Held annually, past speakers have included Dr Rowan Williams,
Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York,
Robert Peston, the BBC’s Business Editor and legendary
parliamentarian Tony Benn.
For further information please contact Amy Hall, PR
& Communications Officer on T: 01904 876466 or E: a.hall@yorksj.ac.uk
