Rosemary Hollis Memorial Lecture with Gary YoungeEdutalk
City, University of London Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre
Speaker
Gary Younge (PG Dip Newspaper Journalism, 1993) is an award-winning author, journalist, broadcaster, editor-at-large for The Guardian, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester and an Alfred Knobler Fellow at The Nation Institute. Over the course of his career as a journalist, Younge has reported from across the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and the USA. Before becoming the editor-at-large for The Guardian in 2015, he served as the newspaper’s US correspondent for twelve years, working from New York and Chicago. His body of work – which ranges from books, to newspaper columns, to radio and television documentaries – cover a range of subjects including Brexit, gay marriage and white supremacy in America.
Description
The Finsbury Institute of City, University of London, is launching its inaugural Rosemary Hollis Memorial Lecture, hosted by the School of Policy and Global Affairs. The lecture series is dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Rosemary Hollis, a much-loved and much-missed colleague who served as a Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at City from 2008 until her retirement in 2018. Aimed as a cross-disciplinary and community-building event, City envisions the lecture series to explore social issues that impact the modern world today. The inaugural lecture is titled “I danced here on other peoples’ dreams: How racism shaped my critical eye” and will be delivered by City journalism alumnus Gary Younge (PG Dip Newspaper Journalism, 1993). He will discuss his outstanding career success and the trials and tribulations that have come with being a renowned Black journalist.