Sussex event on antinuclear movement, with Sasha Roseneil

As nuclear weapons rise up the international agenda, I will be talking at Sussex University about The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the first academic study of the movement in Britain to be published this century, with Sasha Roseneil, the University's Vice-Chancellor, author of Disarming Patriarchy: Feminism and Political Action at Greenham (Open University Press, 1995), and Common Women,… Continue reading Sussex event on antinuclear movement, with Sasha Roseneil

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament – book events

I now have a series of events lined up for The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament over the next 3 months: LONDON Tuesday 12 November 7 pm, Housmans Bookshop, 6 Caledonian Rd - in conversation with KATE HUDSON, until recently the general secretary of CND. DEVON Wednesday 20 November 5 pm, The Old Picture House, Seaton… Continue reading The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament – book events

“In Defence of the Concept of Genocide”: my Amsterdam lecture

This month is the 80th anniversary of Raphael Lemkin's introduction fo the concept of genocide in Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. On 17 October, I gave the annual Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture for NIOD in Amsterdam. Criticising those who would abandon Lemkin's concept, I looked at its relevance today in the light of Gaza.… Continue reading “In Defence of the Concept of Genocide”: my Amsterdam lecture