Eleanor Rathbone Social Justice Public Lecture Series: Dr Lisa Doyle
5:00pm - 7:00pm /
Wednesday 13th February 2019
/ Venue: Leggate Lecture Theatre Victoria Gallery & Museum
Type: Lecture /
Category: Department
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- Suitable for: Public, academics, students, researchers, activists
- Admission: Free
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At the end of 2017, 68.5 million people around the world were forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, conflict or generalised violence with 25.4 million becoming refugees. The vast majority of refugees do not reach Europe, but at a time when providing protection and support to those forced to leave everything behind is more needed than ever, Governments across Europe have introduced policies to prevent, or to try to deter, entry into their countries. Alongside this hostile ‘strategy’, the treatment of those who do make it to Europe is deteriorating. The lecture will explore how policies relating to asylum-seekers and refugees in the UK and in other European countries serve both to obstruct entry - to build walls not bridges - and to place those who do manage to arrive at a profound disadvantage when trying to rebuild their lives.
Dr Lisa Doyle is the Executive Director of Advocacy and Engagement at the Refugee Council. She joined the organisation in 2005 and is responsible for leading the charity’s campaigning, media, parliamentary, policy, research and community engagement work. She has undertaken research on a variety of issues that affect refugees and people seeking asylum. Lisa was awarded a PhD in Geography from the University of Reading and she previously lectured in Human Geography at the University of Sussex. She is currently the representative for Western Europe on the Board of the European Council for Refugees and Exiles.
*Eleanor Rathbone worked tirelessly on behalf of refugees and the lecture is scheduled to coincide with an exhibition about her life and times featuring press cuttings, photographs and other items drawn from the Rathbone Papers held by the University’s Special Collections and Archives. You are advised to arrive early if you wish to visit the exhibition prior to the lecture. Further details of the exhibition can be found here
The public lecture will be taking place in The Leggate Lecture Theatre in the Victoria Gallery & Museum at 5pm. There will be a drinks reception following the lecture.
Dr Lisa Doyle is the Executive Director of Advocacy and Engagement at the Refugee Council. She joined the organisation in 2005 and is responsible for leading the charity’s campaigning, media, parliamentary, policy, research and community engagement work. She has undertaken research on a variety of issues that affect refugees and people seeking asylum. Lisa was awarded a PhD in Geography from the University of Reading and she previously lectured in Human Geography at the University of Sussex. She is currently the representative for Western Europe on the Board of the European Council for Refugees and Exiles.
*Eleanor Rathbone worked tirelessly on behalf of refugees and the lecture is scheduled to coincide with an exhibition about her life and times featuring press cuttings, photographs and other items drawn from the Rathbone Papers held by the University’s Special Collections and Archives. You are advised to arrive early if you wish to visit the exhibition prior to the lecture. Further details of the exhibition can be found here
The public lecture will be taking place in The Leggate Lecture Theatre in the Victoria Gallery & Museum at 5pm. There will be a drinks reception following the lecture.