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‘Now More than Ever – The Story of a Peace Movement’
12/12/05
Kate Hudson,
Head of Social & Policy Studies,
London South Bank University and Chair of CND
2pm for 2.30pm start
Room G09, Cavendish Hall, Headingley Campus
About the seminar
Kate Hudson is Head of Social and Policy Studies at London South Bank University, teaching Russian and East European politics and history. She is author of "European Communism since 1989" and "Breaking the South Slav Dream: The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia" and editor of the international journal "Contemporary Politics." She is also Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, a post she has held since September 2003.
Her latest book "CND: Now More than Ever" describes the highs and lows of five decades of the campaign to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction. From the Aldermaston marches to Greenham Common, through the steady decline in membership at the end of the Cold War, to today's growing concerns and renewed interest with new weapons development, missile defence and the possibility of a new arms race in space.
To book a place on this event, please email Charlotte Porter on c.porter@leedsmet.ac.uk
or call 0113 283 2600 ext 3656
‘Feminist approaches to non-violence’
Rev. Kathy Galloway, Leader of the Iona Community
6pm for 6.30pm start
Room G09, Cavendsih Hall, Headingley Campus
About the seminar
Kathy is a practical theologian, campaigner, poet, author and liturgist. Kathy started the Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre, and since then has always worked ecumenically. She has also worked in community development projects in Glasgow , for the Presbyterian Church of Mauritius, and with a charity established to support women who have experienced abuse in a religious context. Most recently she was employed by Church Action on Poverty as its Linkworker for Scotland , with a special remit to develop participatory approaches to poverty with those who experience it.
The major focus of her work has always been with social justice issues, especially relating to people living in poverty and to women.
As a feminist and liberation theologian, Kathy is committed to a praxis methodology and to doing theology with people who are marginalized. She is a patron of the Student Christian Movement, the European Women's Synod, the Centre for Human Ecology and the Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre and has acted as a consultant for, among others, the World Council of Churches, Conference of European Churches, European Industrial Mission, and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
Kathy was recently one of the ‘Thousand women for Peace’ who were jointly nominated for the Nobel Peace prize.
To book a place on this event, please email Charlotte Porter on c.porter@leedsmet.ac.uk
or call 0113 283 2600 ext 3656
