The Inaugural Stephen Press Memorial Lecture will be held at the Murray Lecture Theatre, Room 1067, in the Murray Building (Building 58) at Southampton University on Thursday 7th November 2019 at 6:30pm.
The speaker is David Owen, Professor of Political Philosophy at the University who is an expert in migration and the title of the lecture will be “The Invention of the Modern Refugee: How did we get here?”
Tickets are free and are available from Eventbrite via this link. Refreshments will be available.
Voluntary donations to City of Sanctuary Southampton can be made at the end of the event, which we expect to finish at 8.45pm.
Check out the Flyer for more details.
Stephen Press
Stephen Press was the Chair of the City of Sanctuary Southampton group until his passing in August 2018. As well as making a huge impact in this role, he also managed a local community centre that became a key hub for refugees, asylum seekers and other marginalised groups in the community. He worked famously long hours at the centre, but always threw himself passionately into the work of City of Sanctuary.
In his memory, City of Sanctuary Southampton will be holding an annual lecture series on a topic relating to refugees and migration.