Gender equality and modernity?
Tue 12 Jun 2018, 18:00 - 20:00
- Venue
- Tech Hub, Edge Hill University, St Helens Road, Ormskirk, L39 4QP
Event ended
This event is a repeat of the British Academy Lecture given at the British Academy on 1 February 2018.
This event is part of the British Academy's season on Identities & Belonging
Gender equality is often claimed as a core value of modern or Western society, marking the distance travelled from earlier times or other lands. As we celebrate the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act – which gave a qualified right to vote to some women in Britain – it seems an opportune moment to reflect on just how much credence we can give to that claim about gender equality as a principle of modernity.
Speaker:
Professor Anne Phillips FBA is the Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics. She is a leading contributor to feminist political theory, including through such works as The Politics of Presence, Multiculturalism without Culture, and The Politics of the Human. She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2003.
Chair:
Dr Mari Hughes-Edwards, Reader in English Literature, Edge Hill University
Organised in partnership with Edge Hill University's Gender and Sexuality Research Group, as part of Edge Hill University's Festival of Ideas.
