Leaders in SHAPE: Gary Younge

Meet the most influential figures within and beyond academia shaping the fields of social sciences, humanities and the arts.

For the first event in the Leaders in SHAPE series, award-winning author, broadcaster, professor and newly elected Honorary Fellow of the British Academy Gary Younge joins Desmond King to discuss his life and career.

SHAPE (Social sciences, humanities & the arts for people and the economy) is a new collective name for those subjects that help us understand ourselves, others and the human world around us.

Speaker: Professor Gary Younge Hon FBA, Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester; Journalist and Author

Chair: Professor Desmond King FBA, Andrew W Mellon Professor of American Government, University of Oxford