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My highlights: History, Education, and Policing
The week of 18 February 2013 offered many opportunities for reminiscing, reflection, critical analysis and for planning collective action on a number of fronts, history, education and race and policing and community security among them. On Wednesday 20 February, Global Hands and DeMontfort University, Leicester, hosted a one day symposium on Police Reform and Developing
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Intercultural dialogue between Europe and Islam
On October 31st, professor Gus John delivered a research seminar entitled “Intercultural Dialogue and Mutual Respect between Europe and Islam - The challenge for Education” at the University of Birmingham. Here is the lecture in full: Let me thank my friend and comrade Dave Gillborn for nominating me to deliver this lecture and thank the School
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Gus John to speak at University of Birmingham
On Wednesday 31st October 2012, professor Gus John is expected to address the academic community of the prestigious University of Birmingham. His lecture will focus on the challenges for education in promoting intercultural dialogue between Europe and Islam. Globalisation and the movement of people from the South to the North as economic migrants and as refugees
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Gus John’s speech at the Brahma Kumaris Meditation Space
The following speech was delivered by prof. Gus John on December 18th, 2011, during the opening of the Brahma Kumaris Meditation Space at Bizspace. I greet you all in Peace and with Love. Greetings to Sister Jayanti whom I have not seen in a long time. Congratulations to Sister Ann for moving the project onwards
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Forging a Future for Young People in London
The following speech was delivered at the “Young People and Opportunity: a Vision for London” conference, promoted by the Institute of Education, on November 8th, 2011. In 2005, as part of the Canada-UK Colloquium on cities and national success, I was asked to deliver a paper on ‘Diverse and Cohesive Cities: London in 21st Century
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