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Dr Maya Goodfellow, Writer and Academic
Hosted by Professor Sally Shortall, with introduction from Professor Angharad Gatehouse
Tracing the history of the UK’s immigration debate, Dr Goodfellow will look at legislation that was introduced from the 1960s and how it was tied up with Empire. This lecture will consider how distinct forms of racism were reproduced by the party-political left and right, and will examine the impact this had on people who moved, or tried to move, to this country.
Maya Goodfellow's book, Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Become Scapegoats, is available to buy now from our university bookseller Blackwell's: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Hostile-Environment-by-Maya-Goodfellow-author/9781788739603
Biography:
Dr Maya Goodfellow is a writer, academic and broadcast commentator. She is the author of Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats. She has written for a range of publications, including the New York Times, Guardian and the Washington Post. She regularly appears on the BBC and Sky News. She has a PhD from SOAS, University of London, and her work looked at race and racism in British international development discourse.
Live Q&A:
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Dr Maya Goodfellow, Writer and Academic
Hosted by Professor Sally Shortall, with introduction from Professor Angharad Gatehouse
Tracing the history of the UK’s immigration debate, Dr Goodfellow will look at legislation that was introduced from the 1960s and how it was tied up with Empire. This lecture will consider how distinct forms of racism were reproduced by the party-political left and right, and will examine the impact this had on people who moved, or tried to move, to this country.
Maya Goodfellow's book, Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Become Scapegoats, is available to buy now from our university bookseller Blackwell's: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Hostile-Environment-by-Maya-Goodfellow-author/9781788739603
Biography:
Dr Maya Goodfellow is a writer, academic and broadcast commentator. She is the author of Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats. She has written for a range of publications, including the New York Times, Guardian and the Washington Post. She regularly appears on the BBC and Sky News. She has a PhD from SOAS, University of London, and her work looked at race and racism in British international development discourse.
Live Q&A:
The lecture will be followed by a live Q&A with the speaker. You can submit a question during the event using YouTube Live Chat, via Twitter @InsightsNCL or by sending an email to public.lectures@ncl.ac.uk.
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Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/INSIGHTSPublicLecturesNCL
Follow INSIGHTS Public Lectures on Twitter: twitter.com/InsightsNCL
Visit the INSIGHTS Public Lectures Website: ncl.ac.uk/events/public-lectures
