| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, March 22, 2013 | 6:30PM - 8:30PM | The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs - 1 Devonshire Place |
First Annual Munk School Annual Lecture on European Affairs
The lecture will be followed by a Reception in the Campbell Conference Lounge.
Charles Clarke, a former UK Home Secretary, Education Secretary, and close ally of Tony Blair will be giving a public lecture on the UK’s place within the European Union. For the first time since Britain’s 1973 accession, there is a chance that the UK will leave the European Union – an event that would have immense consequences for both the UK and the EU – as a majority of citizens favour withdrawal. Charles Clarke will explain the UK’s often complicated relationship with Europe, the reasons for the currently high level of disaffection with Europe, and the likelihood that the UK will withdraw.
Charles Rodway Clarke (born 21 September 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South from 1997 until 2010, and served as Home Secretary from December 2004 until May 2006. He was a close ally of Party Leader Neil Kinnock in his efforts to modernize the Labour Party in the 1980s, and was a key figure in Tony Blair’s New Labour project. Described by the New Statesman as “one of Labour’s most intellectually confident heavyweights,” he saw through difficult and controversial reforms to tuition fees, and was an early critic of Gordon Brown. Following his departure from Parliament in 2010, he has been Visiting Professor in the School of Political, Social and International Studies at the University of East Anglia and been Visiting Professor of Politics and Faith in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University. He gives public lectures across Europe, appears regularly on the BBC, and is frequently quoted and interviews in the British Press.
For more information please visit www.charlesclarke.org
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