Margaret Harris lecture

Barbara Stocking, Director of Oxfam will deliver the Margaret Harris lecture on religion on Tuesday 28 May at 5.15pm in the University Chaplaincy. Her lecture entitled "dilemmas in doing good" will touch on a broad range of moral challenges.

Barbara will ask whether we should have called for a humanitarian pause in the bombing in Afghanistan; If African staff should be allowed to give evidence to the United Nations Security Council even though their security could be at risk; And also how people can approach the power of multi-national companies - whether to work for change inside or challenge from outside.

Following on from the success of last year' s Margaret Harris lecture where Terry Waite delivered a fascinating account of his life and faith to a packed Bonar Hall, this year's lecture is set to be another highlight in the University's calander.

Barbara Stocking joined Oxfam as director in May 2001. She was previously a member of the top management team of the National Health Service and has broad experience of healthcare systems, policy and practice including periods at the National Academy of Sciences in the USA and with the World Health Organisation in West Africa.

The Margaret Harris lecture on religion has been an annual University event since 1965. Past lecturers have included many eminent names from the field of religion and philosophy including Sir Kenneth Dover, Rabbi Julia Neuberger and Sir Jonathon Porritt.

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