Missed our Annual Lecture? Never fear, you can catch up on YouTube. Prof Stephen Brooke was our 2016 speaker: his talk was titled ‘Hate and Fear: Emotion, Politics and Race in 1980s London’.

Abstract

‘Hate and Fear? Emotions, Politics and Race in 1980s London’ will be an exploration of the role emotion played in race relations in 1980s London. It will examine incidents of racial harassment and violence on housing estates in London between 1981 and 1986 and relates those incidents to the history and theory of emotions, the political history of postwar Britain and our understanding of everyday life. The lecture will stress that understanding emotion is critical to comprehending the politics of race in London. The lecture will also reflect upon the broader role emotion plays in politics.