MAGNA CARTA 800 YEARS CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Monday 15 June 2015 at the Ward Room, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus
9-10am: Registration and Coffee
10am-10.15am: Opening of Conference
10.15-10.45am: Opening Speech by Alan Albert, Trustee of the University of Greenwich
10.45-11.15am: Coffee Break
11.15-12.00noon: Presentation of Research “The Relevance of the Magna Carta for our Human and Civil Rights Today” by Dr Machteld Inge van Dooren
12noon- 12.15pm: Reaction to the Research Presentation by Prof. C. Flinterman, Emeritus Professor of Human Rights and member of the UN Human Rights Committee
12.15-12.45pm: Questions and Discussion
12.45-2.15pm: Lunch
2.15-3.00pm: An Historian’s Approach to Magna Carta in the
Context of the First Barons’ War by Matthew Bennett
3.00-3.45pm: The Constitutional Law Perspective
3.45-4.15pm: Tea Break
4.15-5.00pm: Council of Europe Speaker – Andrew Cutting
6pm: Tour of Rochester Castle with John Croucher
Tuesday 16 June 2015 at the Ward Room, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus
9-9.30am: Registration and Coffee
9.30-10.15am: The Manuscript of the Magna Carta
10.15-11am: A Philosopher’s Perspective by Prof. R. Norman, a Vice-President of the British Humanist Association
11-11.30am: Coffee Break
11.30am-12.15pm: The Magna Carta and Religion
12.15-1.00pm: A Lawyer’s View of the Magna Carta by John Nee, Barrister, Becket Chambers, Kent
1.00-2.15pm: Lunch
2.15-3.00pm: A Humanist’s Perspective by Mrs P. Dhaliwal, British Humanist Association
3.00-3.45pm: International Influence of the Magna Carta
3.45-4.15pm: Tea Break
4.15-5.00pm: Summary and General Discussion
6pm: Tour of Rochester Castle with John Croucher
FREE WORKSHOPS:
Wednesday 17 June 2015 in the Syndicate Room, Ward Room Building
10 -11.30am: Visit to Rochester Cathedral – Textus Roffensis
12noon-1.30pm Workshop Politics and the Magna Carta led by Stuart Millson, Independent Member of East Malling and Larkfield Parish Council
1.45-3.15pm: Workshop Discrimination and the Magna Carta
3.30-5pm: Workshop Migration and the Magna Carta led by C. Buckwell, Immigration Judge
Thursday 18 June 2015 in the Syndicate Room, Ward Room Building
10 -11.30am: Visit to Rochester Cathedral – Textus Roffensis
12noon-1.30pm Workshop Freedom of Conscience and Expression led by Roy Smith, Medway Speakers Corner
1.45-3.15pm: Workshop The Magna Carta in Education led by M. Sherwood, Historian and Educator
3.30-5pm: Workshop Labour Market and Workers’ Rights led by S. Wilkins, Medway TUC
Friday 19 June 2015
NGO Market and Exhibition 10am-4pm at Friends Meeting House, Rochester
Historic Tours to Textus Roffensis at Rochester Cathedral and to Rochester Castle from 2pm
