AFAF Annual Conference 2025
Annual Conference 2025
Announcement: We will be returning to Conway Hall for our Annual Conference on Saturday 22 November 2025.
Annual Conference 2024
Our Annual Conference was held on Saturday 23 November from 13.00-17.00 in Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL. We had over twenty speakers from the UK, Ireland and Australia. Speakers included Shereen Benjamin, Carlton Brick, Tim Cowley, Cordelia Fine, Maeve Halligan, Dennis Hayes, Heather McKee, Jo Phoenix, Thomas Prosser, Abhishek Saha, Connie Shaw, Michelle Shipworth, Brandan Spivey, Neil Thin, Catrin Thomas and many branch organisers.
We thank the staff at Conway Hall for their friendly and efficient support.
Once again, author Sean Parker wrote a personal account of the day.
Group Photo Credit: Tessa Clarke
(Photo Credit: Conway Hall – Dennis Hayes)
Annual Conference 2023
The AFAF Annual Conference 2023 took place at City, University of London on Saturday 11 November from 13.00 – 17.00. Our thanks go to City AFAF Branch Co-convenors Professor Ian Pace and Professor Michael Ben-Gad for organsing and, President, Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein, for hosting and welcoming us to the University.
This was a FREE, invitation only, event for individual AFAF network members and branches. To become a network member simply sign the AFAF Statement of Academic Freedom (there are no fees) and we will be in touch. Do join us!
Our keynote speakers were James Murray, Legal Director at Doyle Clayton, and one of the architects of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, who explained where we were with the Act, and Baroness Claire Fox, Director of the Academy of Ideas, who chaired a panel debate on ‘What is the way forward for free speech and academic freedom?‘
There was ample time for networking between the branches, perhaps the most important part of the day.
Sean Parker wrote a personal account of the day on his Substack.
Group Photo Credit: Tessa Clarke
