The University of Oxford's English faculty is hosting Speak the Speech, a series of high-profile lectures in unusual spaces.
Former lord chief justice Lord Judge and three other senior British judges have recently backed this stance in high-profile lectures, arguing that by treating the convention as a "living instrument" the ECHR is "undermining democracy".
He gave a series of high-profile lectures on issues of the day, addressing early on the 2003 Iraq war, an action that he considered to be "a serious violation of international law".
Ms. Hughes is not alone on the high-profile lecture circuit.
Andy Hornby, chief executive of HBOS when it had to be rescued by Lloyds, is now chief executive of privately owned pharmacy business Alliance Boots and will tonight deliver a high-profile lecture on retailing.
Despite his admiration for Duflo, Deaton has become increasingly wary of the fashion for randomization — to the point where, at the end of 2008, he found himself giving a high-profile lecture in London that began with two photographs on a PowerPoint slide.
In addition, Club Biotech has created a new, high-profile lecture series called "The Club Biotech Lectures".
We are also working in consultation with minority ethnic students on curriculum change, supporting this process with a series of high-profile public lectures on cultural change in higher education.
"It's a 24-hour living toy, as Cedric [Price] would call it," says Spiller, who is staging a weekly series of high-profile public lectures in the new basement auditorium to whip up further interest, and launching the space next month with an exhibition tied to his new book, Educating Architects.
Using a high-profile annual lecture on Chinese-American relations to make his final public address as ambassador, Mr. Huntsman said bluntly that prominent Chinese activists had been unfairly detained or jailed, naming Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner, who is serving an 11-year prison sentence for "subversion," and Ai Weiwei, the Beijing artist who was taken into custody on Sunday.
Since then he has become a paid adviser to JP Morgan Chase, set up a global consultancy, launched sports and faith charities, dabbled in climate change politics, and delivered many high-profile speeches and lectures, some unpaid, others for fees reportedly as large as $250,000.
