Lord Parekh

PAREKH (Life Baron), Bhikhu Chhotalal Parekh; cr. 2000
Lord Parekh
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Councils, public bodies

Visiting Professor:
University of British Columbia, Canada 1967-68,
Concordia University 1974-75,
McGill University 1976-77;
Member, Rampton/Swann Committee of Inquiry into Educational Problems of Ethnic Minority Children 1978-82;
Council Member, Policy Studies Institute 1985-90;
Deputy Chairman, Commission for Racial Equality 1985-90;
Vice-President, UK Council for Overseas Students Affairs 1989-99;
Council Member, Institute for Public Policy Research 1990-96;
Visiting Professor:
Harvard University 1996,
Institute for Advanced Study, Vienna 1997,
University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona 1997,
University of Pennsylvania 1998;
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 2000;
Chairman, Commission on Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain 1998-2001;
President British Association of South Asia Scholars 2004-07
  

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Parekh, of Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire 2000
  

Lords Select Committees

Member Human Rights Joint Committee 2001-03
  

Political interests

Race relations, higher education, ethnic conflicts, global justice, international politics
  

Countries of interest

India, USA, Canada
  

International bodies

Founding Member and Past President, Research Committee on Political Philosophy of International Political Science Association
  

House of Lords

Professor the Lord Parekh
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW

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