Former PM Cameron headlines Brown memorial lecture

DAVID CAMERON, the former United Kingdom prime minister, will speak at Brown University in March. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY
DAVID CAMERON, the former United Kingdom prime minister, will speak at Brown University in March. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

PROVIDENCE – The former prime minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, will speak at Brown University’s 94th Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on March 20, according to a statement made by the school Wednesday morning.

According to the university, Cameron will deliver a speech entitled “Contemporary Global Challenges: Where Do We Go from Here?” He will comment on the future of the European Union, post-Brexit Britain as well as the rise of multiple populist leaders and parties throughout the globe.

His lecture will be followed by a question and answer session which will be moderated by Brown University President Christina H. Paxson.

Cameron, who was the youngest person to hold the position in nearly 200 years, served as the head of the UK’s government from May 2010 to July 2016. In his first term, from 2010 to 2015, he formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats’ party and in 2015 represented a majority Conservative government – the first in more than 20 years.

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After the June 23 election results showed the majority of Britons voted to leave the EU, Cameron stepped down as Prime Minister following his appeal for the UK to remain a member of the EU.

Out of office, Cameron has continued his support of medical research in Britain and promoting international development as well as heading multiple UK-based charities.

The lecture is free and open to the public, however tickets are required and can be purchased here.

Established in memory of Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 in 1965, the annual lecture series invites heads of state, diplomats, and other major international players to speak at the university about timely international subjects. Previous speakers include the Dalai Lama, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, media innovator Ted Turner and the late astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn.

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