Distinguished friends

Bhikhu Parekh

Lord Parekh is Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy at the universities of Westminster and Hull. Prior to that he was Centennial Professor at London School of Economics. He is the author of several widely acclaimed books in political philosophy and chaired the Runnymede Commission which produced its report, The Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain, in 1998. He has received the BBC’s Special Lifetime Achievement Award for Asians and Sir Isaiah Berlin Prize for Lifetime Contribution to Political Philosophy.