The School of English and Scottish Language Literature at the University of Glasgow in conjunction with Scottish PEN, the international writers' association, are hosting prolific writer, journalist, reporter and broadcaster Isabel Hilton for the 5th Naomi Mitchison Memorial Lecture.

The lecture, to take place on Monday 1 November at the Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre, explores the role of women in China and how their struggle for rights and recognition will do much to shape the new China.

Isabel Hilton, currently a columnist for The Guardian, has written for the Sunday Times and The Independent, presented for Radio 3 and 4 and produced several BBC documentaries. She is author of The Search for the Panchen Lama, a gripping story about the political intrigues surrounding the choice of the second most important incarnation in the Tibetan Buddhist hierarchy. She is also a renowned lecturer on international relations and a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. At present she is working on a book of collected reportage, including writing from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tibet, India and the Middle East.

Isabel Hilton lives with her family in London.

Further details on Isabel Hilton can be found at:

Guardian Newspaper Website

Granta Website

The public are welcome to attend the lecture. It is free of charge takes place at 6pm in WILT. For further information please contact Dorothy McMillan on 0141 330-5549.

Media Relations Office (media@gla.ac.uk)

Isabel Hilton is available for interview prior to the lecture. Please contact the University Press Officer Mike Findlay on 0141 330-3535 for further details.

The public are welcome to attend the lecture. It is free of charge takes place at 6pm in WILT. For further information please contact Dorothy McMillan on 0141 330-5549.

For more details on PEN see:

Scottish PEN website

First published: 28 October 2004