Talks
Living Water: A Conversation on Change, Connection and Aquatic Life
This event is being held in collaboration with the Cambridge University Library and the School of Biological Sciences.
Slaughterhouse Struggle: Space, Time, and Ideology in Beirut’s class conflicts of the 1960s.
Tue 5 May
Newnham College
Slaughterhouse Struggle: Space, Time, and Ideology in Beirut’s class conflicts of the 1960s.
Join members of the Margaret Anstee Centre for Global Studies for a lecture presented by MAC Research Fellow, Dr Diala Lteif.
Dr Lteif will present her research on the subject of, "Slaughterhouse Struggle: Space, Time, and Ideology in Beirut’s class conflicts of the 1960s.”
Dr Diala Lteif is a planner and urban historian of the modern Middle-East and her research explores the role of subaltern populations in the production of space and cities. You can read more about this work in her recent Antipode article, "The Conditions of the Working Class in 1960s Beirut: Fire and Everyday Struggles in Karantina."
The image of the slaughterhouse is from Le Jour newspaper from 11 June 1966 (p11).
All are welcome!
Lecture followed by drinks.
5.00 to 6.30pm on 5 May 2026
Lucia Windsor Room, Newnham College
Cost: Free