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Talks

Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah

Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah at King's College

"Misreading Fanon: How a thinker of division became a prophet of certainty"

Wed 17 January 2024 5:30PM - 7:00PM

The Cross, Torture and Public Theology

A free in-person public lecture by David Tombs, Centre for Theology and Public Issues, University of Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand

6:00PM - 7:30PM

Highlight CONQUEST OF THE GARDEN: IRANIAN WOMEN'S POETRY

Poetry event inspired feminist poet Forugh Farrokhzad and over a millennium of women poets writing in Farsi.

6:30PM

African Objects in European Museums: Issues of Restitution in Ghana

Dr Gertrude Aba Mansah Eyifa-Dzidzienyo will assess three requests for the return of looted Ghanaian cultural objects and the aftermath.

Thu 18 January 2024 5:30PM - 6:30PM

Highlight Think Like a White Man – Black Satire in the 21st Century

Cambridge University Library hosts this talk with writer and broadcaster, Nels Abbey.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

'Why didn’t the UK prosecute its Nazi collaborators?': In conversation with Jon Silverman

Professor Jon Silverman will discuss his new book, ‘Safe Haven’, which seeks to answer why Nazi collaborators in the UK weren't prosecuted.