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This season, you’ll hear about our new era of mass protest and whether nonviolent action can achieve real political change; the changing face of modern terrorism in the UK; the complex and delicate process of peace-making in an increasingly dystopian world; a fresh take on the iconic writer Virginia Woolf and her deeply problematic prank; lessons in guilt and gratitude to the British from Mihir Bose; and a culinary adventure like you’ve never seen…or heard…before.
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Meet Decca Mitford: investigative journalist, radical activist, renegade aristocrat
An introduction to Decca Mitford, subject of the award-winning author Carla Kaplan’s new biography .
Tales from Kashmir’s Conflict: An Extract from ‘Dapaan’
It is said, two things can change at any time in Kashmir, the weather and the haalaat.
A Bugged 1963 Conclave?
When John XXIII died, the future of relations between the Vatican and the Eastern bloc depended on the choice of his successor. That’s when the CIA came in.
Events
A Thousand Miracles w/ Theodor Meron
Universiteit Leiden, The Hague
In this conversation with Judge Meron, we will discuss his new memoir, ‘A Thousand Miracles:Â From Surviving the Holocaust to Judging Genocide’.
The New Byzantines w/ Sean Mathews
The Hellenic American Union
Join Sean Mathews, author of The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East, in conversation with author Michael Vatikiotis on how Greece’s Ottoman and Byzantine connections are reemerging amid turbulent times in the Eastern Mediterranean.Â
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