The Gender Institute, PSA Specialist Group in Political Violence & Terrorism and the Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre are collaborating to present a round table discussion on the new book, ‘Extreme Britain: Gender, Masculinity and Radicalisation’ by Elizabeth Pearson.
Head to Awraq Festival for an enriching conversation with Palestinian writer and editor, Fida Jiryis, who will be calling in online from the Galilee. Fida will talk about her memoir ‘Stranger In My Own Land’.
The French Republic is Broken. Can it be fixed? Join award-winning journalist and author Nabila Ramdani for a talk about the challenges to which the nation must rise.
Join Nabila Ramdani in person and online as Columbia University welcomes her to speak on the future of the French Republic.
Doctor and aid worker Lynne Jones, and lawyer and climate activist Farhana Yamin, a key architect of the Paris climate agreement, discuss the rise and methods of nonviolent action for political change.
Join artists Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee, in conversation with Paul Clammer (‘Black Crown: Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean’s Forgotten Kingdom’) at Bookhaus as they discuss one of the greatest events in modern world history.
In this talk, Paul Clammer (author of ‘Black Crown’) uncovers the lost story of Thomas Goodall, a Bristolian who served as Haiti’s first Admiral and tangled with the Royal Navy in the fight to defend Haitian independence.
Former President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian (author of ‘The Small States Club’), Chief Executive of Chatham House Bronwen Maddox, and leading war correspondent Christina Lamb, debate whether the global dominance of one geo-political bloc is safer for world order.
Former Deputy Finance Minister for Iraq Ali Allawi, openDemocracy’s Head of Global Investigations Claire Provost and Armen Sarkissian, author of ‘The Small States Club’, debate free markets and feudal overlords.
As the multi-polar world of global politics becomes ever more complex, who better to cast light on its workings than a physicist turned President? Join Armen Sarkissian, former President of Armenia and author of ‘The Small States Club’, as he argues for his new theory of quantum politics, in which individuals are necessarily connected across space and our world is dominated by randomness, uncertainty and possibility.
Peter Oborne will be interviewing Mihir Bose about his book, ‘Thank You Mr Crombie’, on Wednesday 29 May at 7.30pm in the Boston Room of George IV.
Join Nancy Lindisfarne & Jonathan Neale for the launch of their co-authored book, ‘Why Men?’
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