1 September 2017

Swing Time: Zadie Smith in conversation with Marloes Janson

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Date: 1 September 2017
Time: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Venue: Paul Webley Wing (Senate House)
Room: SWLT - Wolfson Lecture Theatre

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Zadie Smith, Maroles Janson

Zadie Smith will discuss her latest book ‘Swing Time’, which was influenced by the reading of SOAS scholar Marloes Janson’s monograph ‘Islam, Youth, and Modernity in the Gambia: The Tablighi Jama`at.

Please register in advance to avoid disappointment: bit.ly/SwingTimeSOAS

Contact email: cas@soas.ac.uk

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