Inaugural Lecture Series: Professors Rachel Harrison and Dina Matar Professors Rachel Harrison and Dina Matar will be presenting their inaugural lectures.
Born relay translated? Translating Syaman Rapongan’s 'Mata nu Wawa' Dr Darryl Sterk gives a talk on Syaman Rapongan’s 'Mata nu Wawa', relay translation, and the question of what it means for a literary work to be 'born translated'.
'Exit, Exception, and the Future of Sovereignty' The 2026 annual Keynote Lecture of the seminar series on the Histories of Capitalism and Race of the Walter Rodney Collective for Historical Research to be delivered by Professor Noura Erakat on 'Exit, Exception, and the Future of Sovereignty'.
Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture 2026 – The UN in Afghanistan: from state building to survival, rethinking the UN’s role Drawing on his experience and engagement in a range of United Nations roles in and on Afghanistan from 2001 to the present day, Mark Bowden will examine how the UN’s role has been shaped—and constrained—by the political settlement forged at the Bonn Conference.
Book talk: 'Haunted Modernities: Gender, Memory, and Placemaking in Postindustrial Taiwan' Professor Lee An-Ru gives a talk on her book 'Haunted Modernities', exploring women workers, public memory, and the remaking of heritage in postindustrial Taiwan.
Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Time Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Time/Pesta Babi: Kolonialisme di Zaman Kita is an Indonesian investigative documentary directed by Dandhy Dwi Laksono and Cypri Paju Dale.
The Qing court’s flight to Xi’an during the Boxer War: a turning point in famine relief This seminar explores the famine relief campaign in Shaanxi in 1900 to 1901.
The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories How has the Bengali short story evolved over a century of political and social upheaval? Arunava Sinha explores this question through his recently edited anthology, spanning literary traditions from West Bengal and Bangladesh.