Virtual SOAS Festival of Ideas - The Opening Program | SOAS University of London
Channel: SOAS University of London
Date: 2020-10-27

Virtual SOAS Festival of Ideas - The Opening Program was recorded on the 19th of October 2020. You can find out more at: http://bit.ly/31N349u

Inspired by Achille Mbembe’s series of lectures on decolonising the university in conversation with the Rhodes Must Fall movement in South Africa, the SOAS Virtual Festival of Ideas will focus on Decolonising Knowledge. This opening event is hosted by Dr Amina Yaqin and will feature music by Senegalese musician KKTAR, speeches by SOAS students, a presentation by Dr Meera Saratnam of the SOAS Decolonising Working Group, a speech by Maliha Shoaib of the SOAS Spirit Newspaper, and a keynote lecture by incoming SOAS Director Professor Adam Habib entitled “Decolonising Knowledge: The Flow of Knowledge in regards to the positioning of the Global South”. There will be a response by SOAS Pro-Director Professor Andrea Cornwall.