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UEL welcomes distinguished Harvard professor for first annual lecture in Cultural Studies

Tuesday 19 May 2009

Professor Homi Bhabha

Professor Homi Bhabha, Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University and world-renowned cultural critic and theorist of post-colonialism, will be giving the first annual lecture of the Centre for Cultural Studies Research (CCSR) at the University of East London (UEL).

Professor Bhabha's lecture, entitled Time, Agency and the Banality of Evil , will explore the problem of political agency when societies slide into civil war or genocide, such as occurred in Europe under the Nazis and Rwanda in 1994. He examines critical questions such as how it is possible that evil becomes a routine event amongst people who have known each other for years as neighbours, and how we interpret and respond to images of atrocities in the mass media.

The lecture is on Wednesday 10 June at UEL’s Docklands campus, and is sponsored by Iniva at Rivington Place and UEL's Centre for Cultural Studies Research.

“We are delighted that Professor Bhabha is making this very special appearance at UEL." said Mica Nava, Professor of Cultural Studies at UEL "We are honoured to welcome him and are looking forward to hearing his lecture.”

Professor Bhabha is currently at work on two new book projects: A Measure of Dwelling: a Theory of Vernacular Cosmopolitanism, forthcoming from Harvard University Press and The Right to Narrate, forthcoming from Columbia University Press. He also serves on the Editorial Collective of Public Culture.

The lecture will take place at 5.30pm on Wednesday 10 June at the West Building Lecture Theatre at the Docklands Campus. Due to a huge response already, there may only be seats available in a separate room with a video link to the main lecture room. For further details and to reserve your place, email Gill Perkins on g.s.perkins@uel.ac.uk

UEL is one of the top universities in the UK for research in Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, according to the results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.

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