When: Monday, May 16, 2022, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PMWhere: Online
Speaker: Professor Thomas Laqueur
George Makari's book, Of Fear and Strangers: A History of Xenophobia (2021) traces the history of xenophobia from its origins to the present day.
To discuss diverse experiences of xenophobia, past and present, Makari will be joined by Prof David Feldman (Director, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism), Prof Thomas W Laqueur (UC Berkeley), Akshi Singh (Queen Mary University of London).
This month, Professor Thomas Laqueur is the IHSS Distinguished Visiting Fellow with the 'Pathologies of Solitude' project at Queen Mary, University of London.
All are welcome!