New World Orders

New World Orders

New World Orders gathers the most authoritative voices across international and domestic politics, conflict, economics, and law to engage with and dissect current affairs. Vince Cable explores the emergency of new superstates and a host of voices including Avi Shlaim, Ilan Pappé, Pankaj Mishra, Penny Johnson, Raja Shehadeh, Anne Applebaum, Omar El Akkad, and Fady Judah, unravel the long and catastrophic history between Israel and Palestine, including the most recent and devastating series of attacks.

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Freedom of Expression: The Long View

Saturday 9 August 14:15 - 15:15

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The debate around freedom of expression feels more contested than ever. But the concept of freedom of expression in the arts is relatively recent, and it was only in 1968 that censorship of plays was abolished in Britain…
 

Cacica Juma Xipaia: Standing Up

Monday 11 August 12:15 - 13:15

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At just 24, Cacica Juma Xipaia became the Middle Xingu region's first female Chief. We're honoured to welcome this inspiring leader today, talking about her fight against environmental devastation and for the rights of her people…
 

Julie Farrell, Elizabeth Kellingley & Cat Mitchell: Towards an Inclusive Future

Monday 11 August 16:45 - 17:45

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Author and Inklusion Guide co­founder, Julie Farrell, senior Publishing lecturer at the University of Derby, Cat Mitchell, and Elizabeth Kellingley, access manager at Bloomsbury discuss the impact of their collective disability activism on authors…
 

Sam Dalrymple: The Legacy of Partition

Tuesday 12 August 15:00 - 16:00

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Join filmmaker and historian Sam Dalrymple for an insightful conversation about the complex history and geopolitics of Asia…
 

Peter Frankopan: Ten Years Trekking the Silk Road

Tuesday 12 August 20:30 - 21:30

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With our trading relationships with India and China still very much at the fore, join Frankopan as we revisit this seminal book and its ongoing implications…
 

Alice Mah & Madeleine Watts: Tragedies and Miracles

Wednesday 13 August 13:15 - 14:15

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Two writers grappling with our ties, commitments, and inheritance in the wake of environmental catastrophe come together to discuss their compelling new books with Caoilinn Hughes…
 

Anita Anand & William Dalrymple: Looting, Repatriation, and All Things Empire

Wednesday 13 August 15:00 - 16:00

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Terrific storytellers and co-hosts of the Empire podcast series, Anita Anand and William Dalrymple are experts at getting to the heart of some of history's biggest power struggles. Today they ask what reparations mean in the context of empire?…
 

Ilan Pappé & Avi Shlaim: The Long and the Short of Israel and Palestine

Wednesday 13 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Ilan Pappé (A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, Lobbying for Zionism) and Avi Shlaim (Genocide in Gaza: Israel, Hamas, and the Long War on Palestine) have decades of experience in analysing Israel and Palestine, and their impact on…
 

Penny Johnson & Raja Shehadeh: What We Choose To Rememeber

Thursday 14 August 15:00 - 16:00

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What do the physical memorials of the past and how they are remembered tell us about the ongoing conflicts of today?…
 

Danny Sriskandarajah: People Have the Power

Friday 15 August 12:00 - 13:00

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This is an event for people who want to fight back against the unhappy narratives around them, with an author whose life and work emphasises taking action in difficult circumstances…