HYBRID: White Thinking in sport and beyond: an evening with Lilian Thuram
16 May 2022, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm
French former footballer Lilian Thuram joins us to discuss the changing role of athletes in the wider (geo)politics of racism & nationalism
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Sarah Parker Remond Centre
Location
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Archaeology G6 Lecture Theatre31-34 Gordon SquareLondonWC1H 0PYUnited Kingdom
This event is organised by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø's Arts & Humanities faculty EDI and the Sarah Parker Remond Centre
Lilian Thuram will be joined by Prof Paul Gilroy (Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre),ÌýDr Hélène Neveu Kringelbach (Vice-Dean Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for the Arts and Humanities faculty), Mbango Mispa SAME ESSAKA (co-chair of the Arts & Humanities faculty EDI committee) and Dr Clive Nwonka (Lecturer in Film, Culture and Society, Institute of Advanced Studies).
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About the speaker:
Lilian Thuram, born in Guadeloupe in 1972, had a prestigious international career in football for the French national team – World champion in 1998, European champion in 2000, World Cup finalist in 2006 – and played for elite European clubs such as Juventus and Barcelona. In 2008, he created the Lilian Thuram Foundation to educate against racism, and he has become a high-profile activist himself. He is the author of various non-fiction books.