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BA Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding Shortlist Event 2023
Meet the authors shortlisted for the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding at this special in-person and online event organised in partnership with the London Review Bookshop.
Awarded annually since 2013, the British Academy’s £25,000 non-fiction book prize recognises work that searches for truth and reason in difficult places and shines a light on the connections and divisions that shape cultural identity worldwide.
Join the six shortlisted authors for an exploration of urgent and globally significant topics. This event will be chaired by the award-winning journalist Rosie Goldsmith.
Shortlisted authors and books:
Tania Branigan, Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution
Nandini Das*, Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
Daniel Foliard, The Violence of Colonial Photography
Kris Manjapra, Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation
Irene Vallejo, Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
Dimitris Xygalatas, Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
*Nandini Das will be present remotely at this event.
Chair: Rosie Goldsmith, Journalist and Broadcaster, Founder and Director of the European Literature Network.
Awarded annually since 2013, the British Academy’s £25,000 non-fiction book prize recognises work that searches for truth and reason in difficult places and shines a light on the connections and divisions that shape cultural identity worldwide.
Join the six shortlisted authors for an exploration of urgent and globally significant topics. This event will be chaired by the award-winning journalist Rosie Goldsmith.
Shortlisted authors and books:
Tania Branigan, Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution
Nandini Das*, Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
Daniel Foliard, The Violence of Colonial Photography
Kris Manjapra, Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation
Irene Vallejo, Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
Dimitris Xygalatas, Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
*Nandini Das will be present remotely at this event.
Chair: Rosie Goldsmith, Journalist and Broadcaster, Founder and Director of the European Literature Network.
Monday 30 Oct 2023
The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, St James, London, . SW1Y 5AH
18:00 - 19:30 Hybrid event - this event will be streamed virtually on Vimeo
Free, booking required
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