The British Empire & the Culture War: When Colonial History Becomes Politics with Prof. Alan Lester

On Wednesday, December 11th at 2:00 pm, the Centre for Human Rights Research welcomes Prof. Alan Lester from the University of Sussex for a lecture on “The British Empire & The Culture War: When Colonial History Becomes Politics.”

Alan Lester is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Sussex. He has held visiting lectureships at Rhodes University and the University of Fort Hare, an Erskine Fellowship at the University of Canterbury and an inaugural fellowship in humanities at La Trobe University. He has also been Research Professor (Historical Studies) at La Trobe. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the co-editor of the Manchester University Press Studies in Imperialism series. Alan’s most recent edited collection The Truth About Empire: Real Histories of British Colonialism features a chapter by CHRR Director Dr. Adele Perry, CHRR Research Affiliate Dr. Sean Carleton, and CarletonU’s Dr. Omeasoo Wahpasiw titled “The Misuse of Indigenous and Canadian History in Colonialism.”

No registration is necessary. For information on getting to the University of Manitoba, please see: https://umanitoba.ca/about-um/our-campuses/getting-here