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22
February
2022
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12:18
Europe/London

Faculty of Humanities to host first British Academy lecture

The Faculty of Humanities is set to host its first event as a British Academy lecture hub.

Twitter - D Wengrow image (c) Antonio Olmos

On Monday, 7 March 2022 the University will welcome David Wengrow FBA, Professor of Comparative Archaeology at University College London.

The lecture, titled Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ˜For an anthropology and archaeology of freedomÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™ will draw on Professor WengrowÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™s collaboration with the late Professor David Graeber. The lecture will argue the importance of an ethnography of freedom to the foundations of anthropology.

Professors Wengrow and Graeber recently co-authored the New York Times bestselling Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ˜The Dawn of Everything: A New History of HumanityÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™.

The public lecture will be followed by an audience Q+A and a drinks reception, all hosted at Alliance Manchester Business School. Tickets are available to book online: