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School of Law

Imagining Lives

When: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Where: Montague Lecture Centre, Graduate Centre, Queen Mary University of London, 327 Mile End Road London E1 4NS

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The symposium is on Catherine Hall's Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism and a part of the Imagination Days 2 events, organised by Maks Del Mar, the IHSS Imagination Research Network convenor.

About the Event

This symposium is inspired by Catherine Hall's Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism. The participants will discuss the methodological challenges of imagining lives, including in colonised contexts, and consider the relations between the historical imagination and the histories of race and capitalism.

The event is a part of Imagination Days 2 events, organised by Maks Del Mar, the IHSS Imagination Research Network convenor.

The Chair

Suvir Kaul

The Speakers

Catherine Hall

Renisa Mawani

Gaiutra Bahadur

Sarah Keenan

Priyamvada Gopal

Agenda

15:00 - 18:00 Symposium (Montagu Lecture Theatre, 6th Floor, Graduate Centre)

18:00 - 19:30 Wine and nibbles (Common Room, 7th Floor, Graduate Centre)

You are welcome to join lunch, served in the Common Room, 7th Floor, Graduate Centre, at 1 pm as a part of the symposium.

All are welcome but please sign up on the Eventbrite page. With any questions or queries, please email the Convenor of the Network, Maks Del Mar at m.delmar@qmul.ac.uk.

*This event might be photographed for internal and external promotional purposes only by Queen Mary University of London. If you object to appearing in the photographs, please let our photographer know on the day.

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