Adelphi University will welcome Caroline Elkins, PhD, a Harvard University professor and the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of “Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya,” for a discussion on colonialism on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
The lecture, “A Global Reckoning: Colonialism and the Quest for Justice,” is the first event in Adelphi’s recently announced Bhise Global Understanding Project Speaker Series.
The conversation with Elkins, moderated by Joanna Corbin, dean of Adelphi’s School of Social Work, will explore colonialism, social justice, capitalism, decolonization, reparations, the end of the British Empire and the push away from globalization.
A question-and-answer session will be held after the lecture.
Elkins was an expert witness in a London High Court case, which resulted in an apology and a 20 million pound settlement from the British Government in 2013 – an illuminating example of when academic work collides with the real world.
She will also discuss her doctoral research on the 1950s Mau Mau Emergency in Kenya to the Pulitzer prize-winning book and the recently published “Legacy of Violence,” chosen by the BBC and History Today as the 2022 Book of the year.
A complimentary light lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. for all registered attendees. This event is open to the public and will be offered in a hybrid format.
Learn more about Adelphi’s Bhise Global Understanding Project.
