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BRINFAITH Religion and Empire Lecture Series
Reflecting on Maritime Transportation as the Sinew of Commerce and Conflict
Professor Laleh Khalili
(Queen Mary University of London)
Date/Time: November 22, 2021, 6:30 pm (HK Time)
Enquiry: asiar@hku.hk
BRINFAITH Religion and Empire Lecture Series
Reflecting on Maritime Transportation as the Sinew of Commerce and Conflict
Professor Laleh Khalili
(Queen Mary University of London)
Date/Time: November 22, 2021, 6:30 pm (HK Time)
Enquiry: asiar@hku.hk
Title:
Reflecting on Maritime Transportation as the Sinew of Commerce and Conflict
Speaker:
Professor Laleh Khalili (Queen Mary University of London)
Date/Time:
November 22, 2021, 6:30 pm (HK Time)
Language:
English
Enquiry:
Title:
Reflecting on Maritime Transportation as the Sinew of Commerce and Conflict
Speaker:
Professor Laleh Khalili (Queen Mary University of London)
Date/Time:
November 22, 2021, 6:30 pm (HK Time)
Language:
English
Enquiry:
In this talk, drawing from her recent book, Sinews of War and Trade, Professor Laleh Khalili will discuss the centrality of maritime transport infrastructures to the making of capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula. She will highlight histories of colonialism, labour struggles, and war-making as central to the forging of these infrastructures.
Laleh Khalili is a Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary University of London and the author of Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics of National Commemoration (Cambridge 2007), Time in the Shadows: Confinement in Counterinsurgencies (Stanford 2013), and Sinews of War and Trade (Verso 2020).