Brighton to host public talk over contested historical statue of Cecil Rhodes

[PHDNM]

Brighton to host public talk over contested historical statue of Cecil Rhodes

03/11/2021

The University of Brighton will host an online public talk on 12 November exploring turbulent debates over the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University.

The Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics (CSECP) announces two eminent speakers, Zeinab Badawi and William Beinart, who will be joining CSECP experts to delve into the debates about the Rhodes statue at Oriel College, University of Oxford that came to wide public attention through the Rhodes Must Fall campaign, as well as the constantly shifting position of the Oriel College commission inquiry into what to do with the statue.

William Beinart is emeritus Professor at St. Antony’s College and the African Studies Centre at University of Oxford. A renowned journalist and broadcaster, Zeinab Badawi is the newly elected President of London's School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), following a term as Chair of the Royal African Society.

https://www.brighton.ac.uk/news/2021...f-cecil-rhodes

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1970...rhodes-statue/

[TheForeigner]

The British have sure turned into cuckolds! They won't defend their past and their heroes, so not to offend people who should not even be in their country!