Charles Forsdick to Deliver a Keynote Address at the SGNCS World Congress titled "Paying the Price of Freedom: The Cultural Circulation of Haiti in the Nineteenth-Century World"

The opening keynote at the SGNCS World Congress will be delivered by Professor Charles Forsdick (University of Cambridge), Lead Fellow for Languages at the British Academy and former AHRC Theme Leader for ‘Translating Cultures’. His talk is entitled 'Paying the Price of Freedom: The Cultural Circulation of Haiti in the Nineteenth-Century World'. With the generous support of The School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music (LCAHM) at the University of Birmingham, the lecture will be open not only to congress delegates but also to academic and students from LCAHM, the College of Arts and Law, and the broader university community. It will take place at 17:00 BST on 17 July 2025. SGNCS members may register for virtual access to two panels and two plenaries, including Professor Forsdick's lecture here, while non-members may register for virtual access to two panels and two plenaries here. (Scroll down the page for the registration option.)