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Edward W. Said London Lecture
The 2013 lecture was delivered by the linguist, political theorist and activist, Professor Noam Chomsky. Chomsky is an institute professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has worked for over 50 years. He has been described as the “father of modern linguistics” and is a major figure in the theory of analytic philosophy. His work has been very influential in the fields of computer science, mathematics and psychology, and he is internationally recognized as one of the most critically engaged public intellectuals alive today. He is author of over 100 books, and is well known for his critique of US foreign policy, state capitalism and the mainstream news media.
Literary critic, writer, activist, and spokesperson for the Palestinian cause, Edward Said (1935-2003) was one of the most influential intellectuals of his time. The lecture series aims to promote his spirit through the continued examination of the links between culture and politics in the Middle East and across the world.
With previous lectures by Marina Warner, Rashid Khalidi and Ahdaf Soueif, and forthcoming lectures by Naomi Klein and Daniel Barenboim, the series gives his legacy a public platform in the very heart of cultural and intellectual life in the UK. Sign up to our newsletter to keep up to date on future lectures in the series.
You can watch a video of this years lecture and listen to previous years on our website in Recorded Lectures.
The organising committee includes: Mariam C.Said, Ahdaf Soueif, Mary-Kay Wilmers, Jacqueline Rose and Omar Al-Qattan.
During its first few years, this series has been supported by the A.M Qattan Foundation, London Review of Books, and British Museum, as well as a number of generous individual gifts. If you would like to support future talks, please write to Rachael Hornsby on rachael@mosaicrooms.org