On Monday 19 October at 6pm, the historian Santilla Chingaipe will give a public talk at the Adelphi Hotel, a joint event with LJMU’s Research Institute for Literature and Cultural History (RILCH) and the Smithdown Litfest. Santilla will discuss her groundbreaking findings and her new book, Black Convicts.’
Santilla is a Zambian-born filmmaker, historian and author whose work excavates the stories Australia has long chosen to forget. Black Convicts, was shortlisted for Australia’s Stella Prize and longlisted for the prestigious Cundill History Prize, cementing her place among Australia's most important historians.
To register for Santilla’s event at the Adelphi please go to this Eventbrite site:
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