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11 November 2026

Genocide’s Wake

David Lloyd Hanine Shehadeh

David is a poet, playwright, writer and a member of the Advisory Board of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. Hanine is a leading Palestinian scholar, who writes about European antisemitism, settler colonialism and religion. They’ll talk about the history of Zionism, Europe, states, individuation and solidarity.

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A posterised halftone image of trees against a red, sky background.
11 November 2026

On the Necessity of Psychic Militancy

Lara Sheehi Hannah Proctor

Lara explodes the naïve claim to neutrality of normative psychiatric care. Her concept of ‘psychic intrusions’ helps to identify the ways power seeks to mould the consciousness of the people it  subjugates. Her notion of ‘psychic militancy’ maps the resistance to such attempts.

 

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A mural on a concrete wall. The painting shows four people: One is shirtless and appears to be half buried under rubble, another’s face is covered by a keffiyeh and holds a strong defiant pose, the final two wear hijabs or chadors and appear to scream in anguish. Behind them a landscape of destroyed buildings can be seen.
12 November 2026

Ashlaa’ to Lamlameh: Fragments Made Whole

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian David Lloyd

A conversation between preeminent Palestinian feminist, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian and poet and theorist David Lloyd. Nadera has coined two incredibly profound concepts to understand Palestinian life today. Ashlaa’—the violent fracturing of Palestinian bodies and lamlameh—the defiant collecting of a loved one’s body.

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A photo of Nadera, a light brown skinned woman with brown hair and eyes. She looks stateswoman-like, wearing a black blazer, simple gold jewellery, and chic make-up.
12 November 2026

Countertechnologies of life making in Palestine, for Palestine

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian Lara Sheehi

Palestinian Feminist scholar Nadera Shalhoub-Kervorkian sits down with psychoanalyst and author Lara Sheehi to discuss some of Nadera’s other vital concepts including the ideas of ‘overkilling’ and ‘unchilding’, which are fundamental to understanding Palestinian experience today.

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An external shot of the Teatro Oficina at night. A tall narrow building with tall windows that span across multiple floors. The interior is filled by scaffolding, which serves as seating. It is lit in blues and reds. Besides the building a tall tree edges next to the building and an empty lot sits beside it.
13 November 2026

Teat(r)o Oficina – power of Presence in the presence of Power

Fernanda Taddei

Fernanda will share some of the practice and history of Teat(r)o Oficina, one of the most important counter-colonial, radical theatre companies in the world, which she works as an actress, co-director, project conceiver and free passionate researcher since 2015.

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A black woman in her 60s with brown skin, hair and eyes. She wears a ruffled yellow satin dress, red lipstick, gold earrings and a silver pendant necklace. Behind her are carefully curated shelves covered in books, trinkets, and photographs—possibly of friends or family members.
13 November 2026

Routes of Black Theatre in Brazil

Leda Maria Martins Adura Onashile

A rare conversation with Leda, who is the leading philosopher of Black Theatre in Brazil, exploring the specificities of its aesthetic, theoretical, and poetic intersections, and connection with African cultures, rituals, and philosophies.

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A Palestine flag blowing in the wind during a busy protest at an Edinburgh University campus.
13 November 2026

Pedagogy and Liberation in Times of Proscription

Joel White layla-roxanne hill Darcy Leigh Masa Nazzal Hajar Ibrahim David Kenvyn Rosie Thompson Paula Larkin

Join local community organisers and activists in Glasgow to think about how we build and share knowledge of state power–including proscription, police violence, elite capture, and legislative attack–while avoiding surveillance.

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A grainy black and white film still from the 60s: Depicting a group of Reunionese activists. The crowd is mainly men, dressed in loose shirts and sun hats. They hold their fists in the air in celebration and are smiling.
13 November 2026

Undefeated Dreams of Communism in the Indian Ocean

Françoise Vergès Lara Sheehi

An evening with one of the great decolonial feminist thinkers, sharing rarely seen films commissioned by her father, as leader of the Communist Party of Réunion, that celebrate the island’s insurgent anti-colonial resistance.

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A photograph of shucked corn cobs hung in rows from two posts in a verdant green forest setting. The corn is strikingly different from commercial corn, they appear smaller and each cob is brightly coloured in reds, oranges, and yellows.
14 November 2026

Timeback

Amilcar Packer

Conversation and launch of a publication and interview with Brazilian Indigenous activist and thinker Jerá Guarani, whose community at Kalipety near São Paulo extends the practice of ‘land back’ to also reclaim anti-colonial time.

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A photo of a woman facing away from the camera, she has pale skin and wavy light brown hair and wears a knitted jumper. The background is a wide expanse of mountains and hills, her hands are posed in ritualistic or ceremonial manner.
14 November 2026

It wasn’t history but memory

Harry Josephine Giles Ailean Dòmhnallach Babs Nicgriogair Meg Bateman

A conversation weaving together music, poetry and discussion which asks what decolonisation means in the Gàidhealtachd and how we can hold the complexity of Scotland’s role in empire?

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