Upcoming Events
11 September, 2008
London
London Review Bookshop
'"The War on Terror" in Afghanistan and Pakistan'
14 Bury Place, 7 pm
Entry by ticket only, available from the Bookshop.
16-28 September, 2008
USA
A series of events on Afghanistan, Pakistan and US foreign
policy
16 September
Binghamton University, NY
18 September, 5-7 pm
Columbia University
Chaired by Mahmood Mamdani
20 September
Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn
21 September
Prose and Politics Bookstore, Washington DC
24 September
Elliot Bay Books, Seattle
25 September
City Lights Books, San Francisco
26 September
Berkeley, CA
27 September
Pakistan American Democratic Forum, Newark, CA
28 September
Islamic Cultural Centre, Fresno, CA
13 October, 2008
Bristol
St George's Bristol, 6 pm
'The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power'
18 October, 2008
Cheltenham
Cheltenham Literature Festival
Tony Benn, Tariq Ali and Ian Rankin
Town Hall, 12-1 pm, £8
Recent & Past Events
10 August, 2008
Edinburgh
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Charlotte Square Gardens
'Tariq Ali in Conversation with Gerard DeGroot'
10.30 am
'East and West'
6.30 pm
16 July, 2008
Buxton
Buxton Festival
'Wars and Democracy in the 21st Century'
£9, Palace Hotel, 10.45 am
12 July, 2008
Dartington
Ways With Words literary festival, 5 pm
4 July, 2008
London
Marxism 2008
'Afghanistan to Pakistan: on the flightpath of American power'
Institute of Education, Logan Hall, 7 pm
16 June, 2008
Oxford
Refugee Week
'How we treat people seeking sanctuary in the UK'
Oxford Town Hall, 7 pm
3-5 June, 2008
Prague
Prague Writers' Festival
Tariq Ali and others on the Prague Spring of 1968
6 June, 2008
Oslo
International conference on tolerance and compassion
'The necessity for a national state: Israel, Palestine, Iraq'
The House of Literature, 9 am
30-31 May, 2008
New York
Armenians and Progressive Politics Annual Conference,
CUNY Graduate Center.
Tariq Ali, David Barsamian and Neil Smith, 'The New Imperialism'
16 May, 2008
London
Curzon Mayfair Cinema
Tariq Ali introduces Maurice Hatton’s cult 1968 classic: 'Praise Marx
and Pass the Ammunition'.
(Evening showing. Check listings for details.)
3 May, 2008
London
London School of Economics
May '68: 40th Anniversary Conference
For details, contact johnrose88@yahoo.co.uk.
12 April, 2008
Antwerp
Derde Paul Verbraekenlezing: Islam en Europa, 5 pm.
Zuiderpershuis Waalse Kaai 14.
For details, contact eacorijn@vub.ac.be.
7 April, 2008
London
Gray's Inn, 6.30 pm
Lecture on ’68
2 April, 2008
London
Royal Commonwealth Society, 6.30 pm
‘Crisis in Pakistan’
1 April, 2008
Barcelona
12 noon. Faculty of Economics of the Universitat de Barcelona.
Round table: 'The geopolitics and geoeconomics of Latin
America in the current global conjucture'.
Participants: Javier Martínez Peinado (President de Món 3), Ramon
Franquesa (Professor of World Economy), Tariq Ali and Richard Gott.
Chaired by Tomás Herreros (Universidad Nómada).
7 pm. EXIT, Carrer Santa Anna, 11, ppal 2ona.
Round table: 'Social movements and the process of social transformation
in Latin America'
Participants: Gabriela Serra (solidarity movement), Joan Subirats
(Professor of Political Sciences, IGOP), Tariq Ali and Richard Gott.
Chaired by Marcelo Expósito (Universidad Nómada).
31 March, 2008
Madrid
11 am. Lecture in the Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology
of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
'The geopolitics and geoeconomics of Latin America and the Caribbean
in the context of the Bolivarian Revolution'.
Followed by lunch in Casa de América with journalists and intellectuals,
organized by the Embassy of Venezuela in Madrid.
7.30 pm. Casa de América.
Debate on Piratas del Caribe. El eje de la esperanza (Foca, 2008).
Participants: Tariq Ali, Richard Gott and Carlos Prieto del Campo
(Universidad Nómada).
Presentation by Mr. Alfredo Toro Ardí, Ambassador of Venezuela in
España.
15 March, 2008
New York
Left Forum, Cooper Union, 5 pm.
Panel: 'On Pakistan'
14 March, 2008
New York
Left Forum, Cooper Union, 6.30 pm.
Opening Plenary: 'Cracks in the Edifice'
February 23, 2008
Bath
Bath Literature Festival, Guildhall, 1 pm.
Keynote Speech
February 6, 2008
Sevilla
Fundación Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo, 2 Isla de la Cartuja.
Round Table on Sicily: 'Sea of Cities, Cities of Sea'
December 13, 2007
Holland
University of Maastricht, Aula Bestuursgebouw, 8 pm.
'European Islam: Identity and Contradiction'
December 2, 2007
Mexico
Guadalajara, Av. Mariano Otero, 12 noon.
21st Guadalajara International Book Fair
Closing Lecture: 'World literature and engagement'
November 17, 2007
London
Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, 6:30 pm.
Anthony Powell Annual Lecture:
'Come Dancing: Some reflections on the work of Anthony Powell'
November 6, 2007
Mexico
Monterrey, MARCO, Zuazua y Jardón S/N, Centro, 8 pm.
Foreign Policy & Letras Libres debate with Marcos Aguinis
'Is Hugo Chavez good for Latin America?'
October 19, 2007
USA
Madison, Chazen Museum of Art, 7:30 pm. Humanities Without Boundaries:
'What if Al-andalus Had Survived?'
October 18, 2007
USA
Madison, University of Wisconsin, 1100 Granger Hall, 5 pm.
'Axis of Hope: Latin America on the March'
October 15, 2007
USA
Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 4 pm.
'Iraq, the anti-war movement, and the state of the Left today'
October 12, 2007
USA
Chicago, Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. 2 pm.
'In Defense of Academic Freedom'. Hosted by Tariq Ali,
featuring Akeel Bilgrami, Noam Chomsky, Tony Judt and John Mearsheimer.
October 9, 2007
USA
New York, Brecht Forum.‘Viva Che! Behind & Beyond the Icon’.
October 8, 2007
USA
LA, Center for Social Theory and Comparative History,
History Conference Room. ‘Pakistan/Afghanistan: Illusions and Reality’.
October 4, 2007
Canada
Montreal, McGill University, Media Centre.‘New Wars and the New Media’.
October 2, 2007
Canada
Windsor, University of Windsor. Humanities Research Group,
Distinguished Speakers Series: ‘Religion, Empire and Conflict.’
Further details: spender@uwindsor.ca
September 30, 2007
London
East Finchley, Phoenix Cinema, 2 pm.
Screening of the 1987 film, 'Partition',
followed by Q+A with director Ken McMullen and writer Tariq Ali
September 18, 2007
Italy
Rome, Tres Culturas Fundacion.
A Dialogue between Tariq Ali, Shlomo Ben-Ami and Jose Maria Ridao.
Further details: cftavora@tresculturas.org
September 17, 2007
Spain
Madrid, Ciclo de Conferencias 'Espacio Mediatico y Democracia en el Siglo XXI'. Further details: christophe.ventura@gmail.com
September 15, 2007
Germany
Berlin, 7th International Festival of Literature. Haus der Berliner Festspiele, 4 pm. ‘Piraten der Karibik. Die Achse der Hoffnung’
September 8, 2007
Belgium
Antwerp, Monty-Theatre, Montignystraat 5.
'Terrorism and Structural Violence: A Discussion'
July 28, 2007
London
Barbican, Alternative Radio: Another World is Possible.
With Kronos Quartet, hosted by David Barsamian
July 8, 2007
Dartington
Way With Words Literary Festival
June 26, 2007
Australia
Sydney, 6:30 pm Seymour Centre, University of Sydney.
Sydney Ideas: 'Latin America and the Arab World: Resistance and Occupation', Bookings: Phone 9351 7940
June 22, 2007
Australia
Noosa Long Weekend Festival
June 14-15, 2007
France
Toulouse, Marathon des Mots
May 30, 2007
France
Lyons, Les Intranquille. Round table with Russel Banks, Erri de Luca
and Lydie Salvaire on 'Literature and Engagement'
May 27-29, 2007
France
St Malo, Festival Étonnants voyageurs
May 22-24, 2007
Bolivia
La Paz, 'Intellectuals In Defence of Humanity'
May 16-19, 2007
Venezuela
Caracas, Keynote at Conference on 'Information, Disinformation, Counter-Information'
May 15, 2007
Bristol
Bristol Solidarity with Venezuela Group, 'Pirates of the Caribbean'
May 10, 2007
London
Media Workers Against the War, 'Afghanistan: a “good” war or another Iraq?'
April 19-22, 2007
Belgium
Brussels, Passa Porta Festival of World Literature
April 5, 2007
Italy
Milan, Presentation of 'Un anno di NLR: The New Left Review'.
Fondazione Lelio e Lisli Basso Issoco, Via Della Dogana Vecchia 5, 17:00 h
April 4, 2007
Italy
Turin, 'All'ombra del melograno'. Circolo dei lettori, via Bogino 9, 18:00 h
April 3, 2007
Italy
Milan, 'All'ombra del melograno'. Istituto Cervantes, Via Dante 12, 18:00h
April 2, 2007
Italy
Sanremo, Great International Meetings with Writers: Presentation of the book 'All'ombra del melograno' (Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree). Palafiori (corso Garibaldi), 17:00 h
March 24, 2007
Netherlands
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 'Towards a New Visualization of Secrecy?'
March 14, 2007
London
SOAS Main Campus, 7 pm.
On TV drama 'The Leopard and the Fox' and its censorship by the BBC
March 4, 2007
USA
Boulder, Colorado. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St, 7-9pm.
KGNU Community Radio Lecture, 'Pirates of the Carribean'
March 2, 2007
USA
UC Santa Barbara, Keynote at 'Human Rights and Neo-Liberalism' conference
February 23, 2007
London
Wood Green Central Library, 7 pm. To book phone: 020 8489 2780
February 11, 2007
Germany
Munich, Residenz Theatre 11am-1pm.
'Jewish/Islamic contribution to European Culture'
February 5-7, 2007
France
Paris, Launch of French edition of 'A Sultan in Palermo'
Contact: cthoulouze@swediteur.com
January 25, 2007
Norway
Oslo, Horisont Foundation Lecture, 4 pm: 'Islam and Europe'
Contact: aud@horisont.org
January 20, 2007
London
'A World Civilisation or a Clash of Civilisations Conference'
January 12, 2007
London
Hornsey Library, 'Pirates of the Caribbean'
December 2, 2006
London
Latin America 2006: Making Another World Possible conference.
Congress House, Great Russell St
November 23, 2006
London
Waterstones, Gower Street.
November 22, 2006
London
Bolivar Hall, 7 pm. Book launch with Venezuela Information Centre of
'Pirates of the Caribbean'.
November 21, 2006
Oxford
Oxford Union
November 16, 2006
Canada
Vancouver, Annual Trudeau Conference on Public Policy 2006: Muslims in Western Societies, 5 pm. Keynote Address, 'Islam, Secularism and the Writer'
November 11, 2006
Manchester
Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester.
Faith & Identity in Contemporary Visual Culture Conference, 3:15 pm.
November 10, 2006
Kent
November 8, 2006
Austria
Vienna, Bruno Kreisky Forum, Armbrustergasse 15, 7 pm.
'Empire, Religion and Democracy'.
November 7, 2006
Austria
Sankt Pölten, Julius-Raab-Promenade 37, 8 pm.
'Weltmacht, Religion und Demokratie'.
October 27, 2006
USA
Berkeley, Cody's Books on Stockton Street, 7:00 pm.'Pirates of the Caribbean'
October 26, 2006
USA
Los Angeles, UCLA, 6275 Bunche Hall, 2 pm.
'The Latin American Challenge: Chavez, Morales, Castro'
October 25, 2006
USA
San Francisco, Brava Theater.
Benefit for Media Alliance, with David Barsamian and Kronos Quartet
Contact: Jeff Perlstein @ jeffp123@gmail.com, 415-225-6673
October 24, 2006
USA
Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Department of French & Italian, 5 pm.
Imperial Blues: Wars in the Middle-East / Axis of Hope in South America
October 23, 2006
USA
Chicago, Seminary Co-op Bookstore, 7 pm. 'Politics and Literature'.
Details: tom@semcoop.com
October 21, 2006
USA
Washington DC, Venezuelan Embassy, 7 pm. 'Pirates of the Carribean'
October 19, 2006
USA
Cortland, SUNY, 7 pm. 'Clash of Fundamentalisms'
October 18, 2006
USA
Brooklyn, Community Bookstore, 212 Ct St, 6:30 pm.
'A Sultan in Palermo'
October 17, 2006
USA
New York, Left Forum. With Mahmood Mamdani. Global Confrontations:
A Dialogue on Imperialism and Oppositional Movements, 7:30 pm.
CUNY Graduate Center - 365 5th Avenue
Tickets available at the door
$20/$15/$10
October 15, 2006
Canada
Toronto, Earth Sciences Auditorium, 5 Bancroft Ave, 1 pm.
'Imperial Blues: Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq and Palestine'
October 5, 2006
London
Instituto Cervantes, Round Table Discussion, 6:30 pm.
An Alliance of Civilizations: Intercultural Dialogue
October 1, 2006
Turkey
Istanbul, Social Forum.'War and Occupation in the Middle-East'.
September 29, 2006
Turkey
Diyarbakir, Anadolu Cultural Centre. 'The Imperialist War and Kurdish Responses'.
September 27, 2006
Greece
Athens, Launch of Greek edition of New Left Review.
September 13, 2006
Italy
Palermo, Presentation of Italian edition of 'A Sultan in Palermo'.
September 10, 2006
Italy
Mantua, Festivaletteratura. A Conversation on Islam Quintet
with Italian novelist Vicenzo Consolo.
August 30-31, 2006
Norway
Molde, Bjørnson Festival of International Literature.
'Clash of Fundamentalisms and the War in the Middle-East'.
August 14-20, 2006
Brazil
Parati International Festival of Literature. Weber Lecture: 'Literature and Politics'.
August 4, 2006
London
Sixth Biennial Conference of Iranian Studies. SOAS, 6:30 pm.
July 11-14, 2006
Spain
Gijón, Semana Negra Literature Festival.
July 8, 2006
London
Marxism 2006. 'Is the empire invincible?'
July 3-6, 2006
Tunisia
Tunis, University of Carthage. Keynote Address at Humanities Conference.
June 16, 2006
London
Main Hall, Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square W1, 7 pm. 'End the Occupation Now!'
June 11, 2006
London
Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, 4 pm. A Tribute to Angela Carter. 'The Carterian Woman: Remembering Angela'
May 28, 2006
Syria
Damascus, British Council Lecture: 'Clash of Fundamentalisms'.
May 26, 2006
Lebanon
Beirut, American University of Beirut, Anis Makdisi Memorial Lecture: 'Literature and Empire'.
May 17, 2006
Leeds
University of Leeds, Racism, Postcolonialism, Europe Conference, 6:30 pm. 'Empire, Religion and Democracy'.
May 4/7, 2006
Greece
Athens, European Social Forum.
April 28, 2006
Northern Ireland
Belfast, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, 7 pm. 'Rough Music'.
April 2, 2006
Pakistan
Lahore, New Left Books Shop.'Good Books'.
March 23/24, 2006
Pakistan
Karachi, World Social Forum. Opening Plenary: 'War and Empire'.
March 17, 2006
Canada
Sackville, NB, Mount Allison University, 7 pm. 'Empire, Religion and Democracy'.
February 27, 2006
USA
27 February, Chicago, De Paul University, 6 pm. 'Empire and Religion.'
February 24, 2006
Belgium
24/25 February. University Libre, Brussels. Two Lectures on the 'Dissident traditions within Islam'.
February 23, 2006
Belgium
The Islam Quintet: Writing Fiction in Bad Times, Passa Porta (House of Literature), 7 pm, Brussels
Passa Porta, A. Dansaertstraat 46, 1000 Brussels
February 22, 2006
Belgium
Lecture on Islam, Studium-generale, Ghent, 7 pm
February 2006
Libya
1-5 February. Lecture in Tripoli on 'Clash of Fundamentalisms'
January 2006
India
19th January 2006, noon, Jadavpur University, Calcutta:
" Whatever happened to India's Foreign policy?"
20th January 2006: noon, St Xavier's College, Calcutta Auditorium: 'Is a South Asia Union Possible?'
23rd January, 2006. At the G D. Birla Sabhagar Auditorium, Calcutta: A Conversation with
invited a Saitaram Yechury, Member Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist). 6 pm
24th January, 2006, Constitutional Club, New Delhi, A Conversation with Arundhati Roy on Iraq and the USA
25th January, 2006, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 6pm, 'India and the Washington Consensus.'
27th January, 2006, Delhi University, 6pm, A Conversatikon with Aijaz Ahmed on 'Empire and Resistance: Iraq and Latin America.'
December 14, 2005
War and Peace Conference
December 14 - 17
December 10, 2005
Stop the War Coalition Peace Conference
Royal Horticultural Hall
80 Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PE
10am - 8pm
December 9, 2005
Rough Music past and Present
7pm
Countrybookshop Peak Festival, Peak District
Visit the festival website for more information or to buy tickets.
December 4, 2005
Die Ruckkehr der Religionen
12 noon in the Streitraum, Schaubuhne Theatre
November 29, 2005
Empire, Religion and Resistance
10 am at Aula Magna, University of Havana
November 16, 2005
Tariq Ali on 'Rough Music', his new polemical essay on Blair.
6.30 pm at Bookmarks bookshop
November 10, 2005
New Spaces of Incarceration: Guantánamo and the American Military Bases
ARCHIPELAGO OF EXCEPTION*
Sovereignties of Extraterritoriality
with Giorgio Agamben «State of Exception and Bare Life»
CCCB, Barcelona,
Thursday/Friday 10/11 November at 12 noon
November 9, 2005
The priority of a Writer in Scoundrel Times
London Review Bookshop, 14 Bury Place, London WC1
[Tickets from 0207 269 9033]
November 8, 2005
Palestine and the Western Liberal Conscience
The 2nd Annual Edward Said Memorial Lecture
"Palestine and the Western Liberal Conscience"
Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick University, Coventry
November 5, 2005
Book signing - Un sultán en Palermo
11,30 h. / Casa del Libro (Velázquez, 8)
November 3, 2005
Press conference
11,30 h. / Hotel Abando - Colón de Larreategui, 9
November 2, 2005
Press Conference
13,00 h / British Council - General Martínez Campos, 31
November 2, 2005
Presentation of "Un sultán en Palermo"
19,30 h. / Presentation of "Un sultán en Palermo" (FNAC - Preciados, 28)
September 11, 2005
Launch of German Edition of A Sultan in Palermo
Tariq will be at the Berlin Literature Festival between September 11 and September 14 for the German launch of 'A Sultan in Palermo'. Check the Festival website for more details.
September 1, 2005
Launch of Norwegian Edition of 'Clash of Fundamentalisms'
Tariq will be in Norway for the launch of the Norwegian edition of 'Clash of Fundamentalisms'
August 14, 2005
The Islam Quintet/A Sultan in Palermo
"A fiery favourite of the Book Festival, Tariq Ali's compelling eloquence and passion never fail to stir and delight his audience. His newest work, alongside his dazzling political polemics and moving memoir of growing up in Pakistan, is the fourth novel in his Islam Quintet of great Islamic cities of the past - this time medieval Palermo."
11:30 am - 12:30 pm at the Lloyds TSB Scotland Main Theatre.
July 14, 2005
A Sultan in Palermo
Dartington Hall, near Totnes, Devon
Ways with Words, Literature Festival.
Great Hall, Dartington Hall, near Totnes, Devon
Tickets and information 01803 867373.
July 13, 2005
Streetfighting Years
Dartington Hall, near Totnes, Devon
Ways with Words, Literature Festival.
Great Hall, Dartington Hall, near Totnes, Devon.
Tickets and information: 01803 867373.
July 8 ,2005
Human Psyche in a Changing World
London Resource Centre
What are the political and economic forces shaping our 21st Century? What are the global dynamics of power and powerlessness? How do these impact upon societies, individuals and their relationships with each other and the wider world? How do we respond and what further responses do we need to make? How do we make sense of these changes and events and how do we find meaning and a sense of purpose in a turbulent world?
Lecture to British Association of Psychotherapists
London resource Centre,
356 Holloway Road, London N7
July 7, 2005
History as Fiction/Fiction as History
London Review Bookshop
Tickets (£4 for non-subscribers/£3 for subscribers) available from books@lrbshop.co.uk.
London Review Bookshop
14 Bury Place, London WC1
28 April 2005
Tariq Ali on Empire and Resistance, from Vietnam to Iraq
None
Maritime Labour Centre, Vancouver,BC
7 April 2005
Tariq Ali speaks about American Foreign Policy
None
New Westminister, BC
