Gilbert Achcar

7.00-8.30pm | Thursday 21 January 2010
Institut Français, 17 Queensberry Place, South Kensington, SW8

Speaker
Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development Studies and International Relations, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

The notion of Civitas has links with the nature of Rome as an imperial power. In this discussion we explored the contemporary significance of the historical roots of our ideas of citizenship and civilisation.