Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein delivers this year’s lecture in memory of the great postcolonial theorist Edward Said.

Klein follows in the footsteps of Marina Warner, Rashid Khalidi, Ahdaf Soueif, Noam Chomsky, Raja Shehadeh and Daniel Barenboim in an annual event that aims to emphasise the forward-looking nature of Said’s work. It provides his legacy with a public platform in the very heart of cultural and intellectual life in the UK.

The title of this year's lecture is Let them Drown: The Violence of Othering in a Warming World. Edward Said was a giant in the study of 'othering' – the process by which groups and populations are perceived as different to the extent of being subhuman – a status used to justify violent expulsion, occupation and invasion.

About Edward W. Said London Lecture Series:

Literary critic, writer, activist, and spokesperson for the Palestinian cause, Edward Said (1935-2003) was one of the most influential intellectuals of his time. Supported by the A. M. Qattan Foundation and London Review of Books, 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 Ahdaf Soueif, Raja Shehadeh, Noam Chomsky and Daniel Barenboim, the series gives his legacy a public platform in the very heart of cultural and intellectual life in the UK.