Rethinking Humanism

Name: Rethinking Humanism
Start: 2026-09-24T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Ibraaz

Ibraaz

93 Mortimer Street, London

Thu 24 Sept · 18:00

London

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What can we make of humanism’s complex legacies in the face of critiques that centre its complicity with racism, sexism, colonialism, and anthropocentrism? Can – and should – any variety of humanism be salvaged in the struggle for a just world? This conversation will explore how humanism might be reimagined and reworked for the present while taking stock of its eugenic past. Join us for a thought-provoking evening with writer Paul Gilroy and anthropologist Ayça Çubukçu – moderated by Lola Olufemi – that moves beyond easy answers. Image credit : Josef Nassy, In the Shadow of the Tower: The Mood in the Courtyard , 1942—45. Pen and ink drawing. Courtesy Douglas F. Colley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College.

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