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Nigel Biggar and Marie Kawthar Daouda chaired by Lindsay Johns

talks
current affairs

Date & Time

Sat, 21 Mar 2026

19:00

Venue

Pusey House: Chapel

Oxford, UK

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On Oxford Literary Festival - Events 2026

About this event

Challenge ideas of guilt and victimhood in the context of empire and colonialism with Nigel Biggar and Marie Kawthar Daouda.

Why you should come

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• Hear Nigel Biggar argue against reparations to former colonies.

• Marie Kawthar Daouda challenges the narrative of uniquely evil Western colonies.

Event Highlights

  • Nigel Biggar and Marie Kawthar Daouda challenge the ongoing debate around the legacy of colonialism.
  • They discuss making amends for historic wrongs, paying reparations, immigration and questions of race and responsibility.
  • Lindsay Johns chairs the discussion.

Speakers

Nigel Biggar

former professor of moral theology at the University of Oxford and author of the bestselling _Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning_

Marie Kawthar Daouda

lecturer in French at the University of Oxford

Lindsay Johns

writer and broadcaster

Organized by: Oxford Literary Festival

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