Internationally acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh joins us in conversation with UChicago professor Benjamin Morgan to illuminate the topics that have been central to Ghosh’s work over the last 25 years: imperialism and decolonization, climate change, and the stories of ordinary people making lives amid these historical forces. The first English-language writer to receive the Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary honor, Ghosh helps readers understand the world in new and urgent ways. In his newest work, Wild Fictions, he provides a powerful refutation of imperial violence, a fascinating exploration of the fictions we weave to absorb history, and a reminder of the importance of sensitivity and empathy.

This event is presented in partnership with the University of Chicago Division of the Arts & Humanities and generously underwritten by Anita and Prabhakant Sinha.

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