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Amitav Ghosh - Future or Past? Climate Change as Seen From the global North and South

September 30, 2020
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Event Description

In the West, no matter whether in economics, science or indeed, fiction, climate change is almost always imagined in relation to the future. In the global South the imagining of climate change is markedly different. This talk will examine some of the differences between the two perspectives.

Event Speaker


Amitav Ghosh, author

Event Information

Free and open to the public; registration required. Please visit the event webpage for additional information. 

This event is organized by the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life and cosponsored by the South Asia Institute at Columbia University. It is part of the project "Rethinking Public Religion in Africa and South Asia” project, funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.