Events
Cheltenham Festival
One of the most significant and rapid changes to the post-1945 world has been the breakup of European colonial empires. Authors Sathnam Sanghera and David Van Reybrouck, and Simukai Chigudu, whose parents were involved with the African nationalist movements, talk to Georgina Godwin about the pain and process of rebuilding a nation and navigating the legacies of colonial rule.
Event British Library
In Revolusi, award-winning historian David Van Reybrouck gives a thrilling account of the revolution in Indonesia of 1949, which overthrew Dutch rule and sparked decolonization across the modern world. In conversation with one of his co-translators, David Colmer, he discusses the lives and the voices that make up this extraordinary narrative, some of whom are still alive, and how they brought them vividly to life for readers today.
Past events
Interview on Revolusi in Stockholm
Hay Festival
David Van Reybrouck talks to Julia Wheeler
Drawing on hundreds of interviews and eye-witness accounts, David Van Reybrouck (Congo) brings the gripping story of Indonesia’s struggle for independence alive with human detail at every turn in Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World
Yasmin Ali and Gwynne Dyer talk to David Van Reybrouck
A chemical engineer working on energy, Yasmin Ali takes us across the globe to discover solar panel farms shimmering in the desert and power stations hidden deep in the mountains. For his new book, Intervention Earth, journalist and writer Gwynne Dyer interviewed over 50 of the world’s leading climate scientists.
ECMN24 Conference: Colonizing the Future: Climate Justice, Democracy and migration governance
David Van Reybrouck in conversation with:
Mohamed Nasheed, Secretary General of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, Former President of the Maldives
Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Minister for the Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bangladesh
Katarina Csefalvayova, Director, Institute for Central Europe (ICE), Former President of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Slovak Parliament
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Since 1983, we have welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors to engage with the world’s greatest and emerging writers, thinkers, artists, and performers. Each year, we programme innovative events that capture the hearts and minds of audiences, both in Edinburgh and online. These take the form of on-stage conversations, workshops, creative masterclasses, think tanks, and more, all informed by a culture of open dialogue.
Arne Naess Lecture
David Van Reybrouck gives the Arne Naess Lecture 2024: Democratic Innovations for the Age of Anthropocene.