Famine Studies Conference 2-4 December
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Activity- 2-4 December 2026
- Daily sessions from 10:00 – 11:30 and 16:00 – 17:30 BST
- Online via Zoom
- Keynote Speaker: Professor Alex de Waal
Explore how famines, past and present, are caused and shaped by politics at this conference, co-hosted by the University of Bath and Wageningen University.
Famines, past and present, are caused and shaped by politics. They are deeply entangled with issues of (in)equality, marginalisation, patterns of violence and other power dynamics, as well as being contexts in which agency, activism and everyday resistance become visible.
This conference will explore a range of topics from how famine is and has been remembered, narrated, normalised, and contested within communities that have experienced it, to how it shapes or is forgotten in national and international discourses.
As part of the conference Professor Alex de Waal will give a free online keynote on Thursday 3rd December.
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Date
Fri 4 December 2026 17:30