Amitav Ghosh
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His narrative fiction explores personal and national identity, and his essays address topics from colonialism to climate change. Ghosh has received two lifetime achievement awards, four honorary doctorates, and is the winner of the Jnanpith award, India’s highest literary honor. In the United States, Ghosh’s essays have appeared in the New Yorker and the New York Times. Foreign Policy has named him one of the most important global thinkers of the early twenty-first century.[/av_textblock] [av_promobox button=’no’ label=’Click me’ icon_select=’no’ icon=’ue800′ font=’entypo-fontello’ label_display=” color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ size=’large’ box_color=” box_custom_font=’#ffffff’ box_custom_bg=’#444444′ box_custom_border=’#333333′ gradient_color_direction=’vertical’ gradient_color_1=’#000000′ gradient_color_2=’#ffffff’ gradient_color_3=” border_promo=” border_promo_width=” border_promo_width_sync=’true’ border_promo_color=” border_radius_promo=” border_radius_promo_sync=’true’ box_shadow_promo=” box_shadow_promo_style=’0px,0px,0px,0px’ box_shadow_promo_color=” link=’manually,http://’ link_target=” hover_opacity=” sonar_promo_effect=” sonar_promo_color=” sonar_promo_duration=’1′ sonar_promo_scale=” sonar_promo_opac=’0.5′ id=” custom_class=” template_class=” av_uid=’av-lcmlzcgk’ sc_version=’1.0′ admin_preview_bg=”] Public Lecture
The Nutmeg’s Curse: Climate, Colonialism and Global Geopolitics
Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 6:30 PM
Art Auditorium
UH Mānoa Campus
Lead Event Sponsor: Center for South Asian Studies
Event Co-sponsors: Department of Asian Studies, Halekulani Hotel, Hawaiʻi Book and Music Festival, UH Press, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library, University of Hawaiʻi Press, Scholars Strategy Network