BWB Talk: Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire
Description
We warmly invite you to join us in Ōtepoti Dunedin to celebrate the publication of Tony Ballantyne's major new history, Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire. The book will be launched by Vice-Chancellor Hon Grant Robertson. Other speakers include Nick Tūpara and Tony Ballantyne. Matiu Workman will MC the event.
James Cook is one of the most contested figures in Aotearoa New Zealand’s past. Today, his name evokes not only exploration and scientific endeavour but also the violence of first encounters and the enduring legacies of colonisation. In Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire, historian Tony Ballantyne asks what these shifting narratives on Cook reveal about history and the making of national identity.
Key details:
Who: Vice-Chancellor Hon Grant Robertson will launch the book. Other speakers include Nick Tūpara and Tony Ballantyne. Matiu Workman will MC the event.
Where: Hutton Theatre, Tūhura Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street, Dunedin 9010
Doors: Doors open 5.30pm
Free event. No RSVP needed, but if you're planning to come we'd love to know – it helps us manage numbers. Click RSVP to register your interest.
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