The title of Professor Pettitt‘s lecture is ‘Groundless Empire and Grounded Resistance’ and it takes place on Friday 24 October, at 6pm Indian Standard Time / 1.30pm UK time.  It is part of UNESCO’s series of lectures on ‘The Literature of Sustainability: Reading, Writing and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals’.  Professor Pettitt’s lecture relates to Sustainable Development Goal 9: ‘Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure’.

The UNESCO Chair in Vulnerability Studies is located in the Department of English, University of Hyderabad, and its purpose is to explore the multiple vulnerabilities arising from and contexts of ageing, climate change, migration, gender inequalities, technology and poverty.  The current Chairholder is Professor Pramod K Nayar.

Google Meet Link to attend the Lecture: https://meet.google.com/ojm-twid-atg 

Link to further information and to hear the lecture once it has been given: https://ucvulnerabilitystudies.uohyd.ac.in/the-literature-of-sustainability/