QUB JOHN HEWITT PUBLIC LECTURE
The Varying Degrees of Racism.
by Lata Sharma.
- Wednesday 18th October 2023
- 2.00pm – 3.30pm
- Queen’s University Belfast, Peter Froggatt Centre, Room 02/026.
- Tickets – Free, Nos limited – registration required.
- To register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-qub-john-hewitt-public-lecture-the-varying-degrees-of-racism-tickets
Synopsis:
This talk will focus on an excerpt from Lata’s one woman show, ‘Sausage Sodas and Onion Bhajis.’ Her story will take you through a maze of emotions, telling the story of how this young Indian girl, born of Indian immigrants, must learn to navigate her way through during some of N. Ireland’s darkest days, to find how she, ‘fits in’.
Lata Sharma is a writer, actress, singer, journalist, and a Belfast girl of Indian heritage.
She works on diversity issues, seeking to find the most positive and productive ways to bridge the gap between the two main communities, and those from different heritages.
Lata has written short stories about how to navigate and fit into this much loved but divided society for a BBC/Lyric theatre collaboration and BBC Radio 4.
Today she freelances as a social/cultural commentator on Radio Ulster and U105.
Queen’s University Open Learning, World Literature: Global Voices Series – qub.ac.uk/open learning/ in association with The John Hewitt Society – johnhewittsociety.org
