The Man who Photobombed De Gaulle
| Dates: | 3 October 2024 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 18:00 |
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| What is it: | Talk |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| Speaker: | Professor Gary Younge, Professor Akwugo Emejulu |
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The 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris offers an opportunity to explore the discrepancy between race-based mythologies around the Second World War and Black involvement in the war and what that tells us about Europe as a whole and how Black people’s presence here is misunderstood. How would conversations about responsibility, obligation, entitlement, sacrifice, patriotism, immigration, integration, welfare, equality and justice be understood when it applied to Black people if their contributions to the war were fully acknowledged?
I intend to highlight these issues with specific reference to the decision to ensure only white French troops could be seen to liberate Paris and the scene, the day after the Liberation, in which a Gabonese soldier, Georges Dukson, effectively photobombs General De Gaulle as he parades along the Champs-Élysées.
This talk will be delivered by Prof. Gary Younge and will be followed by a response delivered by Prof. Akwugo Emejulu (Sheffield).
This event forms part of CIDRAL's Im/mobilities series of events for 2024-2025 and is co-organised with Race, Roots & Resistance Collective.
Speakers
Professor Gary Younge
Organisation: University of Manchester
Professor Akwugo Emejulu
Organisation: University of Sheffield
Travel and Contact Information
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A113
Samuel Alexander Building
Manchester
