Autumn Term 2024
2nd September: Global Book Club – Discussion: Abroad in Japan byChris Broad
16th September: Exhibition at IAIS, University of Exeter) – Talk by Dr Allan Hassaniyan (University of Exeter) Daughters of the Sun: Kurdish Female Fighters from Rojhlat
17th October: Celebrating Windrush in Devon – Talk by members of the Devon Windrush Group From Indentureship to Windrush
18th November: Global Book Club – Discussion: Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova
4th December: Book Talk – Talk by Dr Ghee Bowman (University of Exeter) The Great Epinal Escape: Indian Prisoners of War in German Hands
9th December: COP – Talk by Professor Stephen Sitch COP29 and the Global Carbon Budget
Spring Term 2025
13th January: Telling our Stories Finding our Roots, Devon’s Multicultural History – Talk by Hilda Kalap (Project Coordinator) How Stories Change Lives
27th January: Global Book Club -Discussion: Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant
29th January: Global Book Club Plymouth – Discussion: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
1st March: Devon Globe Trotters – Talk by Maslin Buaban and Mark Errington Experiences in Turkey
10th March: Global Book Club – Talk by Gillian Allen and Discussion: Slavery and a Countess Wear Family: The Davy Family of Devon and Jamaica by Gillian Allen
12th March: Global Book Club Plymouth – Discussion: Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe by Sathnam Sanghera
Summer Term 2025
23rd April: Global Book Club Plymouth – Discussion: The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East by Rebecca Lowe
12th May: Global Book Club Discussion: Syria’s Secret Library: The true story of how a besieged Syrian town found hope by Mike Thomson
31st May: Devon Globe Trotters – Talk by Angela Redmond Olive Picking in Albania
4th June: Global Book Club Plymouth – Discussion: Nervous Conditions Tsitsi Dangarembga
30th June A Twinning Project – Talk by Directors of Exeter Seed Bank Palestine Local Seed Bank
7th July: Summer Party
14th July Global Book Club – Discussion: In Search of Mary Seacole: The Making of a Cultural Icon by Helen Rappaport and Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole
16th July: Global Book Club Plymouth – Discussion: The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth by Ben Rawlence
19th July: Devon Globe Trotters – Talk by Nancy Day Stories of Kenya Through Music: Dignity, Survival and Resistance