British Museum / Guardian Public Forum
2 December 2008
Babylon to Bethnal
Green:
Does language unite or divide multicultural societies?
A high-profile panel use Babylon as the starting point for a discussion of contemporary issues around language and identity.
Panel members: Tahmima Anam, novelist; Professor Peter K. Austin, Linguistics Professor at SOAS; Professor Robert Evans, Regius Professor of History, Oxford University; Tibor Fischer, novelist and short story writer; Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Chaired by Jon Snow, writer and broadcaster, with an introductory talk by Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum.
This event was part of a series of events to accompany the exhibition Babylon: Myth and Reality.
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