Art and Authoritarianism: Resistant Fiction in an Age of Post-Truth
Date: 4 November 2025, 7.30pm GMT
Where: Jesus College Cambridge & Online
Contact: Dr Tara Talwar Windsor (ttw24@cam.ac.uk)
An evening for readers and book groups with Professor Sarah Colvin. Recording now available!
“The imagination … is central to the cultural production of revolutionary movements”
(Lola Olufemi)
Is art a reason to hope when authoritarianism looms? Can a novel actually change anything? How is fiction different from post-truth? These and other questions will be asked and answered as Sarah Colvin introduces her new book Literature and Epistemic Injustice: Power and Resistance in the Contemporary Novel (Routledge) and a range of contemporary novels from around the world.
Watch back here: https://youtu.be/-cymCrnusaA?si=5aDRb8OjsYHblHIV
