24 Oct: Can writers and artists ever be terrorists?

14 Sep 15 | Events

Anti-terror legislation has been used in several countries to effectively gag free speech about sensitive political issues, but can writing or painting be a terrorist act and what role do they play in radicalisation? Join Index on Censorship CEO Jodie Ginsberg at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas to explore the intersection of art and terrorism.

When: Saturday 24 October: 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Where: University of Cambridge – Faculty of Law – 10 West Road South Cambridgeshire, England CB3 9DZ GB (map)
Tickets: Free, but registration required

Speakers include:

  • Pelin Basaran — Turkish cultural policy and management researcher and lecturer and the Director of PARC (Performing Arts’ Research and Creation)
  • Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of Index on Censorship
  • Professor Anthony Glees, Professor of Politics at University of Buckingham
  • Sara Silvestri, Director of Studies in Human Social and Political Science at St Edmund’s College and a Research Associate with the Von Hügel Institute

Free thinking: Reading list for the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2015

Free Thinking! A unique partnership in 2015, Cambridge Festival of Ideas are working with Index on Censorship to offer in-depth articles and follow-up pieces from leading artists, writers and activists on all of our headline events.

• Drawing out the dark side: Martin Rowson

• Thoughts policed: Max Wind-Cowie

• Deliberately lewd: Erica Jong

• My book and the school library: Norma Klein

• Future imperfect: Jason DaPonte

• The politics of terror: Conor Gearty

• Moving towards inequality: Jemimah Steinfeld and Hannah Leung

• Escape from Eritrea: Ismail Einashe

• 24 Oct: Can writers and artists ever be terrorists?

• 25 Oct: Question Everything – Cambridge Festival of Ideas

• Full Free Thinking! reading list

Current issue: Spies, secrets and lies

In the latest issue of Index on Censorship magazine Spies, secrets and lies: How yesterday’s and today’s censors compare, we look at nations around the world, from South Korea to Argentina, and discuss if the worst excesses of censorship have passed or whether new techniques and technology make it even more difficult for the public to attain information. Subscribe to the magazine.