White Thinking in sport and beyond: an evening with Lilian Thuram

 

This event was organised by UCL's Arts & Humanities faculty EDI and the Sarah Parker Remond Centre
 

Former captain of the French world-cup winning team, Lilian Thuram has distinguished himself on an off the pitch through his leadership, vision and critical acuity. As professional athletes across the world assume important roles in political commentary and opposition, join us to celebrate the publication of Thuram’s latest book White Thinking: Behind the Mask of Racial Identity (Hero Press, 2021) and to hear what he has to say about racism and nationalism, politics and sport in contemporary France and beyond.

Lilian Thuram will be joined by Prof Paul Gilroy (Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre), Dr Hélène Neveu Kringelbach (Vice-Dean Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for the Arts and Humanities faculty), Mbango Mispa SAME ESSAKA (co-chair of the Arts & Humanities faculty EDI committee) and Dr Clive Nwonka (Lecturer in Film, Culture and Society, Institute of Advanced Studies).

About the speaker:

Lilian Thuram, born in Guadeloupe in 1972, had a prestigious international career in football for the French national team – World champion in 1998, European champion in 2000, World Cup finalist in 2006 – and played for elite European clubs such as Juventus and Barcelona. In 2008, he created the Lilian Thuram Foundation to educate against racism, and he has become a high-profile activist himself. He is the author of various non-fiction books.