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Surpassing nostalgia: personhood and the experience of displacement

Dr Renée Hirschon

Wednesday, 06 June 2001, 5pm to 7pm

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr Renée Hirschon is Senior Research Fellow at St Peter's College, University of Oxford. 

Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture

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