Saturday, March 28, 2026
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Barcelona
Location: Llibreria Finestres in Barcelona
We have grown accustomed to national and international politics as arenas of pitiless interest competition. Hatred, envy, and pride constitute the often unacknowledged emotional substrate of our political life. In light of the larger existential threats we face, how can we make room for more positive emotions in the political sphere–for love, empathy, and solidarity? In an era of war and authoritarianism, how can we imagine and work towards more hopeful futures?
Participants
Nesrine Malik
Nesrine Malik is an acclaimed British Sudanese author and journalist known for her wide-ranging commentary on issues of race, identity, politics, and international affairs. She is the author of We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent (2019) and has columns in leading outlets including the Guardian, New York Times, and Washington Post that address topics ranging from Islamophobia and feminism to African politics, with deep insights into the ways colonial and postcolonial legacies shape our contemporary world. Malik received the 2021 Robert B. Silvers Prize for Journalism.
Verónica Gago
Verónica Gago, a professor of social sciences at the University of Buenos Aires and the National University of San Martín, is a prominent political theorist and activist working on issues of feminism and the global political economy. Her most recent books include A Feminist Reading of Debt (2021, with Luci Cavallero), Feminist International (2020), and Neoliberalism from Below: Popular Pragmatics and Baroque Economies (2017). She is also a leader in Argentina’s #NiUnaMenos (Not One Women Less) movement as both a theorist and an activist.
Pankaj Mishra
Pankaj Mishra is an Indian author, essayist, and literary critic with a global readership. His prize-winning books—From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia (2012), Age of Anger: A History of the Present (2017), and The World After Gaza (2025)—explore the turbulent history of the modern world and its enduring legacies. He is also the author of the novels The Romantics (1999) and Run and Hide (2022). A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he writes for leading international publications and co-founded Equator.
Accessibility
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