Tutu: Spirituality, Social Justice, and Leadership - Join the online colloquium hosted by King’s College London and the University of the Western Cape, South Africa

To commemorate the life and work of Nobel Prize winner, the late Desmond Tutu, King’s College London (KCL) and the University of the Western Cape, South Africa (UWC) are hosting an online colloquium on 6th April 2022 from 9:30AM to 4:30PM (BST). 

Desmond Tutu was a global icon who advocated for peace, justice, and human rights throughout the world and he dedicated his life to the noble causes of freedom, democracy, and service to humanity, among others. In addition to being a member of the clergy, he was also a voice of reason and compassion against poverty, racism, xenophobia, corruption, and was for human development, a human rights advocate, and a key figure in the anti-apartheid movement. 

“There is no peace in Southern Africa. There is no peace because there is no justice. There can be no real peace and security until there be first justice enjoyed by all the inhabitants of that beautiful land. The Bible knows nothing about peace without justice, for that would be crying ‘peace, peace, where there is no peace.” - Desmond Tutu

Both universities had close associations with the late Archbishop. The event will be led by Professor Linda Woodhead (KCL) and Professor Sarojini Nadar (UWC).

Speakers

The programme will illustrate the many-facetted involvement of Desmond Tutu. The speakers, many of whom knew and worked with Tutu, include:

• Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town
• Nyameko Barney Pityana, Black Consciousness pioneer
• Revd Mpho Tutu van Furth, Theologian
• Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize winner 2014
• Graça Machel, Vice-Chair of The Elders, and
• Koleka Putuma, award-winning South African poet and playwright
  

Information

• The full programme can be accessed here.
• The bibliography (resource list) can be accessed here.
• Related quotes about Tutu can be accessed here.
• Speaker biographies can be accessed here.
  

How to access

The link to register for and attend the seminar on 6 April from 09.30 to 16.30 is here.

For further information, contact: Juliette Boyd (juliette.boyd@kcl.ac.uk)