April 18, 2022
Prominent dissident Uzbeck writer, poet, and translator, Hamid Ismailov, will give a talk on his work, within the context of his life and the larger historical and political events taking place in the late Soviet Union, post-Soviet Uzbekistan and the UK. Additionally, he will offer a unique comparative perspective on the literary and publishing processes in the Western and Non-Western worlds, as well as a personal take on living and writing under state censorship.