Dispatches from the Diaspora – Gary Younge In Conversation

Gary Younge is an award-winning author, broadcaster and a professor of sociology at the Universty of Manchester. Formerly a columnist and an editor-at-large at the Guardian, he is an editorial board member of The Nation magazine. He is the author of five books, including Another Day in the Death of America (shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Jhalak Prize); his writing has appeared in Granta, New York Times, Financial Times, New Statesman, and beyond, and he has made several radio and television documentaries on subjects ranging from gay marriage to Brexit. He lives in London.

Saeed Khan is a cultural historian and commentator based at Wayne State University in Detroit, where he teaches in the departments of History and Global Studies. His academic expertise includes Islamic and Middle Eastern history, Islamic political thought, and transnational identities. Alongside his academic work, he is a frequent analyst for international media outlets. Saeed is the founder of the Center for the Study of Trans-Atlantic Diasporas, a policy institute focused on ethnic and immigrant communities in North America and Europe.