Sir Winston Churchill Lecture – Crafting for Survival with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Endowed by Betty Suchar
18 November | Doors open 6:15pm
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Join us for a very special Sir Winston Churchill Lecture with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, as she explores the role creativity and making played during nearly six years of detention in Iran.
In Crafting for Survival, Nazanin will reflect on how making things became an act of resistance, a way to preserve identity, create beauty and retain a measure of freedom in a place designed to take it away.
Since her release, Nazanin has continued to explore the healing power of craft through collaborations with Liberty and the Imperial War Museum, including designing a fabric collection inspired by incarceration and captivity during times of crisis.
The lecture will last approximately 45 minutes, followed by a Q&A.
About Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was abducted at an Iranian airport while returning to London with her 22-month-old daughter after visiting family in Tehran, setting in motion years of captivity and upheaval.
During nearly six years of detention in Iran, Nazanin discovered that making things could be an act of resistance: a way to preserve identity, create beauty and retain some measure of freedom in a place designed to take it away. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s experience of captivity reaffirmed for her the value of life and freedom. She has since found purpose in sharing her story with others, advocating for political prisoners and prison reform in the UK, and contributing to cultural and public life.
Since her release, she has guest-edited a programme for BBC Radio 4, judged a journalism prize for the Orwell Foundation, delivered keynote lectures at major book prizes, and received both Harper’s Bazaar Woman of the Year Award and the Courage Under Fire Award from the Magnitsky Human Rights Awards. Nazanin is a contributing editor at Harper’s Bazaar, an Ambassador for Give a Book, and has explored the healing power of craft through collaborations with Liberty and the Imperial War Museum, including designing a fabric collection inspired by incarceration and captivity during times of crisis.
Tickets
18 November
Things you need to know
Doors will open at 6:15pm with drinks for sale at our bar.
The lecture will begin at 7pm and will last approximately 45 minutes followed by a Q&A.
We are pleased to offer free parking. If the main car park is full, please follow our signs to the additional parking, just a short distance up Claverton Hill from the main car park.
On arrival, please check in with the Ticket Office team who will give you more information about your visit.
Please be aware that we are unable to provide a refund unless the event is cancelled.
Please note we are a completely non-smoking site.
If you have any questions, or need to amend your booking, please contact us via email at ticketoffice@americanmuseum.org or by phone on +44 (0)1225 460503.