Empire: The Story of a World-Conquering Podcast

William Dalrymple is the author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals, Duff Cooper Prize-winning The Last Mughal, and the Hemingway and Kapuscinski Prize-winning Return of a King. His book, The Anarchy, was shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington medal, the Tata Book of the Year, and the Historical Writers Association Award, and won the 2020 Arthur Ross Medal from the US Council on Foreign Relations. Dalrymple  has held visiting lectureships at Princeton, Brown, and Oxford, where he is currently a Visiting Fellow at All Souls. He was presented with the President’s Medal by the British Academy and was named one of the world’s top 50 thinkers for 2020 by Prospect Magazine. He is a founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Empire: The Story of a World-Conquering Podcast

8th November 2024 : 6:45 - 8:15 PM

Multi-award-winning and bestselling historian William Dalrymple explores the stories, personalities and events that shaped the largest empires in history. In addition to his numerous books and accolades, Dalrymple is the co-host of Empire, the internationally acclaimed podcast that explores the roots, deeds, and legacies of the most notable empires to ever exist.


Hong Kong Jockey Club Hall, Asia Society Hong Kong Center
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