2025/6 Wolfson College Sarfraz Lecture
Shaharzad Akbar will be in conversation with Sir Tim Hitchens about her Human Rights work, bringing together activists within and outside Afghanistan to work towards accountability for the Taliban’s current actions. Working title: Seeking justice, preserving hope: International accountability and women’s rights in Afghanistan.

This event will also be livestreamed, please see booking URL (booking not required).
Date: 29 January 2026, 18:00
Venue: Wolfson College, Linton Road OX2 6UD
Venue Details: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium
Speakers: Shaharzad Akbar, Sir Tim Hitchens (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Wolfson College
Organiser: Wolfson College Secretary (Wolfson College, Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: college.secretary@wolfson.ox.ac.uk
Host: Sir Tim Hitchens (University of Oxford)
Booking required?: Not required
Booking url: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/event/sarfraz-lecture-2025-6/
Audience: Public
Editor: Luke Jackson-Ross