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The Principal of Somerville College is delighted to invite members of Somerville College and the wider University to a live recording of Arthur Snell’s geopolitics podcast Behind the Lines.
This special episode of the podcast will feature members of the Somerville College sanctuary community whose lives and work have been shaped by conflict and its aftermath. The conversation will spotlight themes of resistance, relief, and human rights as we hear from Ukrainian political journalist Nikita Vorobiov, Sudanese physician and global health pioneer Dr Hadeel Abdelseid and Afghanistan’s first professional rapper, the pioneering women’s rights activist Sonita Alizadeh.
Chaired by former British diplomat Arthur Snell, the event offers a chance to learn about the journeys of displaced students and consider how academic communities, by empowering those students, can generate lasting benefit for their students, their communities and the world.
↩️ Sign-up to secure your place: Behind the Lines Live: The Sanctuary Scholars
📍 Flora Anderson Hall, Somerville College
📆 5:30pm, Tuesday March 3rd 2026
