# Event Details - **Event Name**: Samia Henni: Staging Archives of Colonial Toxicity (online/in-person) - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 02 Mar, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Mon, 02 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm - **Event Description**: Historian and exhibition maker Samia Henni discusses her research and curatorial practice, followed by a workshop. A hybrid event.About this EventThis hybrid (online and in-person) event discusses the research and curatorial practice of Samia Henni, historian and exhibition maker focussing on built, destroyed and imagined environments. Henni’s work is often underpinned by acts of translation, practices of display, and a creative approach to authorship and publication. Her recent research project exposed the impact of French nuclear weapons testing in the Algerian Sahara between 1960 and 1966. Through an original orientation of testimonies, detonation and radiation fallout maps, photography, interviews, film and stills, Henni creates spaces for reckoning with colonialism as toxification and contamination of built and natural environments. Henni’s research hence poses critical questions regarding where we look for ecologies in the archive whilst using exhibition making to fashion visual and architectural spaces for reimagining.Samia Henni’s research addresses questions of colonization, wars, resource extraction, deserts, forced displacement, and gender dynamics, often through unique materials. She is author of Architecture of Counterrevolution: The French Army in Northern Algeria and Colonial Toxicity: Rehearsing French Radioactive Architecture and Landscape in the Sahara, editor of Deserts Are Not Empty and War Zones, and curator of Performing Colonial Toxicity and Discreet Violence: Architecture and the French War in Algeria. She has held academic positions at Princeton University, ETH Zurich, Cornell University, and McGill University.This hybrid event will take place on Teams and in person. For in-person participants: The venue is Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, Birkbeck, WC1H 0PN (Gordon Square on Google Maps). Samia will present her work from 4-5pm. We will then remain in the space for a workshop. All materials will be provided.For online participants: We will email the Teams link for the online meeting in the confirmation and reminder emails.This event is facilitated by the Critical Poetics and Ecology network. With funding from The Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-east England (CHASE), we convene for Spring 2026 around the theme of “creative fabulation and the archive”. If you would like to be involved in these or future activities of this research and practice network, please contact: criticalpoeticsandecology (at) gmail (dot) com, or follow our Eventbrite page. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/c32b0f80-0b7e-11f1-b2fb-65d8a903a7c7-rimg-w1200-h514-dcc4aa8b-gmir.jpg Agenda?: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PMSamia Henni discussion?: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PMWorkshop - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/samia-henni-staging-archives-of-colonial-toxicity-online-in-person/100001983249493623 - **Event Categories**: workshops, exhibitions, entertainment, art, performances, meetups, literary-art, virtual - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Keynes Library, Birkbeck College - **lat**: 51.5246675 - **long**: -0.1302655 - **full address**: Keynes Library, Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Samia Henni: Staging Archives of Colonial Toxicity (online/in-person) - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/ce08cee46e01e084c57ad75cc1f9e958c4bb1a42659d42771df4d26538b4eec4-rimg-w700-h993-dc3e3061-gmir.jpg?v=1771344701 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Samia Henni: Staging Archives of Colonial Toxicity (online/in-person) being held? - **A:** Samia Henni: Staging Archives of Colonial Toxicity (online/in-person) takes place on Mon, 02 Mar, 2026 at 04:00 pm to Mon, 02 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Keynes Library, Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Samia Henni: Staging Archives of Colonial Toxicity (online/in-person)? - **A:** Samia Henni: Staging Archives of Colonial Toxicity (online/in-person) is organized by Critical Poetics + Ecology Network. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Samia Henni: Staging Archives of Colonial Toxicity (online/in-person) is ideal for learners, working professionals, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in London, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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