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Lecture

Judge Dennis Davis
Dmitri Shostakovich

Thursday 3.07.2025

How to watch

This lecture starts on 3 July at 7:00pm (UK).

Summary

50 years since his death we explore the relationship between music and authoritarian rule by exploring some of Shostakovich’s greatest compositions.

Judge Dennis Davis

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Dennis Davis is a judge of the High Court of South Africa and judge president of the Competition Appeals Court of South Africa. He has held professorial appointments at the University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand, as well as numerous visiting appointments at Cambridge, Harvard, New York University, and others. He has authored eleven books, including Lawfare: Judging Politics in South Africa.