BROADCASTER Loyd Grossman and historian Professor John Belchem will investigate Liverpool's cultural heritage at an event next week.
Prof Belchem (pictured right) will discuss cosmopolitan Liverpool and its status as Capital of Culture 2008 before an audience at Princes Road Synagogue in Toxteth.
The event will celebrate the launch of the forthcoming book, Liverpool 800: Culture, Character & History - edited by Professor Belchem - detailing how the city has developed over its 800-year history.
Prof Belchem, of Liverpool university, said: "It is important to look back at how the city achieved its status in the first place.
"Having achieved prosperity through the slave trade, Liverpool underwent its first major rebranding exercise following abolition of the trade in 1807.
"Thenceforth, visiting seamen from the black Atlantic and beyond mixed with British sailors, creating new forms of cultural contact and producing many exotic travellers' tales which are still heard today.
"The success of the city's renaissance will depend upon its ability to restore its former cosmopolitan and bohemian complexions."
Cosmopolitan Liverpool - Still the World in One City? is on Wednesday, July 19, at 6pm. Entry is free.
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