Lahore School of Economics Young Peace and Development Corps invited Paul Salopik – the man who is walking around the globe to trace some ancient migration routes - to deliver a talk at the School on 21 February 2018.
Paul Salopek is a journalist and writer. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and was raised in central Mexico. Salopek has reported globally for the Chicago Tribune, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, National Geographic Magazine and many other publications. In January 2013, Salopek embarked on the "Out of Eden Walk", a seven-year walk along one of the routes taken by early humans to migrate out of Africa, a transcontinental foot journey that will cover more than 20,000 miles funded by the National Geographic Society, the Knight Foundation and the Abundance Foundation.