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Research Workshop
Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding: Future Research Agendas
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7 March 2022
1.00pm - 2.00pm
David Keir Building,
Room 02/525, QUB.
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This Research Workshop features Dr Gladys Ganiel, Reader in Sociology, QUB and Dr Joram Tarusarira, Assistant Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding, University of Groningen.
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Annual Front Line Defenders Lecture
Politicizing Human Rights in Palestine/Israel
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16 March 2022
5.00pm - 6.30pm
Canada Room and
Council Chambers,
QUB.
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This 2022 Annual Frontline Defenders touring lecture features Professor Anat Biletzki, Albert Schweitzer Professor of Philosophy at Quinnipiac University. Professor Biletzki will discuss the goal of human rights and their defenders, with particular focus on Palestine and Israel.
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Lecture
Extremism: A Philosophical Analysis
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24 March 2022
4.00pm - 5.30pm
Online lecture with
an interactive
Q&A session.
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Professor Quassim Cassam, Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick and Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, will offer an analysis of three varieties of political extremism: methods extremism; ideological extremism and psychological extremism.
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The Fireside Chats are co-ordinated by Mitchell Institute PhD students and offer an informal setting to discuss research and policies with experts, researchers and practitioners. The “Fireside Chat” is a reference to American history and politics and is also a tribute to Senator George J. Mitchell.
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Post-conflict management in South Africa and Northern Ireland
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Professor Adrian Guelke,
Professor Emeritus, QUB.
9 March 2022
5.00pm - 6.30pm
Peter Froggatt Centre,
Room 02/011, QUB.
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Professor Guelke will discuss two cases of deeply divided societies, Northern Ireland and South Africa. This will be from the perspective of post-conflict management focusing on how they have diverged since their political settlements and why.
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Mohawk Warriors Society: Sovereignty, standoffs and ceremonies
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Gabriel Maracle,
Trent University, Canada.
23 March 2022
5.00pm - 6.30pm
Online via MS Teams.
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Gabriel will explore the unique confluence of culture, indigenous militancy, and religious conflict led the group to emerge when it did in the 1960s. The impact of the Society on contemporary issues and the role this group plays in Indigenous politics will be discussed.
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LINCS / LINAS Seminar Series
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The Mitchell Institute hosts the two Leverhulme funded Doctoral Training Programmes, LINCS and LINAS.
This Seminar Series is co-ordinated by LINCS PhD student Tomás McInerney and
Dr Meg Schwamb, Astrophysics Research Centre, QUB. The Seminars explore the implications of massive-scale data processing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning for both the actual operation of algorithmically driven public decision-making in wider society, and within science and engineering. Seminars are open to the public and are held online on the second Wednesday of each month at 3.00pm.
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Automating occupation: International humanitarian and human rights law implications of the deployment of facial recognition technologies in the occupied Palestinian territory
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Ronan Talbot,
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
9 March 2022
3.00pm - 4.00pm
Online via MS Teams.
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Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. They provide immediate medical aid to those in great need, while also developing local capacity and skills to ensure the long-term development of the Palestinian healthcare system.
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The full Seminar Series can be found here. Places for each event must be booked in advance, by emailing Tomás at tmcinerney01@qub.ac.uk.
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Mitchell Institute Conversations
Podcast Series
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In our series of Conversations Podcasts, Institute Director Professor Richard English speaks with experts working in the areas of conflict resolution, peace-building, security and justice. The interviewees offer insights, perspectives and analysis regarding some of the world's major challenges, and how best to meet them.
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Episode 6: Professor Colin Harvey
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Professor of Human Rights Law, School of Law and Mitchell Institute Fellow. Professor Colin Harvey talks about his research on human rights, constitutional law and what it means to be a legal academic.
Listen on Spotify here.
Listen on iTunes here.
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Senior Lecturer, School of Natural and Built Environment QUB and Mitchell Institute Fellow. Dr Merav Amir discusses her research on security, borders and gender identity.
Listen on Spotify here.
Listen on iTunes here.
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Mitchell Institute
In-Conversation Events
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In Conversation with Professor Andrew Heyn
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Andrew Heyn, Honorary Professor of Practice at the Institute, reflects on his experience as a UK diplomat for over 30 years, serving in Ireland, Hong Kong and Myanmar.
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In Conversation with Professor Jonathan Powell
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Jonathan Powell, Honorary Professor of Practice at the Institute assesses constitutional issues affecting the United Kingdom: borders, Brexit, identity.
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Mitchell Institute YouTube Playlist
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Missed any of our events? Our YouTube Playlist is now available. You can access the archive of our recorded events, including Lectures, Seminars and the Mitchell Institute In-Conversations.
The playlist can be viewed here >>
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The Mitchell Institute is delighted to welcome Professor Christine Bell (University of Edinburgh) as an Honorary Professor. Professor Bell is a world-renowned scholar with a particular expertise on the intersection between human rights law, peace-making and transitional justice. She is a prolific and multi-award winning academic, and a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Read more here >>
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Mitchell Institute Honorary Professor of Practice, Rory Montgomery, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Press Council of Ireland. The Press Council of Ireland is responsible for the oversight of the professional principles embodies in the Code of Practice, and with upholding the freedom of the press. He will take up his post on 1 April 2022.
Read more here >>
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We welcome Sophia Schroeder, to the Institute. Sophia is a PhD student at the Judicial Institute at UCL Faculty of Laws and her research focuses on the role of domestic courts in consociational systems of power-sharing. She seeks to understand how courts react to consociations and the implications of their judgments for the broader political set-up. Under supervision of our Theme Lead, Professor Kieran McEvoy, School of Law QUB, during her time at the Institute, Sophia will be conducting fieldwork, collecting data through interviewing judges, politicians and rights activists.
In May, Sophia will be heading to Lebanon to undertake a Fellowship with the Orient-Institut Beirut.
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Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Peace Processes
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Professor John D. Brewer
London: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022
This Advanced Introduction establishes the study of peace processes as part of the mainstream of sociology, a position consistent with the new moral re-enchantment of the social sciences.
Read more here >>
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The Law and Practice of the Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol
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Professor Christopher McCrudden
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022
This edited collection offers insights from a wide array of academic experts and practitioners in each of the various areas of legal practice that the Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol affects.
Read more here >>
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