CIDRA, Hallsworth & IPOW 'War and our World' International Conference, 19th-21st July 2007
DELEGATE REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN
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The University of Manchester is committed to promoting informed debate on the major issues of our time. One of the most pressing issues concerns the changing nature and consequences of war. Today's news media are full of stories of war, the sources of armed conflict and its impact on individuals and societies. An international conference, War and our World, will provide the opportunity to address this recurrent feature of human society. The conference will provide an opportunity to reflect on the changing nature, causes and consequences of conflict in the modern era. The organisers wish to encourage informed debate on the role and responsibilities of the public intellectual in understanding and communicating issues around armed conflict and intervention.
A three-day major international conference on the theme of war/conflict is in the planning stages. The conference will be devoted to the conceptualisation, conduct and aftermaths of war in the modern world.
Our programme allows for two platform debates and a number of parallel sessions, together with other events. Platform debates will provide a forum for leading international figures to discuss issues of modern war: how it has been, is presently, and is likely to be conducted; by whom; and for what purposes? We have termed this 'Being at war'. The second platform debate is organised around the theme of 'Aftermaths of war', and will encourage discussion of peacemaking and reconciliation, retribution, reconstruction and commemorative activity. In each case the conference organisers are keen to promote consideration of the role and responsibilities of the public intellectual in understanding and communicating issues around armed conflict.
The parallel panel sessions will be structured around issues of 'new wars/old wars' and security in the modern world, including technical aspects of security; explaining conflict in the modern world; humanitarian crises and crises of humanitarianism, including population displacements; and performing, narrating and commemorating war. Other events include a series of performances and installations.
Funded by: University of Manchester Hallsworth Fund, CIDRA, In Place of War via the AHRC.
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