Fr Michael Hurley SJ, founder of the Irish School of Ecumenics, passed away in April. Following on from his funeral in Dublin, last week the Irish School of Ecumenics organised a special Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving in … Read more...
Category: Peace Studies
Do Words Matter? New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: Do Words Matter?: Book Review of Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution – Debating Peace in Northern Ireland. The book is edited by Katy Hayward and Catherine O’Donnell and I contributed … Read more...
Michael Bennett on the Major Christian Task of Reconciliation
I’m always heartened when I see graduates of our Master’s in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation applying our course material in their work once they graduate. Yesterday’s guest post by Joram Tarusarira was one example of that. Today Fr Michael … Read more...
Reconciliation – The Missing Ingredient in Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies? Guest Post by Joram Tarusarira
Last month I participated in a summer school at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany, titled ‘Societies in Transition: Sub-Saharan Africa between Conflict and Reconciliation.’ One of the many pleasures of attending the summer school was catching up with … Read more...
Comparative Perspectives on Societies in Transition – Sub-Saharan Africa between Conflict and Reconciliation: Lessons for Northern Ireland?
I spent ten days last month at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany, at a summer school titled ‘Societies in Transition: Sub-Saharan Africa between Conflict and Reconciliation.’
Between students and the plenary speakers there were about 30 people there, … Read more...
Does the Middle Ground Have a Future? New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Does the Middle Ground Have a Future? Platform for Change AGM.’… Read more...
Quaker Peacebuilding Initiatives in Northern Ireland: Coming from the Silence – Book Review
Despite numbering less than 800 in Northern Ireland, Quakers often played important roles in peacebuilding throughout the Troubles and up until the present day. The contributions of Quakers are chronicled in a recent book, edited by Ann Le Mare and … Read more...
Does Peace Studies Make a Difference?
Does Peace Studies make a difference? As someone who lectures in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation, and belongs to an academic department that has programmes in both Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation as well as International Peace Studies – I certainly hope … Read more...