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Is the EU Neoliberal, and if so, so what?

Talk organized by the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies

Date: 1 November 2021
Time: 3:00-4:30 pm
Place: EDEN Arbour Room

Guest speaker: Dr Michael Holmes, Associate Professor of Political Science in ESPOL (the European School of Political and Social Sciences) at the Catholic University of Lille

2021

Research Seminar series Religion and Conflict Programme 2021

Please email tutu@hope.ac.uk for the zoom links to the events

27 January

Managing religious diversity in Tanzania Dr Stephen McLoughlin, Assitant Professor, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University

3 February

Christianizing Islam Tom Holland, Renowned independent Researcher and Historian

17 February

In the wake of IS: is martyrdom still important for Sunni Islam? David Bryan Cook, Associate Professor of Religion, Rice University, Houston, Texas

24 February

Hindu Moksha vs Muslim Shahada in early modern Malay epic literature Dr Harith Ramli, Lecturer in Second Education (Theology and World Religion), Edge Hill University

3 March

Provincializing Europe in Thinking about Religion and Politics in the Modern Middle East Dr Usaama al-Azami. Departmental Lecturer in Contemporary Islamic Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford

Research Seminar series - “Responding to Disruption: Government, populism, the pandemic, and the breakdown of public trust” 2021

Friday 30 April

“The UK, the EU and the Labour Party: Lessons in the relaunch of Trust”. Dr Richard Corbett.

Friday 7May

“Sino-American Relations: Is Mistrust Inevitable?”. Emeritus Professor Anthony McGrew.

Friday May 14

"The sovereignty illusion: Britain, Ireland and the challenge of European integration" Dr Michael Holmes, Associate Professor of European Politics at the European School of Politics (ESPOL) in the Catholic University of Lille, and Director of the Lille-Liverpool European Institute.

Friday 21 May

“Trust, the Paris Agreement and COP26”. Professor John Vogler, Professorial Research Fellow in International Relations at Keele University.

Friday 28 May

“Deference, Trust, Populism and Contemporary British Politics”. Professor Catherine Marshall, Professor of British Studies at CY Cergy Paris Université in France (formerly the Université of Cergy-Pontoise), Director of the AGORA research centre and of the MA Political Ideas in a Digital Age.

2020

5th February. Revd. Fergus Butler-Gaillie, Curate of the Liverpool Parish Church discusses his latest book Priests de la Resistance

Venue: EDEN014, Hope Park Campus, Liverpool Hope University

Time: 2.00-3.00 pm

14th February. Climate Change and the International Politics of Extinction

Joint Visiting Speaker Series: Spring 2020 “Securing the Future in an Insecure World” organised by The Lille-Liverpool European Institute and The Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies
Guest Speaker: Professor John Vogler. Professorial Research Fellow, Keele University
Venue: LHBS007, Hope Park Campus
Time: 11.00am-12.00pm

18th February to 12 March. Exhibition. The Palestinian Paintings by Israel Zohar - The Cornerstone Gallery

Seminar Series Religion and Conflict organised by the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies
Launch of the Exhibition—February 18, 4-6pm,
The Grace Room, Creative Campus (COR114)
Guest speakers: Israel Zohar, artist and Rev. Dr. Yazid Said, Lecturer in Islam LHU, paper: Christian Zionism and Palestinian Christianity

26th February. The Imam is Dead, Long Live the Imam? The Politics of Lament in Shi'i Poetry of the Abbasid Period

Seminar Series Religion and Conflict organised by the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies
Guest speaker: Dr. George Warner, Research Associate at the Centre for Religious Studies at Ruhr University, Bochum in Germany
Venue: EDEN014, Hope Park Campus
Time: 2.30-3.30 pm

28th February. Intelligence and Uncertainty in an era of “Big Data”

Joint Visiting Speaker Series: Spring 2020 “Securing the Future in an Insecure World” organised by The Lille-Liverpool European Institute and The Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies
Guest speaker: Professor Peter Gill. Visiting Professor at Leicester, Liverpool and Salford Universities.
Venue: EDEN014, Hope Park Campus
Time: 11.00-1.00 pm

4th March. Christian Martyrs under Islam

Research Seminar series Religion and Conflict organised by the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies
Guest speaker: Christian Sahner. Associate Professor of Islamic History, University of Oxford
Venue: EDEN014, Hope Park Campus
Time: 12.00-1.00 pm

6th March. Does Russia Really Pose a Threat to the EU?

Joint Visiting Speaker Series: Spring 2020 “Securing the Future in an Insecure World” organised by The Lille-Liverpool European Institute and The Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies
Guest speaker: Dr Paul Flenley. Senior Research Fellow in Politics and International Relations, University of Portsmouth
Venue: AJB058, Hope Park Campus
Time: 9.45-11.00 am

9th December 2020 Roundtable on 'Decolonising the Curriculum'

Panelists:

Dr Carly Bagelman, Lecturer in Education Studies, Liverpool Hope University
Ms Stephanie Gill, Principal, Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Trafford
Mrs Suzanne Blay, Headteacher, Crossacres Primary Academy, Manchester

2019

16th of December 2019:
After communism: Personal reflections on 30 years of post-communism in Central/Eastern Europe

Organised by the Lille-Liverpool European Institute & The Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for war and Peace Studies

Guest speakers:

Dr Daria Izdebska, Lecturer in English Language

Dr Gergely Juhász, Senior Lecturer in Theology

Dr Taras Khomych, Lecturer in Theology

Dr Dominika Kurek-Chomycz, Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies

Dr Natalia Vibla, Lecturer in Criminology

Time: 1-3 pm

Place: EDEN 102

All Welcome!

7th November 2019

Professor Frank Cottrell Boyce will deliver the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for Peace Studies Civic Lecture on occasion of the 175th Anniversary of Liverpool Hope University

Professor Cottrell Boyce is a screenwriter, actor, awarded children's author and writer for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

Time: 4:00-5:30 pm

Place: EDEN014

11th November 2019

After the Wall came down: Germany 30 years after
Organised by the Lille-Liverpool European Institute & The Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for war and Peace Studies
Guest speakers: Prof Anna Saunders (University of Liverpool) and Dr Simon Piasecki (Liverpool Hope University)

Time: 1.00 -2.30 pm

Place: Eden Building room 102, Liverpool Hope University

All welcome!

30th October 2019 - Helping Persecuted Christians in Zones of Conflict: The Hungarian Perspective

Ministerial Commissioner Dr Hajnalka Juhász, Rector of the Károli Gáspár Reformed University in Budapest Prof. Dr. József Zsengellér and director of international relations of the university Gyula Sümeghym will visit Liverpool Hope University. The lecture highlights the gravity of the endangered existence of indigenous Christian communities in the Middle East and its impact on Western civilisation and the security of Europe. As a feasible solution, the support model proposed and

Colombia: Challenges and opportunities for the incoming administration

Organised by the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies and the Colombian Embassy in the United Kingdom

Guest speaker: Antonio José Ardila, Colombian Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chair: Dr Catalina Montoya Londoño, Director of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies
Date: August 30, 2019
Time: 2:00—3:30 pm
Venue: Capstone Theatre, Creative Campus, Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, Liverpool, L6 1HP

BOOK LAUNCH: THE FUTURE OF INTERFAITH DIALOGUE

EDITED BY YAZID SAID AND LEJLA DEMIRI

Date: 30th of April 2019
Time: 3:00- 5:00 pm
Venue: EDEN014, Liverpool Hope University, Hope Park, L16 9JD

Panel discussion: Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, Prof Dr. Lejla Demiri, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen Revd. Dr. Yazid Said, Liverpool Hope University

Seminar Series on Religion, Art and Conflict Programme 2019

1 March
Dr Merav Rosenfeld. Religion and Music in the Middle East: Jewish-Muslim Coexistence
Room: EDEN047, Liverpool Hope Park Campus, 12.00-1.30 pm

8 March
Dr Amir Dastmalchian. Music as a means of Dialogue with/by Muslims
Room: EDEN005, Liverpool Hope Park Campus, 12.00-1.30 pm

15 March
Dr Michael Miller. Black Jesus, Black Power: Visual and Musical aspects of the African American identification with Ancient Israelites
Room: AJB058 Liverpool Hope Park Campus, 12.00-1.30 pm

22 March
Dr Deborah Casewell. Truth, Beauty, and Death: Thomas Mann’s Challenge
Room: EDEN005, Liverpool Hope Park Campus, 12.00-1.30 pm

27 March
Dr Dr Vid Simoniti. Deception in Alt-Right Visual Culture
Room: AJB058, Liverpool Hope Park Campus, 4.00 –5.30 pm

5 April
Dr Steven Shakespeare. Black Metal Music: Anti-Christian Inversions.
Room EDEN114, Liverpool Hope Park Campus, 12.00-1.30 pm

May 10
Professor Stephen Davismoon. God’s own caught in no Man’s Land
Room EDEN112, Liverpool Hope Park Campus, 12.00-1.30 pm

Professorial lecture 2019: The individual in International Law: 'Object' versus 'Subject'

Professor Solomon Salako
Date: 1st of May 2019
Time: 2.00-3.30 pm
Venue: EDEN014, Liverpool Hope Park Campus

Seminar series on Religion, Art and Conflict 2018/2019

Dr Tala Jarjour on Sense and Sadness (November 30, 2018)
Dr Merav Rosenfeld. Religion and Music in the Middle East: Jewish-Muslim Coexistence (March 1, 2019)
Dr Amir Dastmalchian. Music as a means of Dialogue with/by Muslims (March 8, 2019)
Dr Michael Miller. Black Jesus, Black Power: Visual and Musical aspects of the African American identification with Ancient Israelites (March 15, 2019)
Dr Deborah Casewell. Truth, Beauty, and Death: Thomas Mann’s Challenge (March 22, 2019)
Dr Vid Simoniti. Deception in Alt-Right Visual Culture (March 27, 2019)
Dr Steven Shakespeare. Black Metal Music: Anti-Christian Inversions (April 5, 2019)
Dr Simon Podmore. Night Visions: The Art of Struggling with God (May 3, 2019)
Professor Stephen Davismoon. God’s own caught in no Man’s Land (May 10, 2019)

Discussion with Erika Diettes, Exhibition “Shrouds” (Sudarios)

The artist talks about her work and exhibition in the Liverpool Cathedral as part of RISE Festival,in conversation with Dr Sarah Black. March 25, 2019.

BESA. Muslims in Albania that helped Jews during the Shoa.

Organised by the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, the Andrew Walls Centre for the Study of African and Asian Christianity, and ICEJ/Yad VaShem Holocaust Exhibitions. February 28-March 29, 2019.

A Long Jihad: My Quest for the Middle Way by Muhammad Abdul Bari

Discussion with the author on his recently published memoir. Speakers: Dr Salman Al-Azami and Muhammad Abdul Bari. February 12, 2019.

Welcoming refugees: Community challenges and perspectives

Speakers: Nadine Daniel (National Refugee Welcome Coordinator, Mission & Public Affairs Division, Archbishops Council), Sean Ryan (National Caritas Community sponsorship Coordinator), Members of the Bishop Eton Resettlement Group, Natalia Vibla and Zaki Nahaboo, (lecturers in the School of Social Science, Liverpool Hope University). February 6, 2019.

2018

Screening of Au Revoir La-haut ("See you up There) Albert Dupontel, 2017

And talk by Garrett Epp, Professor Emeritus in English And Film Studies from the University of Alberta (1988-2014) and currently affiliated to the Catholic University of Lille. Organised by Popular Culture Research Group, The Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies and the European Institute.

Peace and Reconciliation Weekend

Jointly Organised by Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies and the Liverpool-Cologne Link Group. November 24, 2018. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

A silent tribute to the fallen. Remembering 21st Century Wars

An exhibition showcasing photos, poems and letters exploring the repatriation rituals of Wootton Bassett (2007-2011). Curator: Dr Aline Gaus, School of Social Sciences. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

Representation and Commemoration: The Centenary of the End of WW1

Guy Cuthbertson, William Blazek, Terry Phillips, Peter McGrail. November 12. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

Finding Peace in the Holy Land By Lauren Booth

Discussion with the author on her recently published memoir. October 29, 2018. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge”. Arthur Lewis and the Windrush Generation in Manchester

Guest speaker: Dr Barbara Ingham. 23 October, 2018. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

Annual Conference Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre: Identity and Memory in War and Peacebuilding

July 2, 2018. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

Panel on Peace and youth engagement (Big Hope 2)

Pat Gaffney, General Secretary of Pax Christi Liverpool, Steve Atherton, Justice and Peace Fieldworker Archdiocese of Liverpool, Nadine Daniel, National Refugee Welcome Coordinator, Mission & Public Affairs, Division | Archbishops Council | Church House, Ivana Gabalova, Anne Frank House in the Netherlands, Richard Outram, Secretary, The Oldham Pledge to Peace Forum c/o. June 19, 2018. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

Lord Charles Guthrie on the morality of intervention

Talk with students. May 9, 2018, Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

Professor Solomon Salako Professorial Lecture Entitlement to Islands,Rocks and Low - Tide Elevations in the South China Sea: Geoeconomics versus Rule of Law.

May 2, 2018. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

Ruben Zamora speaks about the Social Challenges of El Salvador Today

Organised with the Archbishop Romero Trust and the Justice and Peace Commission, March 19, 2018. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

Symposium "Religion and Conflict between Egypt and Tanzania"

Guest Speakers: Dr Khaled Mohamed Azab & Dr. Sameh Fawzy, Senior Managers at the Alexandria Library. March 9, 2018. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

Sarah Black and Esther Wilson. A performative response to The Mother's Day Proclamation - Julia Ward Howe (1870)

March 8, 2018, Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

Public lecture: Change in the Arab World

Dr Mustafa el-Feki, Director of the Alexandria Library. March 5, 2018, Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

Panel on security and intelligence: the politics and the media

Prof. Richard Keeble (University of Lincoln) and Dr. Dimitrios Anagnostakis (Liverpool Hope University), 14 February, 2018, Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

Russian-Ukrainian conflict: An ‘unexpected’ crisis

Dr Vsevolod Samokhvalov (University of Liege and Free University of Brussels, Vesalius College), Dr Natalia Vibla and Dr Taras Khomych (Liverpool Hope University). January 23, Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University.

2017

Book Presentation: Lee Miller, Photography, Surrealism and the Second World War. From Vogue to Dachau

William Blazek

Symposium - The Balfour Declaration (1917-2017): Past, Present and Future

Professor Yosi Mekelberg, Dr Sarah Eltantawi, Professor Roger Spooner, and Dr Yazif Said

Book Presentation: The Boundaries of the debate on Land Restitution in Colombia

Maryluz Vallejo Mejía and Catalina Montoya Londoño

How do you solve a problem like Korea?

Professor the Lord Alton of Liverpool

One-day Practitioners’ Conference on Media Discourse about British Muslims and its Implications

English Department and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University

Annual Conference 2017: Restoring Peace

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre

Professorial lecture: Climate Change,Environmental Security and Global Justice

Prof Solomon Salako

Civic Lecture 2017: Challenges of building peace

Eamon Gilmore

Sacred Places: Performances, Politics and Ecologies – A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Drama, Dance and Performance Department, in partnership with the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) and the Working Group ‘Performance, Religion and Spirituality’; and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies.

A tale of two cities? Social movement in the divided city of Mostar

Susan Forde

High Stakes: Women and peacebuilding in an illiberal world

Judith Large

Donald Trump, US Grand Strategy and Forthcoming Prospects for War and Peace

Dr Robert Busby

Seeking refuge: Multiple perspectives

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies

Are the media responsible while depicting religions?

Dr Salman Al-Azami