War Studies Group events archive
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The Department of War Studies offers a thriving events programme. From lectures and seminars to networking, careers events and residential trips there are ample opportunities for students to contribute to lively debates. King's guest speakers range from military personnel (Gen Petraeus pic) and academics, who bring with them a wealth of knowledge and expertise. As well as key departmental events, many of the research centres within the War Studies Groups host seminar series.Please see below the previous events held in the Department.
Autumn/Winter 2011
Wednesday 14 December 2011, 17.00
Helmandi History, Dynamics and the Current Campaign
Captain Mike Martin, serving officer in the Territorial Army and current PhD Student at the War Studies Dept.
Hosted by the Afghan Studies Group
Shattered Dreams: The Illusive Search for Peace in the Middle East
Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull.
Professor Cohen-Almagor has published extensively in the fields of political science, philosophy, law, media ethics, medical ethics, sociology, history and education. He was Visiting Professor at UCLA and Johns Hopkins, Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Founder and Director of the Center for Democratic Studies, University of Haifa, and Member of The Israel Press Council. View his Blog
Chair: Dr Ahron Bregman
Monday 5 December 2011, 17.15
The South Caucasus: the regional conflicts, challenges and prospects
Craig Oliphant OBE, SAFERWORLD, Senior Adviser, Europe/Central Asia. Until the end of 2010, he worked in the diplomatic service and was Head of the Eastern Research Group in the Foreign Office, focusing on the South Caucasus and protracted conflicts. Craig has held posts in at NATO as an adviser on Russia/FSU and as a regional adviser to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.
Hosted by the Russian and Eurasian Security Research Group.
Seminar & reception: Democracy after the War on Terror Series
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 16.00
Democracy after the War on Terror: Syria and the Wider Middle East in the Arab Spring
Professor Sadik al-Azm will speak about the current uprising in Syria and the Wider Middle East, and reflect on its impacts on the region’s political and ideological landscape, from democratisation to nationalism and Islamism. Professor al-Azm is one of the most notable contemporary Middle Eastern thinkers, and is emeritus professor of European Philosophy at the University of Damascus. He is currently a fellow at the University of Bonn, Germany.
This is the first event of the new seminar series and is hosted by the Centre for the Study of Political Community
Seminar
Friday 2nd December 2011, 14.00.
“Bourdieu Hits Brussels: The Genesis and Structure of the European Field of Power”
Professor Antonin Cohen, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense. Professor Antonin Cohen's work focuses on the historical sociology of Europe’s construction. He has written extensively on the use of Bourdieu in International Relations, prosopographical analysis, Political Science and Europe.
Hosted by the International Political Sociology Group
Wednesday 30th November, 11am – 12.30pm
A Programme in Nuclear Forensics at the International Atomic Energy Agency as a Preventive, to Promote Response, and the Facilitate International Cooperation in Nuclear Security
David K. Smith, Office of Nuclear Security, International Atomic Energy Agency
Hosted by The Centre for Science and Security Studies
Tuesday 29 November, 2011, 17.00
Blair's Just War: Iraq and the Illusion of Morality (Palgrave), Dr Peter Lee, Lecturer in the Air Power Studies Division of the Defence Studies Department.
Bringing together both contemporary and historical just war concepts, Peter Lee shows that Blair's illusion of morality evaporated quickly and irretrievably after the 2003 Iraq invasion because the ideas Blair relied upon were taken out of their historical context and applied in a global political system where they no longer hold sway.
Tuesday 29 November 2011 1200-1300
Prosecuting and Defending War Crimes: Visual Evidence
Rodney Dixon, TG Chambers, formerly Trial Attorney and Legal Advisor, ICTY, Client Attorney and Advisor, ICTY and ICC)
This event was organized in partnership with the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, Beyond Text Programme. Hosted by The War Crimes Research Group
Monday 28 November, 2011, 17.00
Muslim integration in Russia: state policies, 'representative' institutions and official discourses
Ekaterina Braginskaia is a PhD Candidate at the University of Edinburgh. She has previously worked as a Research Fellow on the ESRC-funded project on 'Radicalisation and Islam: the Russian dimension' . Her current research focuses on a comparative analysis of Muslim representation in Britain and Russia.
Wednesday 23 November 2011 18.00
“Afghanistan: The Way Out" by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian
JONATHAN STEELE was Washington Bureau Chief, Moscow Bureau Chief, and Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Guardian. He is currently a columnist on international affairs. His latest book, “Ghosts of Afghanistan”, which compares the Soviet and US occupations, was published in October. He covered the Soviet occupation in the 1980s and the current US/British one. Hosted by the Centre for the Study of Political Community and co-hosted by the Afghan Studies Group.
Chair: Professor Vivienne Jabri
Tuesday 22 November 2011, 17.15
Afghanistan in 2011: A Survey of the Afghan People
The Asia Foundation presented findings from ‘Afghanistan in 2011: A Survey of the Afghan people’ – the most comprehensive public opinion poll in the country, covering all 34 provinces. The survey includes face-to-face interviews with approximately 6,500 Afghan men and women on the most pressing issues facing the country, including perceptions of security, corruption, the economy, development, women’s rights, peace and reconciliation .
Hosted by The Afghan Studies Group
ICSR Seminar
14.00-15.00 Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Counter-Insurgency in Helmand and Beyond
Speakers: Lt Col Dougie Graham, British Army (ret.) and Ryan Evans, ICSR
Moderated By: Dr John Bew, Co-Director, ICSR
Private Military and Security Research Group Conference
November 18th 2011, 09.00-18.00. One day Conference.
Beyond Iraq and Afghanistan: Researching Today’s Private Military and Security Industry
Lecture
16 November 2011, 18.15—20.00
Securing the Middle-East: The Italian Navy in Lebanon by Vice Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi, Italian Navy.
Hosted by KISS-DTC – Military & Regional Security and Laughton Naval History Seminars, 2011-2012
Africa Group Seminar
Tuesday 15 November 2011, 17.30- 19.00 followed by a drinks reception.
‘An Overview of Developments in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia’ by Stephen Chan OBE . More info
Seminar
Monday 14 November, 1630 to 1800
Pakistan's challenges
Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, Special Adviser for international affairs to Pakistan’s largest media conglomerate, the Jang/Geo Group.Dr. Lodhi has twice served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States as well as to the United Kingdom. She has been editor of two of Pakistan’s leading daily news papers, The News and The Muslim. She served on the UN Secretary General’s advisory board on disarmament, taught at the London School of Economics and has been a fellow at Harvard University and at Washington’s Woodrow Wilson Centre.
Lunchtime Talk hosted by the Private Military and Security Research Group
Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 12.30-14.00
Paul Higate, University of Bristol: 'The Politics of Masculinity and Security in Close Protection'
Paul Higate is Reader in Gender & Security in the School for Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol. He is currently a Fellow of the ESRC/AHRC Global Uncertainties Programme with a project entitled: 'Mercenary Masculinities Imagine Security: The Case of the Private Military Contractor'.
Monday 7 November 2011, 17.30 followed by a reception
Distortions of Hindsight: Britain’s two World Wars with Germany
Professor Brian Bond, Emeritus Professor in the Department of War Studies
Wednesday 2 November, 2011, 18.00-20.00
Careers Panel & Networking Event
A panel of recent War Studies Graduates will share what they do now and how they got there, giving advice about applying and work experience. There will be a chance to ask questions and mingle at a wine reception following the panel discussion. Among the panel are Anna Gimborn, Travel Security Services, Emma Brown, Barrister, 18 Red Lion Court, David Benyon, Deputy Editor, Reactions - Global Insurance , Fraser Bomford, Head of Intelligence, AKE, and Duncan Bell, Senior Lecturer in POLIS and a Fellow of Christ's College.
Seminar
Thursday, November 3, 2011, 17.00
The Coming Perfect Storm in Cyberspace
Ron Deibert (PhD, University of British Columbia) is Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies and the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.
Chair: Dr David Betz
Seminar
4th November 2011, 09.15-11.00
The Future of Japanese National Security: Challenges and Opportunities for the National Defence Programme Guidelines One Year On
Mr Yamato Taro, Japan Ministry of Defence MrTakahashi Sugio, National Institute for Defence Studies Raked Lecture Theatre, Room K2.31 (King's Building, 2nd Floor)
Hosted by The Asian Security & Warfare Research Group (ASWRG)
First joint seminar of the Department of War Studies & King’s China Institute
1 November 2011, 18.30-20.00
A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia
Prof Aaron Friedberg, Princeton University
Seminar
Monday 31st October 2011, 14.00
How America Learnt to Stop Worrying and Love Missile Defence (and what this means for international stability)
Andrew Futter, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham
Seminar
Wednesday 26 October, 2011, 1630-1745
Afghanaid's Work and Engagement with Afghan Women: Farhana Faruqi Stocker, Managing Director, Afghanaid. Hosted by the Afghan Studies Group.
Research seminar
Wednesday 26 Oct 2011, 17.30
Learning in EU Foreign Policy: The case of early warning and conflict prevention by Dr. Christoph Meyer.
Seminar
Monday 24 October, 2011, 17.00
The Politicisation of Ethnicity and Violent Conflict in the South of Kyrgyzstan
Hosted by the Post-Soviet Space Research Group
Seminar & Book Launch
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 17.00-18.30
The Art of Coercion: Dr. Antonio Giustozzi, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Department of War Studies, King's College London.
Wednesday 19 October 2011, 16.00-17.30
Strategic Intelligence Challenges for the Twenty-First Century: Traditional and Non-Traditional Security Threats. Dr David H. Gray specializes in international and national security affairs. He is a retired U.S. Air Force Officer. Hosted by The Intelligence and International Security Research Group
Seminar
Wednesday 19th October, 18.00
[World] War makes the [World] State, and the [World] State makes [World] War (with apologies to Charles Tilly)' Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Professor of Politics, UC Santa Cruz.. Read bio and abstract. Hosted by the Centre for the Study of Political Community
Seminar
Monday 17 October 2011, 17.15
Who Gives the Orders in the New Russian Military? Keir Giles, Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, Watlington, Oxford, UK. Hosted by the Post-Soviet Space Research Group
Seminar
Tuesday 18 October 2011, 17.30
Screening of ‘Jew-Man Business: Youth, Ex-combatants and Survival in Freetown, Sierra Leone’ (documentary film , 38 min), followed by a discussion with the producer, Mats Utas. Hosted by the Africa Group
Sunday 16 October 2.00-5.15pm
War Crimes, Genocide, Prosecution and Pictures. Hosted by Imperial War Museums, King’s College London's War Crimes Research Group and the AHRC Beyond Text programme.
Leadership in a complex environment - a peacekeeper's perspective
Speaker: Alan Doss, former Under Secretary General of United Nations, and Special Representative to the UN Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bio attached below. Hosted by the Conflict Security and Development Group
Book Launch & Reception
Tuesday 4 October 2011, 18.00-20.00 Second Chance: In Combat with the US Texan Infantry, the OSS, and the French Resistance during the Liberation of France, 1943-46. Dr Stephen J. Weiss.
Tuesday 4th October 2011, 16.00
Navigating the Nuclear Marketplace: How States select Nuclear Acquisition Strategies: Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Assistant Professor, Norwegian Defence University College. Hosted by the Centre for Science and Security Studies
Series of 3 events hosted by the War Crimes Research Group
Thursday 29 September 2011, 18.00-20.00
The Special Court for Sierra Leone
Sareta Ashraph (Legal Adviser to the Office of the Public Counsel for the Defence (OPCD) in the International Criminal Court and Garden Court Chambers – formerly Defence Counsel, Special Court for Sierra Leone) and Christopher Santora (Assistant District Prosecutor, New York County District Attorney’s Office – formerly Trial Attorney, Special Court for Sierra Leone) Followed by WAR DON DON (Dir. Rebecca Cohen, 2010)
Friday 30 September 2011, 0930-1730
A one-day conference: Prosecuting War Crimes: Lessons and Legacies. Download the programme
Saturday 1st October 2011, 1400-1600
A lecture to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Babi Yar Massacre and the Onset of the Holocaust: Unvanquished: the 70th Anniversary of Babi Yar and the Start of the Holocaust
Keynote Presentation with Screened Clips, Dr. Jeremy Hicks, Queen Mary, University of London, plus panel discussion
These events, organized in partnership with the Wiener Library and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, onsidered the ways in which visual and other material contribute to understanding of war crimes prosecutions and to their legacies.
Monday 5th September 2011, 17.00
‘US Withdrawal: Afghanistan and Pakistan’s Strategic Options’
Ahmed Rashid is a world-renowned expert on Central and South Asia, especially Afghanistan and Pakistan. Hosted by the Afghan Studies Group.
Helmandi History, Dynamics and the Current Campaign
Captain Mike Martin, serving officer in the Territorial Army and current PhD Student at the War Studies Dept.
Hosted by the Afghan Studies Group
Shattered Dreams: The Illusive Search for Peace in the Middle East
Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull.
Professor Cohen-Almagor has published extensively in the fields of political science, philosophy, law, media ethics, medical ethics, sociology, history and education. He was Visiting Professor at UCLA and Johns Hopkins, Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Founder and Director of the Center for Democratic Studies, University of Haifa, and Member of The Israel Press Council. View his Blog
Chair: Dr Ahron Bregman
Monday 5 December 2011, 17.15
The South Caucasus: the regional conflicts, challenges and prospects
Craig Oliphant OBE, SAFERWORLD, Senior Adviser, Europe/Central Asia. Until the end of 2010, he worked in the diplomatic service and was Head of the Eastern Research Group in the Foreign Office, focusing on the South Caucasus and protracted conflicts. Craig has held posts in at NATO as an adviser on Russia/FSU and as a regional adviser to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.
Hosted by the Russian and Eurasian Security Research Group.
Seminar & reception: Democracy after the War on Terror Series
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 16.00
Democracy after the War on Terror: Syria and the Wider Middle East in the Arab Spring
Professor Sadik al-Azm will speak about the current uprising in Syria and the Wider Middle East, and reflect on its impacts on the region’s political and ideological landscape, from democratisation to nationalism and Islamism. Professor al-Azm is one of the most notable contemporary Middle Eastern thinkers, and is emeritus professor of European Philosophy at the University of Damascus. He is currently a fellow at the University of Bonn, Germany.
This is the first event of the new seminar series and is hosted by the Centre for the Study of Political Community
Seminar
Friday 2nd December 2011, 14.00.
“Bourdieu Hits Brussels: The Genesis and Structure of the European Field of Power”
Professor Antonin Cohen, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense. Professor Antonin Cohen's work focuses on the historical sociology of Europe’s construction. He has written extensively on the use of Bourdieu in International Relations, prosopographical analysis, Political Science and Europe.
Hosted by the International Political Sociology Group
Wednesday 30th November, 11am – 12.30pm
A Programme in Nuclear Forensics at the International Atomic Energy Agency as a Preventive, to Promote Response, and the Facilitate International Cooperation in Nuclear Security
David K. Smith, Office of Nuclear Security, International Atomic Energy Agency
Hosted by The Centre for Science and Security Studies
Tuesday 29 November, 2011, 17.00
Blair's Just War: Iraq and the Illusion of Morality (Palgrave), Dr Peter Lee, Lecturer in the Air Power Studies Division of the Defence Studies Department.
Bringing together both contemporary and historical just war concepts, Peter Lee shows that Blair's illusion of morality evaporated quickly and irretrievably after the 2003 Iraq invasion because the ideas Blair relied upon were taken out of their historical context and applied in a global political system where they no longer hold sway.
Tuesday 29 November 2011 1200-1300
Prosecuting and Defending War Crimes: Visual Evidence
Rodney Dixon, TG Chambers, formerly Trial Attorney and Legal Advisor, ICTY, Client Attorney and Advisor, ICTY and ICC)
This event was organized in partnership with the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, Beyond Text Programme. Hosted by The War Crimes Research Group
Monday 28 November, 2011, 17.00
Muslim integration in Russia: state policies, 'representative' institutions and official discourses
Ekaterina Braginskaia is a PhD Candidate at the University of Edinburgh. She has previously worked as a Research Fellow on the ESRC-funded project on 'Radicalisation and Islam: the Russian dimension' . Her current research focuses on a comparative analysis of Muslim representation in Britain and Russia.
Wednesday 23 November 2011 18.00
“Afghanistan: The Way Out" by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian
JONATHAN STEELE was Washington Bureau Chief, Moscow Bureau Chief, and Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Guardian. He is currently a columnist on international affairs. His latest book, “Ghosts of Afghanistan”, which compares the Soviet and US occupations, was published in October. He covered the Soviet occupation in the 1980s and the current US/British one. Hosted by the Centre for the Study of Political Community and co-hosted by the Afghan Studies Group.
Chair: Professor Vivienne Jabri
Tuesday 22 November 2011, 17.15
Afghanistan in 2011: A Survey of the Afghan People
The Asia Foundation presented findings from ‘Afghanistan in 2011: A Survey of the Afghan people’ – the most comprehensive public opinion poll in the country, covering all 34 provinces. The survey includes face-to-face interviews with approximately 6,500 Afghan men and women on the most pressing issues facing the country, including perceptions of security, corruption, the economy, development, women’s rights, peace and reconciliation .
Hosted by The Afghan Studies Group
ICSR Seminar
14.00-15.00 Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Counter-Insurgency in Helmand and Beyond
Speakers: Lt Col Dougie Graham, British Army (ret.) and Ryan Evans, ICSR
Moderated By: Dr John Bew, Co-Director, ICSR
Private Military and Security Research Group Conference
November 18th 2011, 09.00-18.00. One day Conference.
Beyond Iraq and Afghanistan: Researching Today’s Private Military and Security Industry
Lecture
16 November 2011, 18.15—20.00
Securing the Middle-East: The Italian Navy in Lebanon by Vice Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi, Italian Navy.
Hosted by KISS-DTC – Military & Regional Security and Laughton Naval History Seminars, 2011-2012
Africa Group Seminar
Tuesday 15 November 2011, 17.30- 19.00 followed by a drinks reception.
‘An Overview of Developments in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia’ by Stephen Chan OBE . More info
Seminar
Monday 14 November, 1630 to 1800
Pakistan's challenges
Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, Special Adviser for international affairs to Pakistan’s largest media conglomerate, the Jang/Geo Group.Dr. Lodhi has twice served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States as well as to the United Kingdom. She has been editor of two of Pakistan’s leading daily news papers, The News and The Muslim. She served on the UN Secretary General’s advisory board on disarmament, taught at the London School of Economics and has been a fellow at Harvard University and at Washington’s Woodrow Wilson Centre.
Lunchtime Talk hosted by the Private Military and Security Research Group
Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 12.30-14.00
Paul Higate, University of Bristol: 'The Politics of Masculinity and Security in Close Protection'
Paul Higate is Reader in Gender & Security in the School for Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol. He is currently a Fellow of the ESRC/AHRC Global Uncertainties Programme with a project entitled: 'Mercenary Masculinities Imagine Security: The Case of the Private Military Contractor'.
Monday 7 November 2011, 17.30 followed by a reception
Distortions of Hindsight: Britain’s two World Wars with Germany
Professor Brian Bond, Emeritus Professor in the Department of War Studies
Wednesday 2 November, 2011, 18.00-20.00
Careers Panel & Networking Event
A panel of recent War Studies Graduates will share what they do now and how they got there, giving advice about applying and work experience. There will be a chance to ask questions and mingle at a wine reception following the panel discussion. Among the panel are Anna Gimborn, Travel Security Services, Emma Brown, Barrister, 18 Red Lion Court, David Benyon, Deputy Editor, Reactions - Global Insurance , Fraser Bomford, Head of Intelligence, AKE, and Duncan Bell, Senior Lecturer in POLIS and a Fellow of Christ's College.
Seminar
Thursday, November 3, 2011, 17.00
The Coming Perfect Storm in Cyberspace
Ron Deibert (PhD, University of British Columbia) is Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies and the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.
Chair: Dr David Betz
Seminar
4th November 2011, 09.15-11.00
The Future of Japanese National Security: Challenges and Opportunities for the National Defence Programme Guidelines One Year On
Mr Yamato Taro, Japan Ministry of Defence MrTakahashi Sugio, National Institute for Defence Studies Raked Lecture Theatre, Room K2.31 (King's Building, 2nd Floor)
Hosted by The Asian Security & Warfare Research Group (ASWRG)
First joint seminar of the Department of War Studies & King’s China Institute
1 November 2011, 18.30-20.00
A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia
Prof Aaron Friedberg, Princeton University
Seminar
Monday 31st October 2011, 14.00
How America Learnt to Stop Worrying and Love Missile Defence (and what this means for international stability)
Andrew Futter, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham
Seminar
Wednesday 26 October, 2011, 1630-1745
Afghanaid's Work and Engagement with Afghan Women: Farhana Faruqi Stocker, Managing Director, Afghanaid. Hosted by the Afghan Studies Group.
Research seminar
Wednesday 26 Oct 2011, 17.30
Learning in EU Foreign Policy: The case of early warning and conflict prevention by Dr. Christoph Meyer.
Seminar
Monday 24 October, 2011, 17.00
The Politicisation of Ethnicity and Violent Conflict in the South of Kyrgyzstan
Hosted by the Post-Soviet Space Research Group
Seminar & Book Launch
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 17.00-18.30
The Art of Coercion: Dr. Antonio Giustozzi, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Department of War Studies, King's College London.
Wednesday 19 October 2011, 16.00-17.30
Strategic Intelligence Challenges for the Twenty-First Century: Traditional and Non-Traditional Security Threats. Dr David H. Gray specializes in international and national security affairs. He is a retired U.S. Air Force Officer. Hosted by The Intelligence and International Security Research Group
Seminar
Wednesday 19th October, 18.00
[World] War makes the [World] State, and the [World] State makes [World] War (with apologies to Charles Tilly)' Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Professor of Politics, UC Santa Cruz.. Read bio and abstract. Hosted by the Centre for the Study of Political Community
Seminar
Monday 17 October 2011, 17.15
Who Gives the Orders in the New Russian Military? Keir Giles, Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, Watlington, Oxford, UK. Hosted by the Post-Soviet Space Research Group
Seminar
Tuesday 18 October 2011, 17.30
Screening of ‘Jew-Man Business: Youth, Ex-combatants and Survival in Freetown, Sierra Leone’ (documentary film , 38 min), followed by a discussion with the producer, Mats Utas. Hosted by the Africa Group
Sunday 16 October 2.00-5.15pm
War Crimes, Genocide, Prosecution and Pictures. Hosted by Imperial War Museums, King’s College London's War Crimes Research Group and the AHRC Beyond Text programme.
Leadership in a complex environment - a peacekeeper's perspective
Speaker: Alan Doss, former Under Secretary General of United Nations, and Special Representative to the UN Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bio attached below. Hosted by the Conflict Security and Development Group
Book Launch & Reception
Tuesday 4 October 2011, 18.00-20.00 Second Chance: In Combat with the US Texan Infantry, the OSS, and the French Resistance during the Liberation of France, 1943-46. Dr Stephen J. Weiss.
Tuesday 4th October 2011, 16.00
Navigating the Nuclear Marketplace: How States select Nuclear Acquisition Strategies: Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Assistant Professor, Norwegian Defence University College. Hosted by the Centre for Science and Security Studies
Series of 3 events hosted by the War Crimes Research Group
Thursday 29 September 2011, 18.00-20.00
The Special Court for Sierra Leone
Sareta Ashraph (Legal Adviser to the Office of the Public Counsel for the Defence (OPCD) in the International Criminal Court and Garden Court Chambers – formerly Defence Counsel, Special Court for Sierra Leone) and Christopher Santora (Assistant District Prosecutor, New York County District Attorney’s Office – formerly Trial Attorney, Special Court for Sierra Leone) Followed by WAR DON DON (Dir. Rebecca Cohen, 2010)
Friday 30 September 2011, 0930-1730
A one-day conference: Prosecuting War Crimes: Lessons and Legacies. Download the programme
Saturday 1st October 2011, 1400-1600
A lecture to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Babi Yar Massacre and the Onset of the Holocaust: Unvanquished: the 70th Anniversary of Babi Yar and the Start of the Holocaust
Keynote Presentation with Screened Clips, Dr. Jeremy Hicks, Queen Mary, University of London, plus panel discussion
These events, organized in partnership with the Wiener Library and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, onsidered the ways in which visual and other material contribute to understanding of war crimes prosecutions and to their legacies.
Monday 5th September 2011, 17.00
‘US Withdrawal: Afghanistan and Pakistan’s Strategic Options’
Ahmed Rashid is a world-renowned expert on Central and South Asia, especially Afghanistan and Pakistan. Hosted by the Afghan Studies Group.
