The International Politics and Ethnic Conflict Cluster, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, and the Centre for Research in Political Psychology, School of Psychology at Queen's University Belfast in collaboration with the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering and the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) will host a multi-disciplinary workshop on Cyprus and Divided Societies on 20 -21 May 2008.
The workshop brings together younger and more established researchers interested in factors and processes which facilitate or hinder the resolution of inter-group conflict in Cyprus with researchers who are working on similar issues in different societies. It is part of the key events organised by Queen’s University, Belfast to celebrate its centenary anniversary and the 10 year anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. It will be held on the two days prior to the Mitchell conference 'Moving on from Conflict: Lessons from Northern Ireland', 22-23 May 2008.
Sessions to be held in Room LG111, David Keir Building (there will be signs at the entrance)
Keynote Speaker Herbert Kelman
Photo credit: Justin Ide, Harvard News Office
Herbert Kelman, the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus, at Harvard University, USA
Herbert Kelman's keynote address, "Negotiating a Historic Compromise: The Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict", is open to the public.
Time: 6.30-8.00 pm
Date: 20 May 2008
Venue: The Great Hall, Queen’s University Belfast
Other speakers include
- Anna Agathangelou, York University, Canada
- Emel Akçali, University of Birmingham, UK
- Resmiye Alpar, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
- Harry Anastasiou, Portland University, USA
- Roberto Belloni, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
- Jessica Blomkvist, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
- George Christou, University of Warrick, UK
- Elizabeth Clark, Tufts University, USA
- Bruno Coppieters, Vrije Universiteit, Belgium
- Charalambos Demetriou European University Institute, Italy
- Aytanga Dener, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
- Elizabeth Doering, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
- Naciye Doratli, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
- Avishai Ehrlich, Tel Aviv University, Israel
- Tufan Erhürman, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
- Ioannis N. Grigoriadis University of Athens/ELIAMEP, Greece
- Maria Hadjipavlou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
- Karim Hadjri, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK
- Daphne Halikiopoulou, London School of Economics, UK
- Alexis Heraclides, Panteion University of Social and Economic Sciences, Greece
- Miles Hewstone, University of Oxford, UK
- Nikos Ilia, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK
- Soeren Keil, University of Kent in Canterbury, UK
- Erol Kaymak, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
- Iosif Kovras, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK
- Madeleine Leonard, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK
- Evangelos Liaras , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Dan Lindley, University of Notre Dame, USA
- Neophytos Loizides, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
- Evanthia Lyons, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
- Katerina Mantouvalou, University College London, UK
- Helen O’Shea, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Nezire Özgece, Cyprus International University, Cyprus
- Dimitra Pahis, University of Surrey, UK
- Nikos Skoutaris, European University Institute, Italy
- Sertac Sonan, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Spurgeon Thompson, European University, Cyprus
- Zenon Stavrinides, University of Leeds, UK
- Caroline Wenzke, University of Notre Dame, USA
- Çiler Kırşan Yükselen, Cyprus International University, Cyprus
The workshop will take place at the School of Psychology, David Keir Building, Malone Road, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN.
For further information please contact Neophytos Loizides at n.loizides@qub.ac.uk
Organising Committee
- Professor Evanthia Lyons and Nikos Ilia, Centre for Research in Political Psychology, School of Psychology, QUB
- Dr Neophytos Loizides and Iosif Kovras, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, QUB
- Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, University of Athens/ELIAMEP
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