CELI Annual Lecture Series: Leicester Peace Talks
CELI is delighted to announce its 2018-19 Annual Public Lecture Series, the 'Leicester Peace Talks'. The ‘Peace Talks’ are a series of public lectures, which will explore the concept of peace from the perspectives of different disciplines (e.g. history, politics, international relations, law).
For more information and booking details, please check our programme.
Events
Peace Building in Mid-Town Manhattan: The UN’s Architecture and Art collection as a Way of Exploring its Early Understandings of Peace (1945 to 1952)
Our next peace talk will be delivered by Dr Isobel Roele (QMUL) and will analyse what ideas of peace, order and security emerge if we read the UN as the product of aesthetic design.
The Negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference Relating to Prosecution of Kaiser Wilhelm
Professor Schabas will discuss the developments at the Paris Peace Conference in light of his new book The Trial of the Kaiser (Oxford University Press 2018).
Peace talks - 'From Sanctions to Nonviolence: Assessing the Alternatives to War'
In this Peace Talk, Prof. Pattison (University of Manchester) will consider the ethics of the alternatives to war. The central aim will be to sketch out a moral map of the main alternatives to war.
Conference: The League of Nations
The conference will assess the legacy of the League of Nations and the role of its successor, the United Nations, as a driving force for the development of international law.
Incitement to Hatred: Hate Propaganda and the Preventive Function of the International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
Our third Peace Talk will take place next 5 December 2018, and will analyse the role of international courts in tackling hate propaganda.
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