Spring Festival of Conflict Transformation 2017
The SPRING FESTIVAL OF CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION
Welcome to the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute’s Spring Festival of events in Conflict Transformation which is now in its fifth year and is continuing to grow.
This year’s programme includes a combination of politics, art, literature, film and documentary in formats ranging from debate and panel discussion to public lecture, conversation and workshop.
Whether you are a returning regular or attending the Festival for the first time, we greatly look forward to welcoming you.
Professor Hastings Donnan, Institute Director
Event listings

Radicalisation and Freedom of Religion on campus and in the Community
Date: 26/04/2017
Time: 12:00PM - 1:30PM
Location: Old Staff Common Room, Lanyon Building, QUB

Inside Trump's White House
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Date: 27/04/2017
Time: 6:30PM - 8:00PM
Location: Peter Froggatt Centre, PFC/0G/007, QUB

The Past in the Present: Examining the role of personal testimony from conflict
Date: 2/05/2017
Time: 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Location: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Titanic Quarter

The Border Through Time
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Date: 3/05/2017
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: Council Chamber and Canada Room, Lanyon Building, QUB

Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Date: 4/05/2017
Time: 12:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Senate Room, Lanyon Building, QUB

Art, Populism, Racism and the Migrant Crisis
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Date: 5/05/2017
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Senate Room, Lanyon Building, QUB

World War 1 and Muslim and Loyalist Identity
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 5/05/2017
Time: 1:30PM - 5:00PM
Location: Old Staff Common Room, Lanyon Building, QUB

Does Terrorism Work?
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 8/05/2017
Time: 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Canada Room and Council Chamber, Lanyon Building, QUB

The Harri Holkeri Lecture by President Tarja Halonen
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Date: 9/05/2017
Time: 5:30PM - 6:45PM
Location: Council Chamber and Canada Room

Will you say hi to me on the bus? Documentary Film by Nansen Dialogue Centre
Film
Date: 10/05/2017
Time: 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Location: David Keir Building (Stranmillis Road entrance), OG.012

ART, PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: IN CONVERSATION WITH RITA DUFFY
Date: 11/05/2017
Time: 5:00PM - 6:30PM
Location: Canada Room/Council Chamber. Refreshments from 5.00 pm, conversation begins 5.15 pm
