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2023

Series 2 / Episode 14 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 20 December, 2023

A cultural counter-revolution? - Haibatollah’s flagship jihadi madrassahs

Annual Postgraduate Research Conference 2024
CALL FOR PAPERS | 19 December, 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS - Movements and Their Discontents: Approaches to Contentious Politics and the Challenges to the Status Quo

Mitchell Institute Co-Hosts the Fourth Conversations on Britishness and Irishness event in Dublin
EVENT | 13 December, 2023

The Mitchell Institute, in collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and the University of Notre Dame recently co-hosted the fourth Conversations on Britishness and Irishness event.

The December 2023 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
NEWSLETTER | 1 December, 2023

Student Focus: David Mark
BLOG | 30 November, 2023

Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar

“We Stand Together” - National Hate Crime Awareness Week event, October 2023
BLOG | 29 November, 2023

Rombsala Said, Master’s degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Learning from Northern Ireland’s Religious-Based Peacemakers
RESEARCH | 27 November, 2023

Visiting Scholar Professor Darren Kew returns to the Mitchell Institute to conduct research on religious-based peacemakers in Northern Ireland

Leverhulme Trust Visit to Queen’s University
VISIT | 29 November, 2023

Northern Ireland Business and Human Rights Index 
RESEARCH | 27 November, 2023

Institute Fellow Dr Marisa McVey leads on the project to establish a Northern Ireland Business and Human Rights Index

Human Rights and Constitutional Change on the Island of Ireland 
EVENTS | 27 November, 2023

Professor Colin Harvey presents at a number of events in New York and Brussels

Amnesties and the Catalan Independence Referendum
EVENT | 27 November, 2023

Prof Kieran McEvoy speaks at event on The International Experiences of Amnesties in Conflict Resolution in Catalonia

Appointment of New Honorary Titles
APPOINTMENTS | 27 November, 2023

Mitchell Institute announces the appointment of new Honorary Titles for Prof Brian Dooley and Prof Siobhán Mullally

Queen’s announces three new appointments in the Mitchell Institute
APPOINTMENTS | 22 November, 2023

Queen’s has announced the appointment of three Professors to newly established Chairs in the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice.

Taking the UK to court might be awkward but it’s the right thing to do morally
ARTICLE | 22 November, 2023

A legal challenge to the British government’s new laws to deal with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles is underway - but it shouldn’t be left to families

Ways Out of the Current Crisis
LECTURE | 21 November, 2023

Dr Husam Zomlot, Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom

Election to the Academy of Social Sciences
RECOGNITION | 20 November, 2023

Prof Muiris MacCarthaigh

Why Any Woman: Feminism and Popular Culture in the Late Twentieth Century South
BOOK | 17 November, 2023

Dr Keira V. Williams

Walking the walk: Ex-prisoners, lived experience, and the delivery of restorative justice
ARTICLE | 10 November, 2023

Ukraine: Judicial Exchange Workshops
WORKSHOPS | 7 November, 2023

Professor Louise Mallinder, Professor Luke Moffett and Dr Cheryl Lawther deliver seminars for senior Ukrainian judges

Mitchell Institute Director Delivers University of Bath Annual Lecture
EVENT | 6 November, 2023

“Social workers by day and terrorists by night?”
ARTICLE | 3 November, 2023

Wounded healers, restorative justice, and ex-prisoner reentry

Paperback Edition of 'The Cambridge History of Terrorism' Published
BOOK | 2 November, 2023

The November 2024 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
NEWSLETTER | 1 November, 2023

Where Next for Northern Ireland? Roundtable Discussion, Boston College
BLOG | 1 November, 2023

Series 2 / Episode 13 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 1 November, 2023

What the Middle East conflict reveals about the Taliban

Student Focus: Joshua Weston
BLOG | 31 October, 2023

Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar

The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in Light of the Hamas-Israel Conflict
BLOG | 31 October, 2023

Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Research Funding Award: Dr Jocelyn Dautel
FUNDING AWARD | 31 October, 2023

Communicating ‘Truth:’ Consumption and transmission of polarized information amongst young people in a divided society

War as Protection and Punishment: Armed International Intervention at the 'End of History’
BOOK | 23 October, 2023

Dr Teresa Degenhardt

Research Handbook on Transitional Justice
BOOK | 23 October, 2023

Professor Cheryl Lawther and Professor Luke Moffett

Intergroup Relations After Violent Conflict: Insights from Research and Practice
CONFERENCE | 20 October, 2023

Legacy and Reunification: Learning the Lessons from Germany
CONFERENCE | 20 October, 2023

Professor Kieran McEvoy Addresses Conference at Royal Irish Academy, Dublin

Protesting Jordan: Geographies of Power and Dissent
SEMINAR | 20 October, 2023

Professor Jillian Schwedler

Martti Ahtisaari
TRIBUTE | 17 October, 2023

USA Partners and Public Events Tour
EVENTS | 12 October, 2023

Mitchell Institute Director Professor Richard English delivers two Lectures in France
EVENT | 12 October, 2023

The October 2023 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
NEWSLETTER | 6 October, 2023

Research Exchange Visit in Belfast
BLOG | 29 September, 2023

Kyle Seasly, Visiting student

The Importance of Reading Fiction
BLOG | 29 September, 2023

Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

G’ Day in Australia: Research Visit to the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
BLOG | 28 September, 2023

Dr Ulrike M. Vieten

Art of Identity: Generation Peace
BLOG | 28 September, 2023

Dr Joceyln Dautel

Talking to Americans about Northern Ireland: A Historical View
BLOG | 29 August, 2023

Dr Shane Brighton

Cults, Violence, and the Politics of Victimhood in Japan
BLOG | 28 September, 2023

Dr Rin Ushiyama

Tribute to Professor John D. Brewer
TRIBUTE | 22 September, 2023

Professor Gladys Ganiel

Series 2 / Episode 12 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 20 September, 2023

Truly unprecedented or business as usual – fact-checking the Taliban narcotics bans

Sounding Conflict: From Resistance to Reconciliation
PUBLICATION | 18 September, 2023

Prof F. Magowan, Dr J. M. Norman, Dr A. Phillips-Hutton, Dr S. Lehner and Prof P. Rebelo

Series 2 / Episode 11 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 28 August, 2023

Rule of law in the Emirate security sector – will the Amir’s latest decree end decades of torture in Afghanistan’s intelligence agency?

Turbulent Religions, Alternative Futures
WORKSHOP | 21 August, 2023

Good Friday Agreement: West Coast Reflections on the Path to Peace
BLOG | 11 August, 2023

Dr Peter McLoughlin

Queen's report finds more psychological services needed for victims and survivors of the Troubles
REPORT | 7 August, 2023

Queen’s report ‘Conflict, Trauma and Mental Health - How psychological services in Northern Ireland address the needs of victims and survivors”, finds that more psychological services are needed for victims and survivors of the Troubles.

Stakeholders of Terrorism and the Caribbean: A Short Case Study
PUBLICATION | 4 August, 2023

Dr Emanuel Patrick Quashie

Will talks between US officials and Taliban leaders bring Afghans hope?
MEDIA | 3 August, 2023

High-level discussions between Taliban leaders and US officials have taken place in Doha this week, at a time of humanitarian crises in Afghanistan. These are the first face-to-face discussions since the Taliban retook power in 2021.

Mitchell Institute co-hosts 'Good Friday Agreement: West Coast Reflections on the Path to Peace'
EVENT | 2 August, 2023

Living Through It, Living After It: Personal Reflections on ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland
ARTICLE | 1 August, 2023

J. Coulter and Prof. J. Duffy

Series 2 / Episode 10 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 1 August, 2023

The pre-history of engagement with the Taliban – what UN Special Coordinator Sinirlioğlu should know

Professor Harvey recommended as new Commission Member for Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission
APPOINTMENT | 18 July, 2023

Mitchell Institute Fellow Professor Colin Harvey is one of six new Commission Members recommended for appointment to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.

Talking with the Taliban can wait
BLOG | 4 July, 2023

Why dialogue among Afghanistan’s democratic forces is now the priority for peace by Professor Michael Semple

Under Dark Shadows
EVENT | 3 July, 2023

Book Launch for Under Dark Shadows - Peace Protest and Brexit in Northern Ireland by Roz Goldie

Series 2 / Episode 9 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 30 June, 2023

Emirate Land - What Have the Taliban Achieved Through all Their Decrees About Land and Property Rights?

Belfast-Berkeley Conversation Series - Conflicted Europe
EVENT | 29 June, 2023

The first conversation in the Belfast-Berkeley Conversation Series on the theme of Conflicted Europe

Mitchell Institute Honorary Professor of Practice awarded a CBE in The King’s Birthday Honours 2023
RECOGNITION | 19 June, 2023

Congratulations to Mitchell Institute Honorary Professor of Practice, Peter Sheridan, Chief Executive of Co-operation Ireland, on being awarded a CBE in the King’s Birthday Honours 2023.

Mitchell Institute Co-Hosts the third Conversations on Britishness and Irishness event in London
EVENT | 16 June, 2023

The Mitchell Institute, in collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and the University of Notre Dame recently co-hosted the third Conversations on Britishness and Irishness event.

Polish Authorities Continue to Attack Human Rights Defenders Near the Belarus Border
BLOG | 16 June, 2023

Dr Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor at Human Rights First

Sabbatical Fellowship Scheme 2023-24
APPOINTMENTS | 2 June, 2023

We are pleased to announce the recipients of The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice Sabbatical Fellowships 2023-24.

The June 2023 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
NEWSLETTER | 1 June, 2023

Series 2 / Episode 8 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 1 June, 2023

Do the Taliban Have an Economic Policy and if so What is it?

Annual LINAS Conference, May 2023
BLOG | 31 May, 2023

Karli Gibson, Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar

Institute Fellows admitted to the Royal Irish Academy
RECOGNITION | 31 May, 2023

Academics from Queen’s have been officially admitted to the Royal Irish Academy in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements in the humanities and social sciences.

Putting Afghan Economic Statistics in Perspective
BLOG | 31 May, 2023

Note in Response to Statistics attributed to the Economist

The Killing of John Crawford: A Victim-Centred and Co-Designed Truth Recovery Process
REPORT LAUNCH | 30 May, 2023

Prof Kieran McEvoy, Mitchell Institute Theme Lead: Rights and Social Justice, Professor of Law and Transitional Justice, School of Law

Keep Talking: A Reflection on How Dialogue Keeps Peace Alive
BLOG | 30 May, 2023

Whitney Westbrook, Masters Degree Student: MA Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Boston College Exchange Visit – April 2023
BLOG | 24 May, 2023

Dr Cheryl Lawther, Mitchell Institute Fellow (Legacy) and Reader, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast

Empathy: A Critical Part of Diplomacy and Politics
BLOG | 23 May, 2023

Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Mitchell Institute Co-Hosts the second Conversations on Britishness and Irishness event in Dublin
EVENT | 18 May, 2023

The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, in collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and the University of Notre Dame recently co-hosted the second Conversations on Britishness and Irishness event.

Dr Avila Kilmurray Awarded Honorary Professor of Practice Title
APPOINTMENT | 18 May, 2023

We are delighted to announce that Dr Avila Kilmurray has been appointed as Honorary Professor of Practice to the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice. 

Series 2 / Episode 7 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 16 May, 2023

Is There Internal Dissent in the Taliban Movement and Does it Matter?

Dermot Nesbitt Collection Launched
PUBLIC AFFAIRS | 9 May, 2023

Mr Dermot Nesbitt, a key member of the Ulster Unionist Party’s team in the negotiations leading to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, has, as an honorary Professor at QUB, made available a collection of his papers for a new online archive.

Series 2 / Episode 6 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 4 May, 2023

The Taliban’s Amir – Is He Transforming the Afghan State?

The May 2023 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
NEWSLETTER | 2 May, 2023

Student focus: Jarlath Warner
2 May, 2023

Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar

The Preservation of Peace and a Hopeful Future: The Good Friday Peace Agreement, 25 Years Later
28 April, 2023

Rombsala Said, Master’s degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Reflections on ‘The Victim’s Stories’
27 April, 2023

Mollie Sullivan, Master’s degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

History and the Study of Terrorism
26 April, 2023

Professor Richard English speaks to Faculti

Twenty-Five Years After the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement: The Triumph of Hope
25 April, 2023

Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Dr Anne Anderson delivers the annual Harri Holkeri lecture at Queen’s
SOCIETY | 26 April, 2023

Former Irish diplomat, Dr Anne Anderson, delivered the annual Harri Holkeri lecture at Queen’s on Monday 24 April 2023.

Seven Lessons from Agreement 25
24 April, 2023

Emily Bishko, LLM student, International Human Rights Law, Queen’s University Belfast.

Series 2 / Episode 5 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
20 April, 2023

The Women’s Ban Extended to the UN – Are the Taliban Pursuing Contradictory Objectives?

Job Opportunities at the Mitchell Institute
20 April, 2023

Reframing Berlin: Architecture, Memory-Making and Film Locations
4 April, 2023

Dr C. S. Wilson and Dr G. Kacmaz Erk

Hard Truths Facing Those Collecting War Crimes Evidence in Ukraine
3 April, 2023

Dr Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor at Human Rights First

The April 2023 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
3 April, 2023

British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship Award
29 March, 2023

Series 2 / Episode 4 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
29 March, 2023

The Hazaras and the Taliban – A Reality Check on Minority Rights Under the Second Emirate

Tracing the History of Unionist Representation in Cinema
28 March, 2023

Dr Richard Gallagher

Call for Papers
16 March, 2023

“ATTENTION, PLEASE!”
High Stakes and Emergencies: Interdisciplinary Methodologies for Creative Research on Public Space

Call for Papers - AI, Ethics and the Human
6 March, 2023

The Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions (LINAS) Postgraduate Conference

Series 2 / Episode 3 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
6 March, 2023

Emirate Versus Khilafat – The ISKP Critique of the Taliban

The March 2023 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
1 March, 2023

Dr James E. Waller commences his tenure as Visiting Scholar
1 March, 2023

We are delighted to announce that Dr James E. Waller, Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College has commenced another tenure as Visiting Scholar at the Mitchell Institute.

Forgiveness and the Future: Lessons from Northern Ireland, Bosnia and South Sudan
28 February, 2023

Conference recording now available

Northern Ireland’s Civic Initiative
27 February, 2023

The Value of Deliberative and Participatory Processes in Strengthening Democracy and the Social Fabric
Emma DeSouza, Civic Initiative Co-Chair and Co-Facilitator

Professor Melani Cammett Awarded Honorary Professor Title
27 February, 2023

We are delighted to announce that Prof Melani Cammett has been appointed as Honorary Professor to the Mitchell Institute. Melani previously held a Visiting Scholar title at the Institute.

QUB Agility Fund
25 February, 2023

Professor John Brewer and Dr Stephen Herron 

European Research Council Consolidator Grant
24 February, 2023

Series 2 / Episode 2 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
23 February, 2023

The Qosh Tippa Canal Project – Threat to Ethnic Harmony or Doomed Vanity Project?

Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Future of the Union
20 February, 2023

Professor Emeritus Graham Walker and Dr James Greer

Call for Papers - AI, Ethics and the Human
17 February, 2023

The Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions (LINAS) Postgraduate Conference

Mitchell Institute Sabbatical Fellowship Scheme 2023-24
26 February, 2023

Call for Applications
6 February, 2023

Summer Institute for Genocide Studies and Prevention

Trauma, Resilience and Conflict in Iran
3 February, 2023

Mitchell Institute Fellow Dr Michael Duffy speaks to Nazanin Motamedi of BBC Persian

The February 2023 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
1 February, 2023

The Mitchell Institute welcomes Doctoral Scholar Damien Rea
31 January, 2023

Doctoral Scholar Yumi Omori Presents Research at International Conferences
30 January, 2023

Ireland’s Legacies of the Ordnance Survey - Marking the Bicentenary in 2024
30 January, 2023

Blood & Dirt: Encounters with Wilfred Owen
27 January, 2023

Fran Brearton, Professor of Modern Poetry, School of Arts, English and Languages

Mitchell Institute Fellowship Call
27 January, 2023

Series 2 / Episode 1 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
26 January, 2023

Afghan lives under the Taliban's revived Islamic Emirate

Series 1 - Taliban turbans and the smartphone
25 January, 2023

Afghan lives under the Taliban's revived Islamic Emirate

Collusion vs. Infiltration
17 January, 2023

Exploring the British State-Loyalist Paramilitary Relationship Through a Loyalist Ex-combatant Lens

Thinking in Dublin on the Taoiseach’s ‘not fit for purpose’ comment
16 January, 2023

Mitchell Institute Honorary Professor, Rory Montgomery

Kevin McCarthy: why Republicans are preventing their own leader becoming US speaker
13 January, 2023

Richard Hargy, Doctoral Researcher, Queen's University Belfast

The January 2023 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
10 January, 2023

Embodied Reconciliation: A New Research Agenda
9 January, 2023

Professor Helen M. Kinsella commences her tenure at Queen’s University Belfast
6 January, 2023

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