Events
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2009 Annual Peace History Conference
Date: 24/4/09
Details: This, our third Peace History Conference, offers seven speakers over the two days, plus live music, film and discussion. The event will begin on Friday with Professor Robert Hinde, MAW president, giving the welcome and introduction. the booking form gives full details of the programme, but a summary of speakers and topics is as follows: Henry Dunant, Solferino (1859) and the origins of the Red Cross - Peter van den Dungen; Dawn of a Euroopean Middle East Policy, Bruno Kreisky and the Socialist International - Gabriele Matzner-Holzer; The influence of Francis of Assisi, messenger of peace and reconciliation - Paula Pearce; Remembering Humanity, Pugwash, scientists and peace - Sandra Butcher; Henry Ford's Peace Ship - Terry Charman; Conscientious OPbjectors in action, working with the fighting forces in WW2 - Lyn Smith; Civilian Resistance in the US to the war in Vietnam - Joseph J.Fahey. In addition, there will be a chance to hear music played live, from the new MAW CD Call Back the Fire, and to see the short historic peace films Attention, The Red Stain, The Big If, Hsitoire du Soldat Inconnu. Plenty of refreshment breaks are included. Do join us!
Speakers:
- Peter van den Dungen (University of Bradford)
- Gabriele Matzner-Holzer (Austrian Ambassador)
- Paula Pearce (Franciscan International Study Centre, Canterbury)
- Sandra Butcher (INternational Pugwash History Project)
- Terry Charman (Imperial War Museum)
- Lyn Smith (Author. Imperial War Museum)
- Joseph J. Fahey (Manhattan College, New York)
Speech: America's Dox Quixote: The Henry Ford Peace Ship of December 1915 (Terry Charman)
Location: Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London SE1. Organised by the International Peace Bureau and the Movement for the Abolition of War, in association with the Imperial War Museum. We wish to extend our gratitude to the museum, once again, for its generous assistance with this annual event.