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Critical Dialogues on Reconciliation: Perpetual Peacebuilding for Reconciliation
We will discuss Thania Paffenholz’s idea of perpetual peace building as a way to face the challenges of reconciliation.
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Embrace Dialogue Academia 7: A New Cycle of War in Colombia?
In this seminar Prof. Francisco Gutiérrez presents his latest book, “A New Cycle of War in Colombia?”, with comments from Prof. Jenny Pearce
Critical Dialogues on Reconciliation: Transformative Encounters for Reconciliation
Join this dialogue to learn how Bertha Fries has created Transformative Encounters between victims and perpetrators.
Critical Dialogues on Reconciliation: Failed Reconciliation
This event is part of a new series of dialogues organised by the Winchester Centre of Religion, Reconciliation and Peace and Embrace Dialogue, which seek to prompt a multicultural, interdisciplinary, global dialogue about reconciliation.
After this first dialogue we will continue inviting practitioners, academics and decision-makers to share their research, policies and activities around reconciliation processes. This is a critical issue today, and a critical approach is needed to address the legacies of long-lasting divisions within and between societies around the world.
Embrace Dialogue Academia Seminar 5: Football and Nation-building in the Colombian Peace Process
In this seminar, Pete Watson will present findings from his forthcoming book, “The Only Thing that Unites Us: Football and Nation-building During the Presidency of Juan Manuel Santos” (forthcoming book, Liverpool University Press).
Webinar: Dis/information and Peace
In this webinar, our expert panel will consider how disinformation threatens peace and peacemaking efforts around the world
The “No” Won, Colombia Lost: Four Years Since the Signing of the Peace Agreement
Four years after the signing of that agreement, the Political Studies and International Relations Institute (IEPRI) of the National University of Colombia, and Rodeemos el Diálogo (ReD) invite you to this dialogue and book launch of ‘The “No” Won, Colombia Lost: Four Years Since the Signing of the Peace Agreement’.
Mass Pilgrimage in Support of Life and Peace
On 21 October 2020, around two thousand FARC ex-combatants from across the country joined a mass demonstration to meet with the national government and demand both the implementation of security measures to safeguard life and the fulfilment of the peace agreement. The starting point of the demonstration, named Peregrinación por la Vida y por la Paz (Pilgrimage for Life and Peace), was the municipality of Mesetas in the department of Meta – the resting place of former FARC combatant Jesús Monroy Ayala, who was killed on 16 October 2020.
Embrace Dialogue Academia Seminar 3: Coca and Capitalism in Cauca
In this talk, Dr. Anthony Dest analyzes a relatively new phenomenon in northern Cauca: the massive expansion of coca cultivations.
Biden’s Triumph: One Obstacle Less to Peace with the ELN?
Could the election of Joe Biden in the US pave the way to peace talks in Colombia between the government and the ELN guerrilla group? Gwen Burnyeat and Andrei Gómez-Suárez analyse the ELN’s perceptions of the obstacles to peace, and suggest that the incoming Biden administration offers a window of opportunity for future negotiations.