Talking Peace, Exploring Conflict

Prof. Mark Owen talks with Steve Killelea about his book 'Peace in the Age of Chaos' 

'As a global philanthropist, Steve Killelea has laid the foundations to develop an entirely new understanding of peace. As a thought leader, he has reshaped the entire concept to recognise its integrity to the revival of our economic and political systems. Few have provoked global thought amongst both policymakers and members of the public quite to the extent of Steve. An international entrepreneur behind the global think tank, the Institute for Economics and Peace, he combines a highly successful career in technology with a philanthropic focus on peace and sustainable development to shed new light on issues, from terrorism and conflict to economics and prosperity.'

Dr. Gwen Burnyeat is Junior Research Fellow in Anthropology at Merton College, University of Oxford, researching peace, politics and polarisation in Colombia. She’s got a PhD in anthropology from UCL and MPhil in anthropology from National University of Colombia. She is member of peacebuilding organisation Embrace Dialogue (ReD) and co-founder and coordinator of the Laboratory for the Anthropology of the State in Colombia.

Gwen is author of "Chocolate, Politics and Peace-Building: An Ethnography of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, Colombia" (Palgrave Macmillan 2018) and director of award-winning documentary, "Chocolate of Peace" (2016). Her new forthcoming book is titled: "The Face of Peace: Government Pedagogy amidst Disinformation in Colombia" being published by University of Chicago Press in 2022.

Twitter handle: @GwenBurnyeat

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Dr Podder is a Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies at Kings College London. Before her current role she was a Lecturer in International Security and Development at the Centre for International Security and Resilience at Cranfield University. Her primary areas of research are post-conflict reconstruction (DDR/SSR), civil wars and youth in peacebuilding. Dr Podder has undertaken fieldwork in a number of conflict states, this podcast focuses on her research in the Philippines with a particular focus on child soldiers. 

Dr Podder is interviewed by Dr Majbritt Lyck-Bowen with some of Majbritt's students from the MA in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding at the University of Winchester.

Dr Majbritt Lyck-Bowen and Rebecca Bellamy from Winchester Centre of Religion, Reconciliation and Peace, interview Özlem Cekic- Former Socialist People's Party (SF) MP Cekic, a Kurd who was born in Ankara and moved to Denmark as a child. She qualified as a nurse in 2000 before entering politics in 2005, when she stood for election as an MP for the Danish Parliament. 

Find Özlem Cekic's book here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Overcoming-Hate-through-Dialogue-Conversation-ebook/dp/B08LYYBNKC

Twitter @cekicozlem

https://www.touchstone-bradford.org.uk

Touchstone is a 'listening community' with the vision of making safe places of hospitality where people who are radically different can listen to and with each other.

Shamim Akhtar and Revd. Jenny Ramsden of Touchstone Bradford interviewed by Dr Majbritt Lyck-Bowen and Rebecca Bellamy from the Centre of Religion Reconciliation and Peace, University of Winchester

Canon Sarah Snyder and Prof. Simon Keyes in conversation on "The Habits of a Reconciler"

Sarah Snyder is Founding Director of the Rose Castle Foundation & Archbishop of Canterbury's Special Adviser for Reconciliation

Simon Keyes is Visiting Professor of Reconciliation at the Centre of Relgiion Reconciliation and Peace, University of Winchester where he established and teach on the MA in Reconciliation. 

Simon Keyes talks with Dr Andrei Gomez-Suarez about the challenges for Reconciliation in Colombia with personal stories from Dr Gomez-Suarez based on childhood memories. 

Simon Keyes is Visiting Professor at the Centre for Religion, Reconciliation and Peace and has been instrumental in the design and delivery of the Centre's MA in Reconciliation. 

Dr Andrei Gomez-Suarez is Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Religion, Reconciliation and Peace. He is a Colombian writer, international relations scholar, and peace practitioner, currently living in Oxford. He specialises in conflict resolution, peace negotiations, transitional justice, reconciliation and dialogue.

Peter Drury is a human rights expert, campaigner and former researcher at Amnesty International. Currently, Peter is the representative of the Colombian Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Co-Existence and Non-Repetition in the UK.

Andrei Gomez-Suarez is Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Religion, Reconciliation and Peace. He is a Colombian writer, international relations scholar, and peace practitioner, currently living in Oxford. He specialises in conflict resolution, peace negotiations, transitional justice, reconciliation and dialogue. He is the co-founder and non-director of peacebuilding organisation Rodeemos el Diálogo (ReD, Embrace Dialogue) He is Senior Consultant at Positive Negatives, and Honorary Research Associate in the University of Bristol and the UCL Institute of the Americas.

Elizabeth Harris is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow within the Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion, University of Birmingham. She carries out research in  Buddhist Studies, Religion and Conflict, and Interreligious Studies.

A link to Elizabeth's latest monograph: https://www.routledge.com/Religion-Space-and-Conflict-in-Sri-Lanka-Colonial-and-Postcolonial-Contexts/Harris/p/book/9780367591762

Anna King is Professor of Religious Studies and Social Anthropology and Director of Postgraduate Research in the University of Winchester’s Centre for Religion, Reconciliation and Peace.

This episode sheds a spotlight on female bridge-builders, with interviews with representatives from four different projects in the UK, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Denmark. Their stories highlight the importance of breaking from our echo chambers and how even unlikely friendships may have the possibility to develop. This is a feature podcast for International Women's Day, with excerpts from standalone episodes that will also be published in the coming weeks. This episode is produced by Rebecca Bellamy and Dr Majbritt Lyck-Bowen who represent the Centre of Religion, Reconciliation and Peace at the University of Winchester and is part of an ongoing Podcast series produced by the Centre, titled Talking Peace, Exploring Conflict. 

The University of Winchester’s Centre of Religion, Reconciliation and Peace (CRRP) was established in 2010 and is dedicated to helping make a tangible difference to those affected by structural violence and armed conflict, our work is particularly focussed on examining the crucial links between theory and practice in religious peacebuilding and reconciliation processes, and how each informs, challenges and enhances the other.

We strongly believe in the power of collaboration, and the importance of cultural and contextual forms of peacebuilding, and we work with academic partners; secular, religious and faith-based organisations; and government and multi-national institutions worldwide. We offer training and consultancy in many areas of peacebuilding and reconciliation, and highly commended post-graduate courses.

Read more about the Centre of Religion, Reconciliation and Peace here https://winchester.ac.uk/crrp