The School of Politics and International Relations and the Conflict Analysis Research Centre (CARC) is delighted to invite you to the 2018 John Burton Lecture. Details on the speaker, date, times and venue can be found below.

This year’s speaker will be Professor Marie-Joëlle Zahar, Department of Political Science, University of Montreal. Marie-Joelle has written widely on the dynamics of political violence, mediation and institution building after violence across a range of cases, including Lebanon and the Balkans. Marie-Joëlle has crossed over between academia and practitioner activity in peacebuilding efforts, and from 2013-2015 served as Senior Expert on Power Sharing on the Standby Team of Mediation Experts at the UN Department of Political Affairs. The title of Marie-Joëlle’s lecture is ‘The (in)efficiency of mediation in contemporary conflicts: A question of design?’

Te details of this years John Burton Lecture are below:

‘The (in)efficiency of mediation in contemporary conflicts: A question of design?’ – Professor Marie-Joëlle Zahar, Thursday 15 November 2018 6.00 -7.30pm in Grimond Lecture Theatre 2 (GLT2), University of Kent (drinks reception afterwards in Aphra Foyer).

All University staff and students and the general public are welcome to attend, no booking is necessary.

The lecture will be live streamed and can be watched by University staff and students (must have a University IT account) here.