The specialist group conference, ‘An Irish Model for Peace’ went off smoothly in the leafy grounds of the Irish School of Ecumenics thanks to excellent local organisation by Dr. Gillian Wylie, assisted by ISE PhD student Alicia Gauch. More than forty delegates attended, travelling from all over Ireland and Britain, with a few traveling from further afield. The final conference programme included more than twenty speakers. The wide variety of views expressed generated plenty of fruitful discussion and debate that continued at the conference dinner, attended by thirty of the participants. The next step for the specialist group is the organisation of panels for the PSAI annual conference, taking place from 9-11 October this year in Liverpool. There will be a business meeting of the specialist group at the conference where discussion will focus on the future activities of the group. If you wish to become a member simply email psai.peace@gmail.com
Niall O Dochartaigh
May 26, 2009 at 3:48 pm |
I am sure I speak for all those who took part in the seminar in stating that it was a great success. The papers were consistently of a good standard and the following debates were lively and informed while always good humoured. Niall, Gillian and Katy deserve all our thanks and congratulations.
John Doyle
Dublin City University
May 26, 2009 at 8:13 pm |
Would agree totally with the previous comment. A great event and a great venue. Lots to think about in all of the papers… and the socialisation that we ‘had to do’ was a nice touch!
Conor Galvin
UCD