Warwick History of Violence Network Workshop

Friday 13 May 2016 S0.19 Social Sciences Building, University of Warwick 10-30 Reception and Coffee 11-00 – 11.30 – Keynote introduction Richard Bessel (York),  Violence: A Modern Obsession 11.30 – 1-00 – Revolutionary Violence: Theory and Practice Steve Smith (All Souls), Revolutionary violence Philippe le Goff (Kingston), Auguste Blanqui and the question of violence Alistair Dickins […]

Violence and solidarity. Urban experiences of the First World War

Keynote Lecture given at the conference Cities and Wars, Instituto de História Contemporânea, Lisbon, 27 September 2012 The outbreak of the war in August 1914 heralded a critical redefinition of the role of civilians in war, as the conflict challenged conventional understanding of the relationship between the business of war and the organization of modern […]

Debating Genocide

Inside Story – Al Jazeera English, 29 February 2012 Programme page