Monthly Archives: November 2013

SPIRe Seminar Week 9: ‘The Struggles for Memory and Justice in Post-dictatorship Argentina’

SPIRE’s week 9 seminar will feature Dr. Cara Levey, Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, University College Cork on The Struggles for Memory and Justice in Post-dictatorship Argentina Thursday 21st November. Venue: A106 Newman Building Time: 13:00-14:00 Abstract Since the mid-1990s, Argentina … Continue reading

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Women, Violence, and Social Change in Northern Ireland and Chiapas: Societies Between Tradition and Transition

SPIRe’s Dr. Melanie Hoewer compares the experiences of women in the post-conflict peace processes in Northern Ireland and Chiapas in a new paper at the International Journal of Conflict and Violence. Abstract Violence against women occurs in peacetime, intensifies during … Continue reading

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SPIRe Seminar Week 7: ‘The Gender Dimensions of Consociational Democracy’

SPIRe’s week four seminar will feature SPIRe PhD Student Ronan Kennedy, this Thursady (Nov. 7th), 1-2pm in G317 speaking on  ‘The Gender Dimensions of Consociational Democracy’. Abstract Consociational democracy, as first theorized by Arend Lijphart, has arguably become the most … Continue reading

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