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The Meaning of War - How do we define war and its meaning in society, both past and present?

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Since 1999, Pembroke College has been hosting a visiting scholar each year as part of the Fulbright programme. This Trinity Term we are delighted to welcome Fulbright Visiting Fellow Gregory A. Daddis, Professor of History and USS Midway Chair in Modern U.S. Military History.

Learning from Ukraine: origins, impacts, and lessons for peacebuilding

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The OxPeace annual conference, open to all, seeks this year to go beneath the surface of the conflict in Ukraine: to better understand its origins and the motivations and aspirations that have brought the parties into the present situation of war; to explore some of its local and worldwide impacts (particularly in the fields of religion, business and trade, humanitarianism, and diplomacy) and to consider the lessons to be drawn for the building of peace within Ukraine and Russia and internationally. What might have been done better in the past? What is needed now and for the future?

America is showing its age

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Oxford Conflict Peace and Security Hub

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The Oxford Conflict, Peace and Security Hub - coordinated by Professor Andrea Ruggeri - is organising an International Research Workshop entitled “Bridging Micro and Marco approaches. Integrating Peace Studies and Conflict Studies" on the 20 and 21 of March. The Hub will welcome 18 scholars from UK institutions (LSE, UCL, Warwick, York and Bath) and overseas institutions (ETH, Hebrew University, Madrid Carlos III, UNU-Wider, Georgetown, Duke and Florence University). Scholars will share their ongoing research with a round table on methods of studying conflict and peace.