Event: Perspectives on Diaspora: Conflict, Peace building, Foreign Policy Seminar
Date: 21 March 2022
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Venue: Lecture Room 201 (Level 2), Valletta Campus and Online
Venue: Lecture Room 201 (Level 2), Valletta Campus and Online
The seminar brings together panellists from academia and government to discuss diasporas as agents of conflict and peace as well as their role in foreign policy.
This seminar is being organised by the Centre for the Study and Practice of Conflict Resolution (CSPCR) at the University Valletta Campus.
Those who wish to attend are kindly requested to send an email to either reserve their seat or get a Zoom link to an online stream.
The seminar Programme is as follows:
- 14:00 - Welcome (Dr Omar Grech, Director, Centre for the Study and Practice of Conflict Resolution, University of Malta)
- 14:05 - Malta’s Experience with Engaging its Diaspora in Foreign Policy (Mr John Busuttil, Director Global Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malta)
- 14:30 - Diaspora Impact on Conflict Perpetuating Routines (Dr Constantinos Adamides, Associate Prof. of International Relations, University of Nicosia)
- 14:55 Diaspora as an Affective Community: The Politics of Emotion & Memory (Dr Constadina Charalambous, Assistant Professor in Language & Literacy, European University Cyprus)
- 15:20 - Discussing Implications from the Polidico Project: Guidelines to Stakeholders & Policy Makers (Dr Eleni Theodorou, Associate Professor. Department of Education Sciences, European University Cyprus and Dr Xanthia Aristidou, Research Fellow, European University Cyprus)
- 15:45 - Q and A and Conclusion