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We were delighted to welcome the Provost, Prof. Linda Doyle, Vice-Provost, Prof. Orla Sheils and the Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Prof. Gail McElroy, on Tuesday 30th May to launch our School Strategic Plan 2023-28. Introduced by the outgoing Head of School, Prof. Siobhán Garrigan, the plan, which aligns with the College Strategic Plan 2020-25, is the fruition of several months of in-depth consultation with staff and students. It provides a vision for the School to further unite, flourish, and mature in the years ahead. Prof. Garrigan, has steered the process throughout, and the event was also an opportunity for the School to express our thanks for her leadership over the last four years.

Prof. Brendan Ciarán Browne delivered a talk on 16th May at Bethlehem University entitled: ‘Peacebuilding or pacification? From the North of Ireland to Palestine’. He reflected on his recently published work Transitional (In)justice and enforcing the peace on Palestine. The book critiques the liberal discourse of transitional justice and in the talk, Dr Browne critiqued the exportation of an Irish peacebuilding framework that has been lauded as a useful model of export to Palestine/Israel.

Prof. Jude Lal Fernando talks to former Corrymeela leader and poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about nationalism, colonialism, interreligious conflict, and his work as a peace activist in Sri Lanka. The podcast series is a project of the Irish Network for Public Theology which brings together individuals, faith organisations and academics to share resources and connections across Ireland. Prof. Fernando is Course Coordinator of the MPhil in Contextual Theologies and Interfaith Relations and also directs the Trinity Centre for Post-Conflict Justice. Follow the link to listen to the podcast.

A number of the School‘s Postgraduate Taught Students are on a trip to Geneva visiting the UN on Tuesday (as per picture) and UNICEF on Wednesday as part of their programme. For more details regarding the M.Phil in International Peace Studies click here.