You are warmly invited to MAW’s 2025 Remembrance Lecture “Ending Wars”. We are delighted to have as our speaker Lord John Alderdice, Founding Director of the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict in Oxford.
Sunday 9th Nov at 3pm, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD (between St Pancras Station & Tavistock Square.)
Is it possible that out of the immediate worldwide crises of war and climate catastrophe a new approach can be fashioned to deal with our deepest differences?
Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maws-2025-remembrance-lecture-ending-wars-tickets-1708027830219
Download the flyer here: https://abolishwar.net/wp-content/uploads/ending_wars_flyer.pdf
All welcome!
Lord Alderdice is Senior Research Fellow and Director, Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict.
He is a psychiatrist by profession, but as Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, he played a significant role in the negotiation of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. He was the first Speaker of the new Northern Ireland Assembly and then a key figure in the normalization of security at the end of the conflict. He has held many international positions including as President of Liberal International, the global network of more than 100 liberal political parties (now Honorary President).
He is the Director of the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict and Emeritus Chairman of the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building in Belfast. His work has been recognized with many honorary doctorates, fellowships and prizes.