Category: <span>Events</span>

Category: Events

Remembrance Lecture 2018: “Active Remembrance & Waging Peace Together”

Caroline Lucas MP St John’s Waterloo3rd November 2018 We are so grateful to have had the chance to hear the inspiring Caroline Lucas at the MAW Annual Remembrance Lecture. Watch the lecture and the Q&A below. …Remembrance needs to be something we actively do; it needs to be something we …

Peace History Conference 2018 – Cynhadledd Hanes Heddwch 2018

HEDDWCH Cymru a’r Byd – PEACE Wales and the World Dydd Gwener, Medi 21, 2018Y Deml Heddwch, Parc CathaysFriday, September 21, 2018The Temple of Peace, Cathays Park Dydd Sadwrn, Medi 22, 2018Adeilad Morgannwg, Parc CathaysSaturday, September 22, 2018The Glamorgan Building, Cathays Park Excellent event! Wonderful concert with two choirs on …

Remembrance Day 2018 events

Sunday 11 November 2018 ​ Serious remembrance of wars calls for serious work for peace. Make a date with the peace movement!MAW is a member of the FIRST WORLD WAR PEACE FORUM* which is organising events on Remembrance Day : A ceremony of Remembrance and Peace … 100 years after the end of …

Remembrance Lecture 2017: “Freedom from Fear: Unions for Peace”

Philip Jennings, General Secretary of UNI Global Union 12th November 2017 The Annual MAW Remembrance Day Lecture was held at the Imperial War Museum, London on Sunday 12th November 2017. Philip Jennings, General Secretary of UNI Global Union, gave an inspiring lecture on the subject of “Freedom from Fear: Unions for Peace”. Here is the …

Remembrance Lecture 2016: “Humanity in the midst of war”

Vickie Hawkins, Executive Director, MSF UK The annual MAW Remembrance Day LectureSunday 13th November, 3pm​Imperial War MuseumLambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ   This talk looked at some of the challenges experienced by Médecins Sans Frontières, an independent, medical, humanitarian organisation, over the past fifteen years, as it works to provide …

Report on Peace History Conference 2016: Conscience and Conscription

‘Conscience and Conscription: Resistance to War 1916-2016’Friday 14th and Saturday 15th October 2016Venues: Holy Trinity Church and Leeds City Museum   A brief report of the event: We saw the range of resistance by CO’s – from degrees of accommodation with the state to the pure martyr ‘absolutist’. Jude Wright …

Remembrance Lecture 2015: “Future Wars and How to Prevent Them”

Professor Paul Rogers 8th November 2015 Professor Paul Rogers was speaking at MAW’s Annual Remembrance Day Peace Lecture on8th Nov 2015 at the Imperial War Museum, London. You can watch the whole video of Prof Paul Rogers’ incisive but hopeful analysis, or a six-minute edit, below. Full talk Six-minute edit

Report on Peace History Conference 2014: Alternative Voices of World War One

Saturday October 11th, 2014 The day long event, which took place at the Imperial War Museum in London, offered an array of fascinating talks from distinguished members of the peace and academic communities. The 150 participants were welcomed by Terry Charman, senior historian at the Imperial War Museum, and following an …