Friday 13 May 2016
S0.19 Social Sciences Building, University of Warwick
10-30 Reception and Coffee
11-00 – 11.30 – Keynote introduction
Richard Bessel (York), Violence: A Modern Obsession
11.30 – 1-00 – Revolutionary Violence: Theory and Practice
Steve Smith (All Souls), Revolutionary violence
Philippe le Goff (Kingston), Auguste Blanqui and the question of violence
Alistair Dickins (Manchester), Rewriting a Violent Script? The Fear of Popular Unrest in the Russian Revolution, 1917
1-00 – 1-45 – Lunch Break
1-45 – 3-30 – War, Race, Drugs and Violence
Pierre Purseigle (Warwick), War, violence, and solidarity. The urban experience of the First World War
Ben Smith (Warwick), Mexican cartels and the Drugs Wars
Michael Fleming (Warwick), Narrating antisemitic violence to the British governing class: The Weekly Political Intelligence Summary and the Holocaust.
Brendan McGeever (Birkbeck), Antisemitic Violence and Revolutionary Politics in the Russian Revolution, 1917-1919
3-30 – 4-00 – Break
4-00 – 4-30
Summary of the Day – Future Plans
Chris Read & Jonathan Davies (Warwick)
Getting to Warwick: By car – There are a number of car parks on campus. For Social Sciences Car Parks 8, 10 and 15 are within five minutes walk. (Pay and Display – £3 for full day). Postcode for satnav: CV4 7AL
By Train: Coventry Station then taxi or bus no 12X, 11 and 11U from station forecourt –to the campus (30 mins approx)
Full details on University website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/directions/
THERE IS NO FEE BUT WOULD ANYONE OTHER THAN SPEAKERS PLANNING TO ATTEND PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE CONVENORS SO WE CAN ESTIMATE CATERING REQUIREMENTS ETC.
