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UI seminars

UI seminars

By: The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)
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UI seminars is a podcast series featuring discussions and conversations from seminars held by the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). UI is an independent institute and a platform for research and information on international relations and foreign policy.


Seminars are in Swedish and English.


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The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) Political Science Politics & Government Science Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Where lies the limits of freedom of expression?

    Where lies the limits of freedom of expression?
    Oct 6 2023

    Using the recent cases of Quran burnings in Sweden and the phenomena of Holocaust denial as concrete examples , this panel discussion explores issues of freedom of expression, freedom of speech and freedom of religion.


    Speakers:


    Frederic Brusi works for the Swedish Agency for Support for Faith Communities (SST).


    Raphael Cohen-Almagor is professor of politics at the University of Hull in the UK and the Olof Palme visiting professor, Lund University.


    Sally Longworth is a researcher at the Swedish Defence Agency  (FOI) and lecturer in public international law at Stockholm University.[08:46] Maria Lindqvist


    The event was moderated by Rouzbeh Parsi, head of the Middle East and North Africa programme at UI


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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Concluding comments – insights and future avenues for peace research

    Concluding comments – insights and future avenues for peace research
    Dec 16 2022

    Concluding comments on Peace and the Politics of Memory


    Speaker:

    Annika Björkdahl, Lund University


    https://www.ui.se/evenemang/tidigare/2022/december/peace-and-the-politics-of-memory/

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    8 mins
  • Memory Activism – peacebuilding, resistance and digital commemoration

    Memory Activism – peacebuilding, resistance and digital commemoration
    Dec 16 2022

    Peace activists demand recognition and justice through memory activism. This roundtable on memory activism discusses feminist activism for peace, and digital memory practices and resistance more broadly.


    Speaker:

    Rana Mitri, Digital project ‘Creative Memory of the Syrian Revolution’

    Orli Fridman, Faculty of Media and Communications (FMK)/Singidunum University, Belgrade

    Petra Tötterman Andorff, Secretary-General, Kvinna till Kvinna


    https://www.ui.se/evenemang/tidigare/2022/december/peace-and-the-politics-of-memory/


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    1 hr and 20 mins
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