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HCRI Research Series: 10 Years of HCRI, Eric Lepp & Jenny Chapman

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Dates:23 October 2018
Times:16:00 - 18:00
What is it:Seminar
Organiser:School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Who is it for:University staff, Alumni, Current University students, General public
Speaker:Eric Lepp, Jenny Chapman
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HCRI celebrates its 10 year anniversary with a rich programme of events. Join us for our research seminar series featuring current and alumni colleagues, and current and alumni postgraduate research students.

First Speaker: Eric Lepp

Title: Side-by-sidedness: Resistance and Sanctuary in a Belfast hockey arena

Description: In his talk Eric will discuss findings from his thesis research in Northern Ireland. In particular he will discuss the relationship between space and identity that enabled supporters’ to sit side-by-side those on the opposite side of a historical division who they may not be willing to live beside. The theme of side-by-sidedness is discussed and framed as a lightened encounter that challenges assumptions inherent in post-peace agreement settings. In doing so the ice hockey arena is framed as a site of sanctuary from polarised sectarian identities and activities, as well as a site of resistance from overarching peace agendas that push shared space and seek reconciliation.

Second Speaker: Jenny Chapman

Title: Humanitarian Response in Thatcher's Britain, a study of the British response to the 1988 Armenian Earthquake

Description: Jenny’s paper investigates British humanitarian response at the cusp of change, prior to the end of the Cold War. It examines the impact of Margret Thatcher's neoliberal beliefs, on British humanitarianism, by investigating the British response to the Armenian Earthquake. The paper aims to complicate the popular narrative which presents the 1980s as a period of growth within British humanitarian response.

For more information about the Institute, our anniversary, events, and more, visit: https://www.hcri.manchester.ac.uk/about/10-years-hcri/

Speakers

Eric Lepp

Role: Senior Tutor in Humanitarian Studies

Organisation: The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI)

Biography: Eric has recently submitted his PhD at HCRI. In his thesis he uses the unorthodox setting of the ice hockey arena in Belfast to study the way relationships are constructed across historical division. As a Canadian he now believes that Lester B. Pearson was wrong about UN Peacekeeping forces and instead should have sent ice hockey players and Zambonis during the 1956 Suez crisis.

Jenny Chapman

Role: PhD Candidate

Organisation: The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI)

Biography: Jenny is in her final year of a PhD with HCRI. Her thesis uses historical methodologies to investigate the changing role and nature of British humanitarian response, focusing specifically on medical response between the years 1988- 2014. Through an exploration of various British responses to humanitarian crises during this period, her thesis aims to trace developing understandings, and uses of, humanitarian response.

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