Warwick History of Violence Network Workshop

Friday 13 May 2016

S0.19 Social Sciences Building, University of Warwick

10-30 Reception and Coffee

11-00 – 11.30 Richard Bessel (York) Keynote introduction:  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 and violence in 20^th century

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) Why was antisemitic violence such a problem within the revolutionary left specifically in Ukraine/western Russia in 1918 and 1919?

3-30 – 4-00 Break

4-00 – 4-30 Summary of the Day – Future Plans

The Convenors

Presentations should be around 15 minutes long.

Network and Workshop Convenors: Chris Read, Jonathan Davies.

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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/

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