News and Events
Visit by Director of Policy, UN Women
IBIS, with the University of Ulster Transitional Justice Institute, jointly hosted Director of Policy, UN Women, Ms Saraswathi Menon at UCD on Thursday, 25 October 2012. Ms Menon presented on the topic 'UNSC Resolution 1325 and the Work of UN Women'. Read More
Baroness Haleh Afshar Lecture
The School of Politics and International Relations, UCD in collaboration with IBIS and the Dept of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, TCD and in association with the UCD School of Philosophy, hosted Baroness Haleh Afshar at UCD on Thursday, 11th October 2012. Baroness Afshar (Professor of Politics and Women's Studies, York University) presented on the subject 'Women reclaim Islam: Illustrations from post-revolutionary Iran'. Read More
IBIS / Irish Association Conference
IBIS and the Irish Association for Cultural, Economic and Social Relations hosted a conference, The Ulster Covenant and Contemporary Ireland on Saturday 22nd September 2012 at the Linen Hall Library in Belfast. Speakers included Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey and Michael McDowell SC. Read More
IBIS Evening Lecture
The IBIS Evening Lecture series continued with an event on Wednesday, 13 June 2012 at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. The lecture was titled 'Should ambulances stop at the border? The challenge of cooperation in healthcare provision'. With Dr Maurice Hayes as chair, the panel included Tom Daly (CAWT), Dr Ronan Foley (NUIM/ICLRD), Bernie McCrory (CAWT), Dr Ambrose McLoughlin (Dept of Health) and Vanya Sargent (Crowe Horwath). The lecture was jointly organised by IBIS, the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) and the Centre for Cross Border Studies. Read More
IBIS Evening Lecture
As part of the IBIS Evening Lecture Series, part-funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs' Reconciliation/Anti-Sectarianism fund, IBIS hosted a lecture entitled Where now for North-South economic links in a time of recession? at the Linen Hall Library, Belfast on Thursday 3 May 2012. Chaired by Sir George Quigley, the panel included: Gary McDonald (Irish News), Dr Gerard O'Hare (Parker Green International) and Professor Frances Ruane (ESRI). Read More
IBIS Colloquium on Loyalism
As part of the IBIS Evening Lecture Series, part-funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs' Reconciliation/Anti-Sectarianism fund, IBIS held a Colloquium on Loyalism at the Ulster Museum, Belfast on Wednesday 5 October 2011. Chaired by Sir George Quigley, the panel included: Sammy Douglas, MLA; Frankie Gallagher; Naomi Long, MP; Dr Duncan Morrow and Dr Peter Shirlow. Read More
IBIS Annual Conference 2011
An Taoiseach, Mr Enda Kenny, TD gave the keynote address at the IBIS annual conference on Thursday, 26 May 2011, entitled North-South Institutions and Cross-Border Relations: Commemorating Opportunities and Achievements. The Taoiseach comments came after what he called an extraordinary week in the history of Ireland's bilateral relationship with Britain. Read More
Stathis Kalyvas Visit
IBIS joined with the UCD Centre for War Studies to host Professor Stathis Kalyvas of Yale University. Professor Kalyvas, author of The Logic of Violence in Civil War and Director of the Program on Order, Conflict and Violence, visited UCD the week of 4 April 2011. During his stay, he gave a public evening lecture at UCD on Wednesday, 6 April and a daytime lecture to students and staff on Thursday, 7 April. Read More
Conflict Resolution and Transitional Justice
Professor Colm Campbell of the Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster and Dr David Bloomfield, Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation presented on the topic 'Conflict Resolution and Transitional Justice' at Buswells Hotel on Thursday, 31 March 2011. Read More
Culture after Conflict
IBIS, in association with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Ulster Museum (and in co-operation with the British Council), hosted an event on 23 March 2011 at the Ulster Museum, Belfast. The aim of this all-day conference, entitled 'Culture after Conflict: Between Remembrance and Reconciliation', was to create a forum to facilitate discussion and debate on the role of culture in remembering the Northern Irish conflict and fostering reconciliation and peace. Read More
IBIS / Stratagem Seminar
IBIS and Stratagem co-hosted an event at the Linen Hall Library, Belfast on Thursday, 2nd December 2010. Entitled 'Patterns of Conflict Resolution: How to Draw Lessons from Northern Ireland', it built on an IBIS research project of the same name. Guest speakers included: Jim Fitzpatrick (BBC); Bronagh Hinds (DemocraShe); Quintin Oliver (Stratagem); Dawn Purvis, MLA and Jennifer Todd (University College Dublin). Read More
IBIS Annual Conference 2010
The IBIS Annual Conference entitled 'A Decade of Centenaries: Commemorating Shared History', took place on Thursday, 20th May 2010 at the John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies, University College Dublin. Special guest speaker, An Taoiseach Brian Cowen, TD, stressed the need for all to recognise our shared history in the coming decade. Read More
Breaking Patterns Conference
On Friday, 12 March 2010, IBIS held a conference entitled 'Breaking the Patterns of Conflict: The Irish State, the British Dimension and the Northern Ireland Conflict' at UCD. The conference was based on findings from a research project funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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North-South Business Relations Roundtable
On Wednesday, 10 February 2010, IBIS, in association with the British Embassy Dublin, hosted a roundtable discussion on 'North-South business relations: what does and doesn't work' at the Royal Irish Academy.
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Cross-Border Relations Evening Lecture
IBIS, in association with InterTradeIreland and Universities Ireland, hosted an evening lecture at the Royal Irish Academy on 10th December, 2009. Entitled 'Cross-Border Relations: Steps Towards Change', the conference featured Dick Spring, Deaglan de Breadun, Julian King and Quintin Oliver. Read More
Book Launch
On 29 September 2009, An Taoiseach, Mr Brian Cowen, TD, launched Judging Lemass by Professor Tom Garvin at the Royal Irish Academy. Read More
IBIS Annual Conference
The IBIS Annual Conference - 'Protestant Traditions and the Paths to Peace: Beyond the Legacies of Plantation' - took place at the Global Irish Institute, UCD on Tuesday, 9th June, 2009. The conference examined the concept of the plural Protestant traditions in Ireland. Approximately 400 years after the plantation of Ulster, it asked how far that plantation set the parameters for a prolonged pattern of conflict. Read More
Joint IBIS-Irish Association lecture
IBIS hosted a joint event with the Irish Association on 2nd April, 2009 on 'North-South relations after the boom: the impact of the credit crunch on mutual relations and understandings'. Jeffrey Donaldson MP, MLA provided the keynote address for the lecture. Read More
Garvin Conference
A joint IBIS-School of Politics and International Relations conference entitled 'Politics, Economy and Society: Irish Developmentalism 1958-2008', to honour Professor Tom Garvin, was held on 12th March, 2009 at UCD. Read More
Equality Seminar
An evening seminar '1989-2009: Equality measures and the reduction of conflict? Lessons from Northern Ireland, lessons for Northern Ireland' took place on 26th February, 2009 at Newman House, Dublin. Read More
Devolution Conference
A conference entitled 'The Impact of Devolution on Everyday Life: 1999-2009', was held at Newman House, Dublin on 6th February 2009. The conference explored the extent to which ten years of devolution has changed everyday experience, daily relations between Protestant and Catholic, unionist and nationalist, and the aspirations of ordinary people. Read More
David Laitin Visit
IBIS was delighted to host world-renowned political scientist Professor David D Laitin of Stanford University. During Professor Laitin's week-long visit to UCD, made possible by an IRCHSS visiting fellowship, he gave a public lecture at the Global Irish Institute on Tuesday, 3rd February, 2009. Entitled 'Sons of the Soil, Immigrants and Civil War', it examined what differentiates countries that have suffered from civil wars from those that have not. Read More