Lecture ‘Brutalisation in Armed Conflict’ at Krakow, Poland

On the invitation of Prof. Tadeusz Czekalski (tadeusz.czekalski@uj.edu.pl), I held a a lecture on 'Brutalisation in Armed Conflict' at the Institute of History of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, on March 29th, 2018 (see poster shown below). For this lecture, I made use of a recent summary of my PhD research, which in turn forms part of my larger, i.e. overall and ongoing Brutalisation research project (see phd-proposal-caspar-ten-dam-march-2018). The diagrams shown further below m...
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KPSRL lecture by Mary Kaldor on Second Generation Human Security

As a KPSRL member, I have been invited to attend the following lecture organized by the Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law (KPSRL); the following text is taken and adopted from www.kpsrl.org/events/events-event/t/public-lecture-mary-kaldor-second-generation-human-security (earlier online version). Public Lecture: Mary Kaldor on "Second Generation Human Security"Organized by: Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law Location and time: IDLO headquarters at Hofweg 9-E, 2511 Th...
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Edwin Giltay

© photo Marco BakkerI first met Caspar ten Dam on 11 June 2015 at a symposium of ProDemos in The Hague. At this event we discussed the genocide of Srebrenica in 1995 during the Bosnian War. I have come to like Caspar. Also, he is very knowledgeable on affairs in the Balkans and elsewhere, offering his many insights as a conflict analyst.Caspar was one of my friends who offered me advice and support during the difficult days when my book De doofpotgeneraal (The Cover-up General) was banne...
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