Organisers:

Professor Fiona Magowan, Theme Lead: Religion, Arts and Peacebuilding; Professor, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

Dr Edel Lamb, Institute Fellow: Religion, Arts and Peacebuilding; Senior Lecturer, School of English, Arts and Languages

This event, hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen’s University Belfast, will bring together practitioners and researchers working with and on children and young people to explore the contribution of children and young people’s participation in the creative arts to peacebuilding.

This event will explore questions such as:

• How the creative arts can facilitate the expression of children’s and young people’s experiences of conflict and post-conflict societies;
• Does it empower them to participate in processes of social justice, transformation and commemoration; and
• How can listening to children’s creative productions across diverse cultural contexts help us better understand the contribution they have made and can make to peacebuilding, historically, now and in the future. 

There is no charge for this event but places are limited and must be booked in advance.

The event programme can be downloaded here.

Image credit: Alexander Grey, Unsplash.