Knowledge Against Violence Speaker Series
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Knowledge Against Violence speaker series provides timely research and analysis for an informed audience from leading violence experts.
Guest speakers, drawn from the Foundation’s network of scholars and practitioners, seek to illuminate the causes, manifestations, and responses to violence in areas such as war, crime, terrorism, intimate relationships, climate instability, and political extremism.
The 90-minute events are open to the public.
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Announcing the Spring Speaker Series
The Foundation’s 2024 Knowledge Against Violence speaker series begins this spring with two conversations:
“Local or Global? The Future of Peacebuilding in Africa”
On May 2, the academic and practitioner worlds converge in this sit-down conversation between Séverine Autesserre, Chair of Political Science at Barnard College, and João Honwana, Former Director of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the UN. They’ll discuss the tensions that often exist between the international peacebuilding agenda set by the United Nations and the local implementation realities.
Register for virtual or in-person attendance here.
“Conflict and Climate: How Global Warming Leads to Global Violence”
On March 21, three academics examined the complex relationship between conflict and climate at HFG’s first speaker series event of 2024. They discussed how climate intersects with other vulnerabilities and how these factors contribute to violence often attributed to climate change.
Watch the video recording here.
Global Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence Series
In the fall of 2023, the Foundation hosted the “Global Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence” series. Conversations featured practitioners and HFG grantees connecting the latest research to practices and policies aimed at understanding and addressing gender-based violence. Videos of the series can be found below. Learn more about the series here.
Discussions
“Beyond the Crisis: Reimagining Migrant Protection”
Nicki Kindersley is Lecturer in African History at the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University.
Watch Video“Why Have Homicide Rates Gone up Since 2015? A Historical Perspective”: Dr. Randolph Roth
Randolph Roth is College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History and Sociology at Ohio State University, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the author of the book American Homicide.
Watch Video“Protectors or Predators: Understanding Urban Gang Violence Around the World” Panel
Nicholas Barnes is a Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews, David C. Brotherton is Professor of Sociology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Adeem Suhail is an assistant professor in social anthropology at Franklin and Marshall College, and Rosette Sifa Vuninga is Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of the Western Cape’s Centre for the Humanities Research.
Watch Video“Understanding the Drivers of Violent Extremism in Africa” Panel
Daniel Agbiboa is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Rachel Sweet is Assistant Professor of Politics and Global Affairs at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, at the University of Notre Dame.
Watch Video“Rising Violent Crime in Mexico” Panel
Angélica Durán-Martínez is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Global Studies PhD program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Guillermo Trejo is Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Violence and Transitional Justice Lab at the University of Notre Dame. Javier Osorio is an Assistant Professor in the School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Arizona.
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“Why We Fight”: Dr. Chris Blattman
Dr. Chris Blattman is the author of Why We Fight: The Roots of War and Paths to Peace and Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago, in Harris Public Policy and The Pearson Institute.
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“Old Hatreds Die Hard: ‘New’ Developments in Far Right Extremism”: Dr. Pete Simi
Pete Simi is co-author (along with Robert Futrell) of the book American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate and an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Chapman University.
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“Intimate Partner Violence and Armed Conflict in Colombia”: Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz
Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz is a Research Associate with the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut.
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“Soldiers in Exile”: Dr. Godfrey Maringira
Godfrey Maringira is author of Soldiers and the State in Zimbabwe and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Sol Plaatje University, South Africa.
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“The Long History of Anti-Asian Violence in the US”: Dr. Beth Lew-Williams
Beth Lew-Williams is a historian of race and migration in the U.S., specializing in Asian American history and Associate Professor of History at Princeton University.
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“Violence and the Law at War”: Dr. Craig Jones
Craig Jones is author of The War Lawyers and a lecturer in political geography in the School of Geography, Sociology, and Politics at Newcastle University.
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