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What is War today? What lessons can we learn from the past? What challenges might we face in the future?
The Churchill Archives Centre will hold a two day symposium, which will bring together speakers from the worlds of academia, the military, politics and international diplomacy to debate the nature of war today.
Date: 22-23 November
Venue
Wolfson Lecture Theatre
Churchill College
Cambridge CB3 0DS
Please click here for a flyer.
Programme
Day 1
13:00 Welcome – Professor Dame Athene Donald (Master, Churchill College)
13:10-13.40 “What do we mean by War?”: setting the context – Professor Sir Hew Strachan & General Sir Nick Houghton in discussion
Afternoon sessions: How do we learn from the past and the Reality of war today
13:45-15:00 Panel 1: “How do we learn from the past?” – Professor Sir Hew Strachan (Chair), Gill Bennett, Rear Admiral Christopher Parry, Professor Andrew Preston, General Sir Roger Wheeler
15.00-15.30 Afternoon tea
15:30-17:00 Panel 2: “Why are we fighting today?“ – Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe (Chair), Professor Nigel Biggar, Baroness Helic, Sir John Holmes, Sir Malcolm Rifkind
17:00-17:15 Water break
17.15-18.15 Panel 3: “The strategic and operational reality of war today” – Professor Sir Hew Strachan (Chair), Admiral Sir Trevor Soar, Air Marshal David Walker, plus other names to be announced
18:15 First day closing remarks
Day 2
Morning Session: “How do we prepare for the future?”
09:30-10:45 Panel 4: “How do we end conflicts?” – Professor David Howarth (Chair), Professor Paul Rogers, Dr Justine Huxley, Alice Musabende
10:45-11:10 Coffee
11:10-11:30 Panel 5: “How do we prepare for a new kind of war?” – Professor Brendan Simms
11:35-13:00 Panel 5: “How do we prepare for a new kind of war?” – Professor Malcolm Chalmers (Chair), Professor Ross Anderson, Lord Ashdown, Professor Christine Chinkin, Professor Caroline Kennedy Pipe, Dr Makram Khoury-Machool
13:00 Concluding Remarks
Followed by lunch.
Registration
This symposium is free to attend. Please click here to reserve a place.
(Banner and thumbnail image: War, flickr)