A Quest for Solidarity in a Fractured Europe
Event Information
Description
This roundtable event will include lectures and commentaries from speakers, and an engaged discussion with the audience.
Speakers:
- Dr Tanja Müller - Senior Lecturer in International Development
Institute for Development Policy and Management, and Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute -
Dr Haytham Alhamwi (Managing Director of Rethink: Rebuild) Biography: Dr Haytham Alhamwi is the Managing Director of Rethink: Rebuild (RR). Dr Alhamwi was held a political prisoner in Syria from 2003-2005. He came to Manchester University in 2007 to study for his PhD in occupational health and when the uprising started in Syria in early 2011 he applied for asylum in Britain because of his political history. As the voice of the Syrian community, one of RR's objectives is to clarify the situation in Syria to the wider UK audience and promote Syrian issues within the British landscape through work on policy and media.
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Yasser Al-Jessem (Syrian refugee and volunteer at Rethink: Rebuild) Biography: Yasser Al-Jassem is a Syrian refugee who fled from Syria, leaving behind his wife and child, after his brother was murdered. Yasser campaigned with his brother against both Isis and the Assad regime and was being pursued by both. He fled across Europe to Manchester where he now volunteers at Rethink: Rebuild whilst waiting for his asylum application to be processed.
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Professor Kevin Clements - Director of New Zealand National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS) at the University of Otago
- Professor Sara De Vido - Assistant Professor of International Law at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy, where she is also vice director of the centre for human rights. She is currently Visiting Academic School of Law, The University of Manchester (October - December 2015), and is a Manchester International Law Centre affiliate. Prof De Vido’s main areas of research are human rights, in particular violence against women under an international law perspective, and the fight against transnational criminality.
The lecture will take place in C2 Renold Building, followed by a reception in the Concourse.
