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WATCH: Is Better Possible? Prof Jon Tonge’s assessment of GFA legacy and his ideas for reform #JHISS23

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 31, 2023, 6:56 pm

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Jon Tonge being filmed speaking at the 2023 John Hewitt Summer School in Armagh

As well as joining the panel in Slugger’s The State of Us discussion at last week’s John Hewitt International Summer School in Armagh, Professor Jon Tonge delivered a talk asking ‘Is Better Possible?’ at this point in Northern Ireland’s history, 25 years on from the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. He looked at some of the positive statistics as well as the more negative ones around the institutional uptime. He compared the local situation with other countries enjoying consociational government, and looked …

Where is Home? (John Hewitt panel in Armagh on Tuesday 26 July)

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 9, 2022, 1:54 pm

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Slugger O’Toole is delighted to be returning to the John Hewitt International Summer School later in July. Our panel on the evening of Tuesday 26 July will ask Where is Home? – inviting three guests from the world of politics to explore where home has been, where it is today, whether home can be one place or many, and what could shift that sense of belonging and identity in the future. I’ll be joined on stage in Armagh’s Market Place …

Slugger event at John Hewitt Summer School: What’s good for the economy, good for the environment and good for people?

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 23, 2021, 5:18 pm

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Slugger O’Toole returns to the John Hewitt International Summer School in Armagh next Wednesday evening (28 July at 7pm) with a panel discussion looking at the triangle between economy, environment and people. Is Northern Ireland keeping those three aspects in balance? Are we destroying people and the planet in the name of prosperity? Can we ensure that wellbeing, sustainability and justice benefit everyone? I’ll be joined by Steven Agnew, Dawn Purvis and Joanne Stuart to mull over what’s good for …

#SluggerTV After lockdown, can the arts return to health without a vaccine? (John Hewitt Digital Festival)

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 31, 2020, 8:30 am

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A recent article on The Stage magazine website noted that “big tops are being built up across the UK”. “With sidewalls raised and seats spaced out, tented circuses are resuming summer tours. Heavy theatre doors, meanwhile, remain shut. But there’s a simple solution to opening up with socially distanced productions. Theatres should take to tents.” A trip to the cinema this week – I’d recommend Saint Frances out of the poor fare currently being screened – was a lonely affair …

John Hewitt Digital Festival of Literature and Ideas 2020

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 27, 2020, 4:03 pm

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The John Hewitt Society have moved their Armagh summer school online with a series of free online talks and discussions. While we normally take Slugger TV out of the NvTv studio to record in front of the Armagh audience, we’re delighted to be opening this year’s festival with a discussion about “After lockdown, can the arts return to health without a vaccine?”. Read more about this and the rest of the programme …

An Ulsterman Considers His Passport – Arthur Aughey #JHISS

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 25, 2018, 2:30 pm

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An Ulsterman Considers His Passport … and also considers what we can learn from other complicated borders in Europe, like those Austria shares with its eastern European neighbours. Watch back Prof Arthur Aughey’s Centre for Cross-border Studies lecture at the John Hewitt International Summer School in Armagh.

Civil Rights Movement: What Went Wrong? #JHISS

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 24, 2018, 8:00 am

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WATCH Monday’s political panel at the John Hewitt International Summer School in Armagh which looked back on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement and asked What Went Wrong? Gregory Campbell, Bríd Rodgers, Colm Gildernew and Trevor Ringland, chaired by Peter Osborne.

2018 John Hewitt International Summer School (23-28 July) – talks, poetry, music & debate

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 6, 2018, 3:53 pm

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PREVIEWING the week-long John Hewitt International Summer School with its mix of talks, poetry, music and debate in Armagh between 23 and 28 July 2018.

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC on dreams, responsibilities, globalisation and value #JHISS

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 29, 2017, 7:53 pm

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LABOUR PEER Baroness Helena Kennedy QC opened the John Hewitt International Summer School last Monday morning with an eloquent lecture that looked at dreams, responsibilities, the challenge of globalisation, the need to look seriously at how we improve cross-border cooperation and recalibrate what we attach value to in society.

Dominique Searle – The Garlic Wall – Gibraltar and Brexit #JHISS

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 28, 2017, 7:20 pm

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SHARING A LAND BORDER WITH EU? Dominique Searle spoke about Gibraltar’s land border with Spain and the impact of Brexit at the John Hewitt International Summer School in Armagh. The efficiency of border crossing is crucial.

Caroline Magennis: Unsettled Intimacy in NI short fiction after the Agreement #JHISS

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 27, 2017, 5:05 pm

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UNSETTLED INTIMACY – learning about Northern Irish society through the medium of short stories based locally – a talk by Salford academic Dr Caroline Magennis at the 2017 John Hewitt International Summer School.

“Art can tread where words and politics often can’t”: The Art of Conflict Transformation @The_JHS

Allan LEONARD (Mr Ulster) on July 27, 2017, 12:44 pm

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“Art can tread where words and politics often can’t”: The Art of Conflict Transformation @The_JHS
by Allan LEONARD @SharedFuture
25 July 2017

As part of the 30th anniversary of the John Hewitt Society international summer school, the Institute for Conflict Research (ICR) sponsored a panel discussion, “The Art of Conflict Transformation”, which explored how visual and performance art have contributed to our evolving conversation of our troubled past, with hope for dealing with legacy as well as prospects for reconciliation.

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Dr Katy Hayward: The future of national borders across these islands #JHISS

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 26, 2017, 6:05 pm

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FLEXIBLE AND IMAGINATIVE – the qualities that might need to underpin any national borders across these islands post-Brexit, yet Dr Katy Hayward suggests that our difficulty in future-orientated thinking makes this an uphill struggle. Watch her talk at the John Hewitt International Summer School in Armagh.

Seamus Mallon: “be good ancestors as opposed to being good rememberers” #JHISS

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 25, 2017, 10:12 am

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SEAMUS MALLON called for people to “be good ancestors as opposed to being good rememberers” in order to move forward. He was speaking on a political panel on the opening day of the John Hewitt International Summer School along with Naomi Long, Steven Agnew and Doug Beattie, chaired by Peter Osborne.

John Hewitt International Summer School: Borders, Brexit and Dreams #JHISS

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 22, 2017, 3:03 pm

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BORDERS are one of the recurring themes of this year’s John Hewitt International Summer School which runs between Monday 24 and Saturday 29 July in The Market Place Theatre in Armagh. Talks and panels about contemporary politics and culture as well as creative writing workshops.

Reflections on Remembrance – avoiding disharmony or transforming relationships? #JHISS

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 26, 2016, 8:07 pm

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SURVIVING OR TRANSFORMING? Listen back to this afternoon’s panel at John Hewitt International Summer School who were asked whether we are just getting through these years and the contention without too much disharmony, or are we creating something new and transforming relationships on this island?

John Hewitt International Summer School #JHISS

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 21, 2016, 12:19 pm

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PREVIEW of some of the political and historical events in the 2016 John Hewitt International Summer School programme (25-30 July in Armagh). Women? Gerry Adams? How have we remembered 1916?