John Hewitt International Summer School

John Hewitt Digital Festival of Literature and Ideas 2020

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 27, 2020, 4:03 pm | Readers 418

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 …

Judith Thompson on the inclusive definition of a victim, understanding discomfort, and delivering for people who most desperately need help #JHISS

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 23, 2019, 9:41 am | Readers 1511

Planned for a long time, Judith Thompson, Commissioner for Victims and Survivors, delivered the opening address (video embedded) at the John Hewitt International Summer School on Monday morning and addressed the issues of the definition of a victim, understanding discomfort and the ‘Troubles pension’ which was the topic of a heated radio debate she heard while driving down to the event in Armagh.

An Ulsterman Considers His Passport – Arthur Aughey #JHISS

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 25, 2018, 2:30 pm | Readers 4320

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 | Readers 2651

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 | Readers 656

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 | Readers 367

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 | Readers 1016

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 | Readers 926

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 | Readers 533

“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.

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

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 26, 2017, 6:05 pm | Readers 1450

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 | Readers 1966

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 #JHISS

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 21, 2016, 12:19 pm | Readers 584

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?