Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Susie Campbell speaks to Niall Munro
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Susie Campbell talks to Niall Munro about her experience as poet-in-residence during the Post-War seminar series 2017-18.
A Crack of Light: Poetry Reading
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Poems of commemoration, reconstruction and reconciliation from the Post-War series' poets-in-residence. Poets Susie Campbell, Patrick Toland, Mariah W...
Alex Donnelly speaks to Niall Munro
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Donnelly talks to Niall Munro about his work on the ecology of conflict, the interpretative role of academic research, and his interest in the 'l...
Jon Stainsby speaks to Johana Muskalova
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Stainsby talks to Johana Muskalova about the relationship between music and commemoration and his experience as a performer. Baritone soloist Jon ...
Anna Leese speaks to Niall Munro
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Leese speaks to Niall Munro about her personal connections to commemorations of war and the performance of commemorative music. Soprano soloist A...
Simon Over speaks to Rita Phillips
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Conductor Simon Over talks to Rita Phillips about the performance of commemorative musical works. Simon Over, Musical Director of the Southbank Sinfon...
Anthony Ritchie speaks to Catherine Gilbert
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Composer Anthony Ritchie talks to Catherine Gilbert about the relationship between music, war and remembrance in his oratorio Gallipoli to the Somme. ...
Interview with Lord William Wallace
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lord William Wallace, member of the Parliament Choir, talks to Professor Kate McLoughlin about the centenary commemorations of the First World War.
John Dunston speaks to Kate McLoughlin
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Dunston and Kate McLoughlin explore varieties of religious silence and the relationship between silence and commemoration.
Lydia Wilson speaks to Alex Donnelly
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lydia Wilson talks to Alex Donnelly about commemoration as a narrative for the future in the Middle East
Mahinda Deegalle speaks to Catherine Gilbert
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mahinda Deegalle talks to Catherine Gilbert about the application of Buddhist values in post-conflict societies.
Interview with Dr Adrian Gregory
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian Gregory speaks to Johana Musalkova and Rita Phillips about the role of silence in public commemoration.
Jonathan Dove speaks to Kate McLoughlin
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Composer Jonathan Dove talks to Kate McLoughlin about commemorating through music and music’s power to make us remember in the wake of individual an...
Interview with Dr Peter Grant
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Grant talks to Johana Musalkova and Rita Phillips about the link between collective memory and popular music, exploring examples of artists who ...
Laura Hassler speaks to Kate McLoughlin
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Hassler, Founding Director of Musicians without Borders, talks to Kate McLoughlin about her vision for the organisation and music’s potential ...
Rihab Azar speaks to Niall Munro
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Musician Rihab Azar talks to Niall Munro about her quest to find new ways of empowering and connecting communities through music and how music functio...
Charles Gurrey speaks to Niall Munro
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sculptor and carver Charles Gurrey talks to Niall Munro about the importance of context, text and material in his design of commemorative sculptures.
Silke Arnold-de Simine speaks to Catherine Gilbert
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Silke Arnold-de Simine talks to Dr Catherine Gilbert about new forms of testimony, the limits of empathy and the need to understand processes of ex...
Pfarrerin Dr Cornelia Kulawik speaks to Kate McLoughlin
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Pfarrerin Dr Cornelia Kulawik, Pastor of Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Berlin-Dahlem, and Kate McLoughlin discuss changing modes of commemoration in Ge...
The Very Revd John Witcombe speaks to Rita Phillips
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Very Reverend John Witcombe, Dean of Coventry Cathedral, talks to Rita Phillips about the Coventry Cross of Nails and the power of such symbols in...
Daniel Libeskind speaks to Niall Munro
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Architect Daniel Libeskind talks to Niall Munro about civic responsibility, the shock of memory and the role of the monument as a bridge between the p...
Mark Johnston speaks to Alex Donnelly
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Johnston talks to Alex Donnelly about the work of the Australian National Veterans Arts Museum and the importance of an arts engagement approach ...
Jane Potter speaks to Kate McLoughlin
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jane Potter, Reader in Arts at Oxford Brookes University, talks to Kate McLoughlin about textual and material commemorative cultures and the centra...
Chrissie Steenkamp speaks to Johana Musalkova
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Chrissie Steenkamp talks to Johana Musalkova about community-based and nationally-driven practices of commemoration in South Africa and Northern Ir...
Chrissie Steenkamp speaks to Johana Musalkova
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Chrissie Steenkamp talks to Johana Musalkova about community-based and nationally-driven practices of commemoration in South Africa and Northern Ir...
Gabe Moshenska speaks to Rita Phillips
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Archaeologist Dr Gabe Moshenska talks to Rita Phillips about democratic forms of commemoration and the public responsibility of researchers in empower...
Emma Login speaks to Dahmicca Wright
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Emma Login talks to poet-in-residence Dahmicca Wright about Historic England's First World War Memorials Programme, 'memorial mania', and the recen...
Tony Horwitz speaks to Niall Munro
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Author and journalist Tony Horwitz talks to Niall Munro about the sesquicentennial commemorations of the American Civil War, the complexity of reconst...
Daniel Libeskind: Architecture and Memory
26 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this lecture, architect Daniel Libeskind shares his creative process and thinking for many of his most prominent buildings including the Jewish Mus...
Interview with Harvey Whitehouse
12 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Harvey Whitehouse, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford, talks to Alex Donnelly and Johana Musalkova about shared responses to...
Rachel Seiffert speaks to Catherine Gilbert
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Novelist Rachel Seiffert talks to Dr Catherine Gilbert about the ritual of memory and the possibilities of fiction as a response to a difficult past.
Lyndsey Stonebridge speaks to Rita Phillips
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lyndsey Stonebridge, Professor of Modern Literature and History at the University of East Anglia, talks to Rita Phillips about literary humanitarianis...
Elleke Boehmer speaks to Kate McLoughlin
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Elleke Boehmer talks to Kate McLoughlin about her most recent novel, The Shouting in the Dark, the language of reconciliation in South Africa, and the...
Aminatta Forna speaks to Catherine Gilbert
21 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Aminatta Forna OBE, author of The Devil that Danced on the Water, talks to Dr Catherine Gilbert about silence, narrative and resilience in Sierra Leon...
Philippe Sands speaks to Kate McLoughlin
21 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Philippe Sands, QC, international human rights lawyer and author of East West Street, talks to Kate McLoughlin about the law-court as a place of comme...
Dunya Mikhail speaks to Alex Donnelly
21 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Iraqi-American poet Dunya Mikhail talks to Alex Donnelly about commemoration, reconnection and poetry as 'a museum of feeling'.
Jeremy Treglown speaks to Alex Donnelly
21 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Jeremy Treglown and Alex Donnelly discuss the politics of commemoration and the challenges of remembrance for both veterans and civilians.
Interview with Lord John Alderdice
20 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lord John Alderdice (Liberal Democrat peer and Director of the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict (CRIC)) talks to Johana Musalkova and...