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21

Sep

International Peace Day: Peacemaking in Turbulent Times

21 September 2026 13:15 to 21:00 | Conference
AI generated image of Reuteswärd's pistol with a knot in a park. Illustration.

Welcome to join us for International Peace Day, Monday the 21st of September!

We are organising a half-day conference to celebrate 20 years of teaching Peace and Conflict Studies at the Department of Political Science.

We have been fortunate to bring together an excellent group of colleagues, former students, and experts for the symposium, who will engage with questions of peace in turbulent times from different perspectives across a series of panels and roundtables.

Please let us know if you will attend our event and if you will join us for coffee and cake by answering this poll

Program

Peacemaking in Turbulent Times

13.15–13.30 Celebrating 20 years of Peace and Conflict Studies at the Department of Political Science 

Karin Aggestam, Lisa Strömbom, Roxanna Sjöstedt, Isabel Bramsen, and Annika Björkdahl. 

13.30–14.30 The Logic of Peace

Isabel Bramsen

14.30–15.00 Coffee Break

15.00–15.45 Roundtable: Alumni reflections: Peace and conflict studies as a career

Siris Hartkorn, Razan Al-Shammri, Yrsa Landström, Victor Samuelsson

Moderator: Roxanna Sjöstedt

16.00–16.45 Roundtable: Peacemaking in Turbulent Times

Karin Aggestam, Anna Wieslander, Annika Björkdahl, James Pamment.

Moderator: Lisa Strömbom

16.45–17.15 Coffee Break with sandwiches

17.15–18.00 Roundtable: Perspectives on Peace in the Middle East.

Lisa Strömbom, Anders Persson, Heba Tala, Dina Tawfik, Maria Småberg

Moderator: Annika Björkdahl  

18.15–18.45 Presentation of Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd's sculpture Non-Violence in the sculpture park at The Museum of Sketches by Maria Småberg

19.00–21.00  AW at Malmö Nation 

About the event

Location:

Eden's auditorium, Allhelgona kyrkogata 14, Lund

Contact:

annika [dot] bjorkdahl [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se