--On Friday, February 11, 2000, 12:48 AM +0000 "Bob Jiggins"
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> On the anniversary of NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia.....
>
> Friday 24 - Sunday 26th March 2000
> --------------------------
>
> The Yugoslav Crisis: international responses and the way forward
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> An International Conference with Yugoslav music, food, theatre, film and
silent
> vigil - almost a festival for Yugoslavia!
>
> Venue: Bradford, UK
>
> organised by:
>
> the West Yorkshire Committee for Peace in the Balkans and the
> Rsearch Unit in South East European Studies, University of Bradford, in
> association with the City of Bradford Metropolitan Council
>
> Supported by:
>
> Committee for Peace in the Balkans (London); Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament;
> National Peace Council; Refugee Action; Northern Refugee Centre,
Sheffield;
> United Nations Association; Pax Christi; International Voluntary Service;
> Anglican Pacifist Fellowship; ECRE/ICVA Reference Group on Former
Yugoslavia,
> led by the British Refugee Council
>
> Keynote Speakers:
> ------------
>
> Rev. Dr. Paul Oestreicher, International Consultant, Coventry Cathedral
> a political scientist long associated with eastern Europe and the
> anti-apartheid movement... recently spent a month in Belgrade for the
Church of
> England
>
> Larry Hollingsworth, former (and controversial!) head of UNHCR, Bosnia...
now a
> freelance consultant and advisor to Christian Aid
>
> Paul Watson, Balkan's Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times
> Pulitzer Prize winning journalist... one of the few journalists to remain
in
> Yugoslavia during the bombing... and fiercely independent
>
> Felicity Arbuthnot, journalist
> ... specialises in social and environmental issues with special knowledge
of
> Iraq and the effects of Depleted Uranium and cluster bombs...a regular
> contributor to the Daily Herald and New Internationalist and others...
>
>
> Programme of Events
> ---------------
>
> Friday 24th March (the anniversary of NATO bombing)
> --------------------------------------
>
> 5.00pm Feature film, Pretty Village Pretty Flame (dir. Srdjan Dragojevic)
> Pictureville, National Museum of Film, Photography and Television
> Discounts for conference ticket holders
>
> 7.45pm Meeting: 'Promoting a Culture of Peace in the North of England -
> creating partners' called by the National Peace Council @ IHS Department,
27
> Pemberton Drive, Bradford University
>
> 9.30pm -10.30pm Candlelight Silent Vigil, Queen Victoria's Memorial, City
> Centre, Bradford . Please wear dark or black clothes and bring a candle!.
> Called by Yorkshire CND with the support of the international conference.
>
> 9.00pm - 2.00am . 'Yugoslav Rock Night', New Beehive Inn (nightclub),
Manningham
> Road, Bradford
>
>
> Saturday 25th March
> ---------------
>
> 10.00am International Conference - registration and coffee
> 10.30am Opening by the Lord Mayor of Bradford
>
> Day of Seminars and Workshops with keynote speakers
>
> 5.00pm close
>
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> 8.00pm Theatre Production, Bradford Alhambra Studio Theatre.
> '...is normal!' a play by Ray Brown about his friends in former Yugoslavia
> with 'Finetime' Fonteyne and Sandra Hunt
>
> '...is normal! is terrific. Ray Brown has found an important way to write
about
> important matters in a time when trivia rules...' Trevor Griffiths
>
> '...like an except from a surrealist diary, yet it's based on the reality
of
> what was my country...' Goran Stefanovski
>
> '...is normal!' is a funny, human, spellbinding mixture of fact, fiction,
> performance and dramatic readings which also features music and voices
recorded
> live in former Yugoslavia.
>
> + Yugoslav art exhibition, Yugoslav wine and food
> ----------
>
> Sunday 26th
>
> 10.00am - Conference - Seminars, Workshops and Plenary Sessions
> 5.00pm close
> ---------
>
> Seminars/Workshops
> --------------
>
> Staffed by leading experts and practitioners from Moscow, via Yugoslavia,
> Croatia, Bosnia to the US - and of course the UK.....
>
> International and strategic Issues
> The Aid and NGO Response
> Challenging Nationalism
> The Economic Dimension
> Environmental Destruction
> Culture and the Yugoslav Wars
> Direct Aid and Community Development
> Conflict Prevention and Resolution
> Women and Peacework
> Peace Activism
> Local government, town twinning and peace-building
> Refugees in Britain and Yugoslavia
> Peacework in political parties
>
> Tickets/Booking
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>
> booking form on website
>
> Enquiries
> ------
> Contact:
>
> Bob Jiggins
>
> For the international conference on Yugoslavia see
> http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/rusees/conference.html
>
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