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--On Friday, February 11, 2000, 12:48 AM +0000 "Bob Jiggins" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > > ---------- > 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 > ----------- > > booking form on website > > Enquiries > ------ > Contact: > > Bob Jiggins > > For the international conference on Yugoslavia see > http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/rusees/conference.html > > Announcement mailing list send blank message to: > [log in to unmask] > > Tel: +44(0)7050 615511 > Fax: +44(0)7050 644569 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To Post a message, send it to: [log in to unmask] > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > eLerts! > Save on products you choose. > http://click.egroups.com/1/1415/5/_/328254/_/950231073/ > > -- Check out your group's private Chat room > -- http://www.egroups.com/ChatPage?listName=yu-conference-bradford&m=1 > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%