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Alex Christoyannopoulos publishes pacifist reflections on Ukraine war

13 January 2025

The paper builds on a shorter piece, published in February 2023, and articulates pacifist reflections on the war.

Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group

20 October 2023

Pacifism and Nonviolence are closely related concepts that influence political and social activism and have attracted significant interest in academic settings.

Dr Alex Christoyannopoulos publishes new article in International Studies Quarterly

31 October 2022

The war in Ukraine has changed the map of global politics: caused a lurch towards the kind of breakdown in diplomatic relations that hasn't been seen since the end of the Cold War.
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IAS hosts Spotlight Series launching new Journal on Pacifism and Nonviolence

10 June 2022

The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) is pleased to announce that its second Spotlight Series event on Pacifism and Nonviolence will take place on 20 June.

New peer-reviewed Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence launched

17 March 2022

We are delighted to announce the launch of the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence, a new peer-reviewed journal to be published by Brill from 2023.

Alex Christoyannopoulos publishes paper on the pacifist critique of the red poppy

14 January 2022

Alex Christoyannopoulos, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations has recently published his paper titled “A pacifist critique of the red poppy: reflections on British war commemorations’ increasingly hegemonic militarism” with Critical Military Studies.

Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe discusses her work on Vera Brittain in new talk

2 February 2021

Caroline Kennedy-Pipe will be discussing her work on Vera Brittain with Dr James Rogers on History Hit in February 2021. The talk is entitled ‘Pacifism and the World Wars: The Life of Vera Brittain’.