Mitchell Institute at QUB

As January comes to a close, there’s still time to catch up on our January 2026 Newsletter.📬 If you haven’t read it yet, explore the latest updates, research, and insights from the Mitchell Institute at Queen’s University Belfast here: go.qub.ac.uk/4Gkbc

Human Rights Day 2025: The Mitchell Institute, the Human Rights Centre, and the Transitional Justice Cluster at QUB will host two events on 8 Dec as part of the NI Human Rights Festival. Rooted in the lived experience of the Srebrenica genocide, both explore creative arts as responses to human rights violations. Lecture - Threads as Voices of Memory: go.qub.ac.uk/TCkbc Film Screening and Panel Discussion - My Father's Diaries: go.qub.ac.uk/VCkbc

How can literature challenge the roots of violence against women? Join Irish-language writers and scholars at Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich on 25 November 2025 for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Cén tsúil eile a thugann an Ghaeilge dúinn ar an fhoréigean inscne? Bígí linn i gCultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich ar an 25 Samhain don Lá Idirnáisiúnta um Dhíothú an Fhoréigin in aghaidh na mBan. 🗓️25 November 2025 | Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich | 9:00am-3:30pm @qub_gaeilge @qub_ael @siobhra @seanmacrist @LNiChoistealbha

Join us for our next Research Workshop: International Legal Institutions and the ‘Temporal Turn’ – Exploring Institutional Time with Sabbatical Fellow @kmcneilly01. 🗓️ 18 Nov 2025 | 12.00–1.30pm | Fellows Room, Mitchell Institute Register: go.qub.ac.uk/r8kbc

Join us for a one-day conference marking the 40th anniversary of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, bringing together speakers who were directly involved in the negotiations on behalf of the British and Irish governments as well as international and Northern Ireland political figures. The Anglo-Irish Agreement, which was signed on 15 November 1985 by the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, marked a significant development in Anglo-Irish relations. 🗓️ 11 Nov 2025 | 9.30am–4.30pm 📍Riddel Hall, Belfast 185 Stranmillis Road, BT9 5EE @humefoundation @QUBelfast @QUBEngagement go.qub.ac.uk/f9kbc

Join us for a special evening lecture and conversation with Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom and @mghacademic as they discuss diplomacy, peace and global affairs. 🗓️10 November 2025 | 5.30pm to 7.00pm The Great Hall, Lanyon Building, QUB go.qub.ac.uk/P8kbc @QUBelfast @HAPPatQUB @BrazilEmbassyUK

Join us for our next Research Workshop: International Legal Institutions and the ‘Temporal Turn’ – Exploring Institutional Time with Sabbatical Fellow @kmcneilly01. 🗓️ 18 Nov 2025 | 12.00–1.30pm | Fellows Room, Mitchell Institute Register: go.qub.ac.uk/r8kbc

Join us for a one-day conference marking the 40th anniversary of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, bringing together speakers who were directly involved in the negotiations on behalf of the British and Irish governments as well as international and Northern Ireland political figures. The Anglo-Irish Agreement, which was signed on 15 November 1985 by the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, marked a significant development in Anglo-Irish relations. 🗓️ 11 Nov 2025 | 9.30am–4.30pm 📍Riddel Hall, Belfast 185 Stranmillis Road, BT9 5EE @humefoundation @QUBelfast @QUBEngagement go.qub.ac.uk/Q8kbc

Join us for a special evening lecture and conversation with Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom and @mghacademic as they discuss diplomacy, peace and global affairs. 🗓️10 November 2025 | 5.30pm to 7.00pm The Great Hall, Lanyon Building, QUB go.qub.ac.uk/P8kbc @HAPPatQUB @BrazilEmbassyUK

Join us for our upcoming seminar Constructing Victimhood: Beyond Innocence and Guilt in Transitional Justice with Mitchell Institute Fellow @LawtherC, discussing her new book and exploring complex victimhood, victims’ voices, the role of victims’ groups, and the haunting impact of the unresolved past. 🗓️ 29 Oct 2025 | 1.00–2.30pm | Edgar Graham Room, School of Law, QUB go.qub.ac.uk/98kbc

Join us for our upcoming seminar Constructing Victimhood: Beyond Innocence and Guilt in Transitional Justice with Mitchell Institute Fellow @LawtherC , discussing her new book and exploring complex victimhood, victims’ voices, the role of victims’ groups, and the haunting impact of the unresolved past. 🗓️ 29 Oct 2025 | 1.00–2.30pm | Edgar Graham Room, School of Law, QUB go.qub.ac.uk/98kbc

Join us for our next Research Workshop: International Legal Institutions and the ‘Temporal Turn’ – Exploring Institutional Time with Sabbatical Fellow @kmcneilly01. 🗓️ 18 Nov 2025 | 12.00–1.30pm | Fellows Room, Mitchell Institute Register: go.qub.ac.uk/r8kbc

we were delighted to host @NDIrishStudies Visiting Student Paul Lee this June. A month of engaging research, interdisciplinary exchange & unexpected joy, in his recent blog, Paul shares his experience of Belfast and its cultural and historical landscape. @LawtherC @GladysGaniel

In their latest paper, @AskAkbar, Frankie Martin and Dr Amineh Hoti, make the case for the beatification of Pope Francis. They argue that in the finest human sense, he has acted and thought and behaved in closest proximity to the core tenets of his faith as the proverbial saint.

Pleased to contribute a research blog for @QUBMitchell at Queen's University Belfast on the @CivicInitNI: Could Citizens’ Assemblies be key to unlocking Northern Ireland’s potential? qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI/m…