Dealing with the Past

Conference: Less Than a Week to Go

Posted by Dr Adrian Grant on 13th November 2014

The Accounts of the Conflict International Conference is now only days away. “Digitally Archiving Stories for Peacebuilding” takes place at the Holiday Inn, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast on 17-18 November. Interest…

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Accounts of the Conflict International Conference

Posted by Dr Adrian Grant on 30th September 2014

Work on the Accounts of the Conflict digital archive is reaching an advanced stage with the project team busy preparing and adding content to the archive, repository and website. The…

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Conclusion of Seminar Series

Posted by Dr Brendan Lynn on 8th July 2014

The seminar series which has run alongside the ongoing work on the Accounts of the Conflict project came to end with the two final contributions in April and June 2014….

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Screening of ‘Beyond Forgiving’ with Ginn Fourie and Letlapa Mphahele

Posted by Dr Adrian Grant on 11th June 2014

Below is a guest post from two of INCORE’s interns, who reflect personally on the screening of Beyond Forgiving and the subsequent Q&A session. In cooperation with Initiatives of Change,…

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A Personal Reflection on Researching in Northern Ireland

Posted by Prof Gillian Robinson on 23rd May 2014

Working with colleagues and the wider story telling community in Northern Ireland on the Accounts of the Conflict project has been a privilege for me but also a time to…

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Piecing the Diverse Narratives of the Past Together

Posted by Ms Gráinne Kelly on 19th May 2014

Months on from the paramilitary ceasefires of 1994, the Northern Irish poet and playwright Damien Gorman (pictured above) wrote an article in Fortnight Magazine.  It began: Rightly or wrongly, I…

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International Links

Posted by Dr Adrian Grant on 9th May 2014

In the first of two posts on the subject, Adrian Grant outlines the international links of Accounts of the Conflict and reports on his recent visits to Boston and Washington…

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Reconciliation Lessons: Verne Harris On South Africa

Posted by Guest Contributor on 17th April 2014

This post was originally published on the website of the Northern Ireland Foundation on 9 April 2014. The author is Eoin Dignan. Thanks to Eoin and the Northern Ireland Foundation…

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Seminar Series

Posted by Dr Brendan Lynn on 15th April 2014

Alongside the work on the Accounts of the Conflict project, a seminar series is being arranged where contributors are providing presentations detailing their experiences of archiving and presenting stories relating…

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Reconsidered Narratives

Posted by Prof Brandon Hamber on 8th April 2014

A working group of the Victims and Survivors Forum produced an interesting paper last year on dealing with the past (download here). The document addresses a range of issues including…

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