As part of the Accounts of the Conflict project, a series of seminars were organised where our International Advisors presented on their experience of archiving and presenting stories relating to conflict. Please find below the information on this series of seminars. Video recordings are available below.

Seminar 1 - Textile Stories on Conflict

Date	17th October 2013
Time	12:30pm
Location	Room MI022, Aberfoyle House, Magee Campus, University of Ulster.
Organisation	INCORE: Accounts of the Conflict
Series Title	Accounts of the Conflict Seminar Series [1st seminar in series]
Title	'Textile Stories on Conflict'- Full Seminar Details
Presenter(s)	Roberta Bacic Roberta taught at Universidad Austral de Chile from 1973 to 1981. From 1982 she worked in Carlos Anwandter German Institute and San Mateo College both in Chile. Between 1993 and 1996, she worked for the National Corporation of Reparation and Reconciliation, the successor to the Truth Commission. During this time she also taught in Human Rights at the Catholic University, Temuco, Chile. She then moved to the United Kingdom and took up the position of Programme and Development Officer for War Resisters' International where she worked between 1998 and 2002. She moved to Northern Ireland in 2004. Since 2008, Roberta has curated more than 50 international exhibitions of arpilleras. Over time, these exhibitions have expanded from arpilleras from Pinochet's Chile, to include expressions of loss, protest and healing from around the world.
Publications	For a general overview of the exhibitions and associated activities that have taken place since 2008, please visit www.cain.ulst.ac.uk/quilts.
Photos	Roberta Bacic delivers her seminar at University of Ulster Magee Campus  Roberta with members of the Accounts of the Conflict team

Seminar 2 - The Role of Archives in Dealing with the Past

Date	14th January 2014
Time	12:00pm
Location	Conference Room A, NICVA, 61 Duncairn Gardens, Belfast BT15 2GB.
Organisation	INCORE: Accounts of the Conflict
Series Title	Accounts of the Conflict Seminar Series [2nd seminar in series]
Title	'The Role of Archives in Dealing with the Past' - Full Seminar Details
Presenter(s)	Elisabeth Baumgartner Since 2011 Elisabeth has been the head of swisspeace's Dealing with the Past program. One of the projects of this program is called "Archives and Dealing with the Past". The goal of this project is to make a significant contribution to preserving, securing and making accessible archives and records of past human rights violations in countries that have experienced gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law and to raise the awareness on the importance of archives and data collections of human rights violations within a broader understanding of dealing with the past initiatives.
Publications	Elisabeth Baumgartner Seminar Presentation [PDF; 5.56MB] Accompanying presentation notes [PDF; 361KB] For a general overview of the project please visit the swisspeace Archives Project website.
Photos	Elisabeth Baumgartner delivers her seminar at NICVA Elisabeth with Prof Brandon Hamber and Dr Brendan Lynn

Seminar 3 - How to deal with our recent past by making important materials or sources available online?

Date	5th February 2014
Time	12.00pm
Location	MD008, Main Building, Magee Campus, University of Ulster
Organisation	INCORE: Accounts of the Conflict
Series Title	Accounts of the Conflict Seminar Series [3rd seminar in series]
Title	'How to deal with our recent past by making important materials or sources available online?' - Full Seminar Details
Presenter(s)	Iratxe Momoitio Astorkia Iratxe has been Director of the Gernika Peace Museum (unique peace museum in the Basque Country and Spain) since its creation in the year 1998. She has published several articles about Memory, the bombing of Gernika and the Spanish Civil War, about the importance of Art and Peace and about the Gernika Peace Museum in different books and magazines (from Spain and other countries). She is involved in several International Networks and has been commissioned to participate on an expert group (2012) to design the content and viability of the “Instituto de la Memoria” (Institute of Memory) in the Basque Country.
Publications	University of Ulster Press Release
Photos	Iratxe Momoitio Astorkia with (L-R) Dr Brendan Lynn, Ms Grainne Kelly & Prof Brandon Hamber from INCORE & Accounts of the Conflict project Iratxe Momoitio Astorkia seminar at Magee Campus

Seminar 4 - Remembering, Forgetting and South Africa

Date	19th March 2014
Time	12.00pm
Location	Skainos, 239 Newtonards Road, Belfast
Organisation	INCORE: Accounts of the Conflict
Series Title	Accounts of the Conflict Seminar Series [4th seminar in series]
Title	'Remembering, Forgetting and South Africa'
Presenter(s)	Verne Harris Verne is Director of Research and Archive at the Nelson Mandela Foundation and was Mandela’s archivist from 2004 to 2013. He is an honorary research fellow with the University of Cape Town, participated in a range of structures which transformed South Africa’s apartheid archival landscape, including the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and is a former Deputy Director of the National Archives. Widely published, he is probably best-known for leading the editorial team on the best-seller Nelson Mandela: Conversations with Myself. He is the recipient of archival publication awards from Australia, Canada and South Africa, and both his novels were short-listed for South Africa’s M-Net Book Prize. He has served on the Boards of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, the Freedom of Expression Institute, and the South African History Archive.
Publications	NI Foundation article on Verne Harris.
Photos	Verne Harris delivers his seminar for the Accounts of the Conflict project at SKAINOS, Belfast   Verne Harris with members of the Accounts of the Conflict project team

Seminar 5 - Archive Development and Civic Engagement at Sites of Conscience

Date	16th April 2014
Time	12.00pm
Location	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), 2 Titanic Boulevard, Belfast BT3 9HQ
Organisation	INCORE: Accounts of the Conflict
Series Title	Accounts of the Conflict Seminar Series [5th seminar in series]
Title	'Archive Development and Civic Engagement at Sites of Conscience'
Presenter(s)	Liz Silkes Liz has over 20 years’ experience in non-profit leadership and development, with a particular expertise in guiding the strategic growth of dynamic international organizations. Before joining the Coalition, she served as CEO of Cinereach, a foundation supporting media projects focused on social change, and as Executive Director of FilmAid International, a humanitarian relief organization using film and video to address the needs of refugees and other displaced communities. She currently serves on the board of ICOM-US, the U.S. National Committee of the International Council of Museums, and is a member of the Law Advisory Council for the Fetzer Institute.
Publications	sitesofconscience.org
Photos	&nbsp Liz Silkes with members of the the Accounts of the Conflict Team & Local Advisory Group &nbsp Liz Silkes delivers her seminar at PRONI, Belfast

Seminar 6 - The Art of Remembering: Evoking Memories and Legacies of the Korean War