Understanding Change in Contemporary Conflict

 1st Nottingham Postgraduate Conference on Security and Conflict 2014

The organising committee would like to invite you to 1^st Nottingham Postgraduate Conference on Security and Conflict, hosted by the University of Nottingham under the aegis of the School of Politics and International Relations on the 8^th March 2014. The theme of the event is Understanding Change in Contemporary Conflict and the conference offers four different panels:

PMSCs – “New” Actors in Modern Warfare?
Debating Contemporary Forms of Conflict
Military and Security Issues in Asia and the Pacific
Conflict resolution, Peace-keeping and Peace-building

 It is our great pleasure to introduce our keynote speaker for the conference,

Dr Sibylle Scheipers

Lecturer at the University of St. Andrews,

Former Director of Studies for the Changing Character of War Programme,

 Oxford University

For registration and general enquiries, please contact notts.pgr.conference2014@gmail.com.

For specific enquiries in regards to the individual panels, please contact the organising committee member in charge.

Submissions should include: title of paper, full name(s), current position, an email address.

Deadline for abstract submissions is 1^st December 2013.

A limited number of travel bursaries are available for applicants.