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January 2020

Brexit, Citizens’ Assemblies and the future of Democracy in the UK

6th January 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Canada Room and Council Chamber, Queen's University Belfast, University Road
Belfast, BT7 1NN United Kingdom
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Join us for our first event of 2020 with Dr Alan Renwick from the UCL Constitution Unit. Registration from 6pm; talk starts 6.30pm.

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Repowering Democracy? Community participation in the energy transition

9th January 2020 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Canada Room and Council Chamber, Queen's University Belfast, University Road
Belfast, BT7 1NN United Kingdom
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This interactive session explores energy democracy and community participation in the energy transition with a focus on citizen energy in Northern Ireland.

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February 2020

Queen’s Policy Engagement Post-Brexit Clinic – February 2020

4th February 2020 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Canada Room and Council Chamber, Queen's University Belfast, University Road
Belfast, BT7 1NN United Kingdom
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Join us for what promises to be the first post-Brexit Clinic here at Queen's Policy Engagement.

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March 2020

A Women’s Constitution: Won for All?

4th March 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Edgar Graham Room, Main Site Tower, 02.002, School of Law, QUB, University Square
Belfast, Antrim BT7 1NN United Kingdom
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What would a woman-friendly constitution look like? Would a women-friendly constitution benefit other marginalised groups? How might it happen? Join us for this International Women's Day Event to explore these questions and others.

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Any new events will be held online due to the pandemic.

18th March 2020 @ 8:00 am - 30th September 2020 @ 5:00 pm
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A Women’s Constitution: Won for All?

18th March 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Edgar Graham Room, Main Site Tower, 02.002, School of Law, QUB, University Square
Belfast, Antrim BT7 1NN United Kingdom
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Japan and Brexit

Conversations on the constitutional status of Northern Ireland are flourishing in public and behind the scenes. So far, most of these conversations have focused on UK union, Irish unity and their implications for rights, equality, health, education and the economy. The impacts of constitutional change on women’s and other marginalised lives are rarely considered. This International Women’s Day event is an opportunity, open to all, to consider the following: what would a woman-friendly constitution look like? Would a women-friendly constitution…

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Recycling History: The Bicycle and Protest in Ireland with Barry Sheppard – ONLINE CHECK OUT IMAGINEBELFAST.COM

23rd March 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Old Staff Common Room, Queen's University Belfast, University Road
Belfast, BT7 1NN United Kingdom
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Since the late nineteenth century, the humble bicycle has played a minor, yet significant role in Irish history. Internationally, the bicycle has been an integral instrument of protest and cultural change. From use during times of revolution, to a tool of cultural nationalism, and a vehicle for calling attention to indigenous language rights, the bicycle is inextricably linked to a formative period in Ireland’s history. This lecture will highlight the role the bicycle has played in history ‘from below’ in…

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The Democratic Imagination – CANCELLED

24th March 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Can you imagine talking to a stranger about politics? About a political issue that you disagree on?

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The Role of Journalism in Northern Ireland – CANCELLED

24th March 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Emeleus Lecture Theatre, Queen's University
Belfast, BT7 1NN
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This panel discussion will explore the role that journalism has played in Northern Ireland, hearing from iconic voices of TV, radio and print.

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Midnight Traveller – screening at QFT – CANCELLED

24th March 2020 @ 6:20 pm - 8:10 pm
Queen’s Film Theatre, 20 University Road
Belfast, Northern Ireland BT7 1NN United Kingdom
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We are currently in the midst of Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II — one million refugees in 2015 alone. Filmmakers Hassan Fazili, his wife Fatima Hossaini, and their two daughters, Nargis and Zahra, became four of those one million. When the Taliban put a bounty on Fazili’s head, the family were forced to flee their home country and seek asylum; Midnight Traveller is an incredibly moving, unusual and highly personal take on a refugee story — the entire feature-length…

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