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SUMMARY:Gender\, UN Peacebuilding and the Politics of Space - Prof Laura S
 hepherd\, Sydney University &amp\;  Dr Maria Martin de Almagro\, POLIS
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CONTACT:Romy Schirrmeister
DESCRIPTION:*Prof Laura J. Shepherd in conversation with Dr Maria Martin d
 e Almagro*\n\n_This event is sponsored by the *Centre for Gender Studies* 
 and the *Centre of Governance and Human Rights*_\n\nThe United Nations is 
 an organization founded at least in part on hope: hope for a post-war futu
 re offering security\, human rights\, justice\, “social progress and bet
 ter standards of life in larger freedom.” Laura Shepherd’s book docume
 nts some of the ways in which the UN engages with peacebuilding as a pract
 ice of hope\, under the auspices of the UN Peacebuilding Commission that w
 as created in 2005. Currently\, the organization is involved in reconstruc
 tion and peacebuilding activities in six countries. Yet\, a 2010 review by
  permanent representatives to the United Nations found that the hopes of t
 he UN peacebuilding architecture have not materialised. This book engages
  with the work that gender is doing conceptually to organize the way that 
 peacebuilding is defined\, enacted\, and resourced\, as well as exploring 
 the ways in which women\, gender\, and civil society are constructed in UN
  peacebuilding discourse. \n\n*Laura J. Shepherd* is a Professor of Intern
 ational Relations at Sydney University. Laura is also a Visiting Senior Fe
 llow at the LSE Centre for Women\, Peace and Security in London\, UK. Laur
 a’s research focuses on gender politics\, international relations and cr
 itical security studies. Her primary research focuses on the United Nation
 s Security Council’s ‘Women\, Peace and Security’ agenda. She has wr
 itten extensively on the formulation of UNSCR1325 and subsequent Women\, P
 eace and Security resolutions. Laura is particularly interested in post-st
 ructural accounts of gender and security\; much of her work investigates c
 oncepts and performances of authority\, legitimacy and power through these
  theoretical frameworks. She also has strong interests in pedagogy and pop
 ular culture.\n\n*Maria Martin de Almagro* is a Marie Curie Fellow at POLI
 S and a College Research Associate at Emmanuel.  Drawing on post structur
 al accounts of gender\, IR and security\, she examines how intervening org
 anizations interact with the national and sub-national actors working on v
 iolent conflict and peaceful cooperation.  Maria has written extensively
  on the advocacy around\, and implementation of\, the Women\, Peace and Se
 curity agenda at global\, national\, and local levels in post-conflict con
 texts.\n\n\n_This talk will be followed by a light reception._\n
LOCATION: Room SG2\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Road
 \, Cambridge\, CB3 9DT
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