October 11, 2005 Source: University of New Brunswick - Saint John:
http://www.unb.ca/news/view.cgi?id=858 HISTORY OF TERRORISM IS SUBJECT OF UNBF CONFERENCE October 11, 2005
UNB Fredericton News Release: D389
Brad Janes, Public Relations Officer (506) 458-7969 The 25th anniversary of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton’s Conflict Studies Conference will focus on the history of terrorism in a timely two-day event at the Wu Conference Centre. Terrorism in History: The Strategic Impact of Terrorism From Sarajevo 1914 to 9/11 will be held from Oct. 14 to 15 and will feature a number of high profile guests including UNBF’s own terrorism expert David Charters. The event is sponsored by UNBF’s Centre for Conflict Studies and Military and Strategic Studies Program. It will explore the question of if, when and why terrorist acts have influenced the course of history. Presentations will include how terrorist activity has led to major inter-state wars, economic crisis, major policy changes, collapse of functioning states and the emergence of new states. Conference papers will also discuss cases in which terrorist groups, events or campaigns failed to exercise a significant impact on global affairs. Dr. Charters is an international expert in the study of terrorism. He will be joined by other noted guests such as Robert White from Indiana’s Purdue University on the formation of the Irish Republican Army by; Stuart Farson of British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University on the Khalistan Movement in India and Canada; and Gavin Cameron from the University of Alberta on the Aum Shinrikyo’s chemical attacks in Japan. A panel will also discuss more recent terrorist activity surrounding 9/11, the subsequent War on Terror and international reactions to that movement. The UNBF centre was founded in 1980 and serves as the university’s Window on the World. Experts monitor and study causes, conduct, containment and consequences of conflict. It is Canada’s leading academic centre for the study of modern warfare specializing in peacekeeping, intelligence, low intensity conflict and its resolutions. The Military and Strategic Studies Program is the teaching arm of the centre. It has established itself as Atlantic Canada’s centre of excellence in military and defence relations history. For further information on the conference contact Dr. Charters at 506-448-7740 or charters@unb.ca or Lee Windsor, the project coordinator for the Centre of Conflict Studies at 506-458-7418 or lwindsor@unb.ca. - 30 -
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