"In Conversation"

John Paul and Gladys Ganiel

"You're not watering down who you are in order to open a relationship with someone else. You're bringing your full self in honesty and vulnerability. And when those relationships develop, they will develop on the basis that they can sustain themselves with a greater level of trust and respect than if you had tried to hide parts of you that weren't there."

The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen’s University (QUB) hosts Professor John Paul Lederach of the University of Notre Dame (USA) ‘In Conversation’ via Zoom with Dr Gladys Ganiel (QUB). Lederach, an internationally acclaimed expert in conflict transformation, will reflect on the most significant advances in conflict transformation over the course of his career; his own research and practice; religion and reconciliation; and the prospects for peacebuilding in Northern Ireland and further afield. Ganiel’s research specialises in religion, conflict and reconciliation. This is an event related to the 4 Corners Festival organised in partnership with the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute, QUB.

Lederach, John Paul. “In Conversation”: John Paul and Gladys Ganiel. Interview by Gladys Ganiel. Video recording, February 3, 2021.

Recorded by and shared with the permission of the 4 Corners Festival (https://4cornersfestival.com/).

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