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C.R.S. Newsletter 2009A
Biannual newsletter of the Conflict Research Society (UK)
Charity number 306136 www.conflictresearchsociety.org.uk. Secretary: Steve Hills, s.r.hills@shu.ac.uk
Issue Editor: Gordon Burt, IET, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA g.j.burt@open.ac.uk
We welcome news items about members’ publications, career moves, honours etc. Short articles are also welcome. Views are those of individual contributors, and do not necessarily represent those of the CRS. Within the remit of the Society’s aims, we welcome diverse viewpoints to stimulate informed debate.
Welcome to our new readers! ‘Old’ readers will be surprised not to see the familiar name of David Maxwell. David is standing down from his role as Editor. David’s newsletters have consistently provided a rich record of CRS activities, of conflict research in general and of contemporary world events. Many thanks, David.
Contents
Research fields
Annual Conference 2008: Conflict and Complexity I
Annual Conference 2009: Conflict and Complexity II
Conflict, complexity and mathematical social science
Drama theory
Economics
Environment
Faith
Peace psychology
Peace research
Restorative justice
Yesteryear: 1964
Research departments
Coventry University: Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies
York St. John University: Centre for Peace Studies
Society news
Cedric Smith Prize
Creating a ‘Platform for Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation
Resources’
We welcome your views!
The CRS Council … Honorary Life Members
Dates: CRS events in 2009
March 31st: please submit your abstract for the Annual Conference
June 11th, Thursday, at Imperial College: Conflict, Complexity and Mathematical Social Science II
June 30th: please register for the Annual Conference
June 30th: deadline for entries for Cedric Smith Prize
July 8th, Wednesday at LSE: Modelling Social Conflict (Gordon Burt)
September, Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th at the University of Kent, Canterbury:
Annual Conference - Conflict and Complexity II
October 10th, Saturday at University of Syracuse, London Programme: AGM and talk [to be announced]
November: Future climate change and the spectre of corporate conflict management
Leeds Metropolitan Univ.
Research fields
Annual Conference 2008: Conflict and Complexity I
The 2008 Annual Conference ran from 2nd to 3rd September and was hosted by the newly-launched Conflict Analysis Research Centre at the University of Kent under the directorship of Professor Hugh Miall. The Centre’s team of Kiyo Miyamoto, Natalia Léal, André Barrinha and Sam Passow ensured that the conference ran smoothly for the forty-five delegates who attended. A tense moment was when we thought the buffet lunch might be insufficient, but seasoned conferencer Professor John Groom counted the chicken sticks and assured us that there was plenty for all. The evening before the conference, there was an informal gathering at the Gulbenkian Café Bar - starting with just two of us at 5.30pm more and more tables had to be adjoined as more people turned up, the management eventually leaving us to lock up around 11pm! The following evening conversation and wine flowed at the conference dinner, the young in body and young at heart afterwards taking the trip down the hill to Canterbury town. The final afternoon, those who lingered after the end of the conference were treated to bright sunshine for their daylight visit to the town.
Oh! – you want to know about the sessions? The thirty presentations provided a rich and varied programme, grouped into sections on:
The Middle East: radical disagreement, asymmetric warfare and negotiation
Language and conflict: keywords, frameworks and metaphors
Europe: security, defence and crisis management
Social conflict and cooperation
Restorative justice; complexity models
Data and models: subtleties and limitations
Networks and resistance; international involvement
Contemporary conflict, complexity models and the hermeneutic net
Culture, tension and conflict in organisations
Complexity: power sharing and conflict resolution
USA: the war on terror, public opinion and voting systems
Conflict, security and complexity: approaches and debates
Abstracts and papers are available, see A; and for a synopsis, see B:
A: http://www.kent.ac.uk/politics/carc/research/conference.html.B: http://iet-staff.open.ac.uk/g.j.burt/synopsis08.htm.
During the conference there was a commemoration of Keith Webb’s life and work (see CRS Newsletter 2008A, pp. 4-5). This was attended by family, friends and colleagues of Keith. John Groom, Hugh Miall and Andy Williams recalled warm memories of Keith; Gordon Burt read tributes which had been sent from across the Atlantic from Chris Mitchell recalling City University days and Dennis Sandole recalling earlier postgrad days at Strathclyde; and the Chinese ambassador recalling her days as a student of Keiths’ at Canterbury. A tree was planted outside looking down on the town (including I think the cricket pitch!).
The conference was full of energy and enthusiasm – so much so that there was a demand for a second helping – see the following item!
Annual Conference 2009: Conflict and Complexity II
If you wish to attend or present a paper at the 2009 Annual Conference on 7th-9th September at the University of Kent, please contact Gordon Burt: g.j.burt@open.ac.uk.
Conflict, complexity and mathematical social science
The CRS programme for 2009 opened on 7th January with a one-day conference at the LSE on Conflict, Complexity and Mathematical Social Science. This was a specialist conference focusing on mathematical modelling and as such it complemented the Conflict and Complexity conference in September. With eight presentations and twenty-one people attending it was remarkably successful in its aim of bringing together researchers in the following fields: peace and conflict science, complexity theory, mathematical biology, artificial intelligence, mathematical psychology, mathematical sociology, mathematical political science, mathematical economics, regional science, statistics and mathematics.
http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/getfile.cfm?documentfileid=14878
It was agreed that it would be good to have regular meetings, two or three times a year, and Jeremy Pitt of Imperial College has offered to host the next conference:
June 11th 2009: Conflict, Complexity and Mathematical Social Science, II, at Imperial College, 10.00-17.00.
If you wish to attend or present a paper, please contact Gordon: g.j.burt@open.ac.uk.
July 8th 2009: Modelling Social Conflict, at the LSE, 10.00-17.00. Gordon Burt will present eight seminars showing how modelling in various academic disciplines can give an insight into social conflict. The seminars are designed to be accessible and participative. Participants will receive a 300-page monograph, Lecture Notes on Conflict, Complexity and Mathematical Social Science, which supports the seminars.
For further information on the workshop and on the monograph, see:
http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/document.cfm?docid=12158 .
If you are interested in either, please contact Gordon: g.j.burt@open.ac.uk
September 21st to 25th 2009: European Conference on Complex Systems, Warwick University. We are working on a proposal for a satellite conference.
http://eccs09.info/
Other events:
June 11th 2009: The Flow of Information in Complex Networks, 17.00 – 18.00. Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge. A talk by Jon Kleinberg (Cornell). If you travel at the speed of light you can do Cambridge as well as Imperial!
You can find out more at: http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/15642
September 14th to 18th 2009: European Social Simulation Association (ESSA) annual conference at Surrey University, Guildford.
The Social Simulation and Social Conflict special interest group calls for papers:
http://www.essa.eu.org/Special%20Interest%20Groups/SIGSCSSPanelAtESSA2009Conference
November 19th, 2009: ‘Mathematics in Defence’
at Cody Technology Park, Farnborough, Hampshire, UK
Sponsored by the IMA, Defence, Science and Technology Laboratories (DSTL) and QinetiQ. http://www.ima.org.uk/Conferences/maths_in_defence09.html
June 28th-30th, 2010: 'Analysing Conflict Transformation' (provisional title);
in Oxford. Jim Bryant will be chairing a follow-up to the 2004 conference held under the auspices of the IMA on 'Analysing Conflict and its Resolution': http://www.ima.org.uk/conflict/index.html
Note: the IMA is the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, http://www.ima.org.uk/
Drama theory
Drama theory seems to be a favourite with the CRS. The mini-conference that we held on the topic in 1996 and the more ambitious one in 2000 both attracted a good number of participants. So it was not a total surprise to receive a pleasing flow of registrations for a new series of workshops on the subject, being held in London this winter. Indeed one Devon-based registrant quickly called together a substantial group of West Country - based colleagues, which has justified running a second almost concurrent series of events in Bristol. At the time of writing the London group is ‘live’ and with the editor’s indulgence I shall report later in the year on the eventual outcome at both sites.
Meantime though what have those attending encountered? Drama theory is a logical framework that has been developed to throw light upon complex strategic situations, and which does so by building upon on its root metaphor of interaction as drama. Like game theory it recognises the independence and interdependence of parties caught up in those crises of conflict or co-operation that characterise human society. However, while game theory espouses instrumental rationality – finding the means to an end - as the basis of its analytical engine, drama theory takes a broader view, with a concept of rationality embracing the changing beliefs and preferences that typify social exchanges. In drama theory we do not look for some equilibrium state, but instead surface the so-called dilemmas facing parties at a ‘moment of truth’. These dilemmas concern parties’ desire to be credible in the eyes of others, whether when making threats or when offering promises. Drama theory has been used as an analytical tool, supporting protagonists in conflicts and collaborations; as a means of designing role-play exercises to rehearse strategy; and as a facilitative device for those seeking to understand the dynamics of specific conflicts.
What went on at the first workshop? We began puzzling over the peaceful denouement of the film ‘Pulp Fiction’ and thinking about the sorts of situations that we would be addressing, before getting immersed in the concepts and language of drama theory. This was a challenge for those new to the ideas, but hopefully with the mutual support offered by a web-based forum that has been set up to complement the workshops, everyone will become proficient by the third and final workshop in April! If you’d like to learn more about the approach then look out later in the year to see if we shall be running any more workshops.
Jim Bryant, j.w.bryant@shu.ac.uk, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Sheffield, S1 1WB
Economics
ESRC/The British Academy Public Policy Seminar
'Recession and the world economy: herd behaviour, contagion and regulation'
3 March 2009
Review of Economic Dynamics, Volume 12, Issue 2, April 2009, abstracts, articles: http://www.economicdynamics.org/RED1312.htm#102
26-27 June 2009, Australasian Conference on the Economics and Politics of War and Peace, University of Sydney, Australia.
http://conferences.arts.usyd.edu.au/index.php?cf=25
Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy: www.bepress.com/peps
Environment:
The environment has featured in previous issues of the newsletter: Al Gore’s book, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ (2006); also, a Green perspective on economic globalisation.
‘Future climate change and the spectre of corporate conflict management’
A conference will be held at Leeds Metropolitan University during November 2009, as part of a series organised in conjunction with the Climate Change and Crisis Forum. Thanks to generous support from CRS, fees for this event will be kept to a minimum and we will be encouraging a peace and research-activist orientation to our deliberations.
This event seeks to extend the discussions of previous climate change and violence workshops by exploring more fully not only the thinking behind 'securing the state' and its interest but also how already existing technologies of control and surveillance may be utilised, or further developed as the climate emergency spreads.. This area of corporate collusion in creating military and para-military "technical fixes" for the consequences of climate change is relatively under explored,
Therefore the focus of this event will be largely concerned with two aspects of this subject. Firstly, it seeks to plot by way of examples, precedents, and evidence of current military R&D, how relationships between big government and the corporate sector are likely to develop to safeguard and, or perpetuate state and/or corporate interests for 'business as usual', even as climate crisis gathers pace. Secondly, and more exactly, we will be seeking to pick up on the question of whether or not this crisis will lead to a new 'security' paradigm. Can we expect a new intensification of control and surveillance mechanisms in the face of likely mass environmental refugee flows at and beyond borders? Is the emerging doctrine of MOUT ('Military Operations in Urbanised Terrain') likely to undergo a further metamorphosis? These are important issues since despite the rapid pace in innovation in weapons and new systems to control large numbers of people resulting from the massive funds released by the US driven so called "War on Terror" there has been little discussion on the future use and legacy of such systems and their proliferation.
What will be the impact of climate change on R&D associated with WMD as well as on the strategic planning and deployment of a potential new generation of nuclear, including possibly space, weaponry? In turn will this sort of thinking be complicated, yet at the same time amplified by, the building of a new generation of nuclear power stations? We will finally in this session pose a more general question. Is a perpetuated and enhanced Military Industrial Complex Media Entertainment complex, likely to be an aspect of a climate changed world which is beneficial to the sustenance and security of the common weal, or an added threat to it? Or posed another way, is it as likely to be as much, if not more part of the problem, as part of the solution? And if what we see being generated are yet even more sophisticated mechanisms for enforcing structural violence and deepening inequalities between North and South, what are we going to do about it?
Steve Wright, s.t.wright@leedsmet.ac.uk
Faith
Steve also plans an international conference on Interfaith Dialogue & Peace, 2010/11.
Peace psychology
Previous issues of the CRS Newsletter have reported the first symposium on the psychology of peace and conflict in 2005; the development of ‘Psychology applied to Peace, Conflict and Reconciliation’ (PAPCAR) and the PAPCAR conference of 2007; and in 2008 a review of the book Peace Psychology edited by Herbert Blumberg, Paul Hare and Anna Costin.
Now the second one‑day symposium devoted to the psychology of peace and conflict is to be held on Saturday, 7 March 2009 from 10:00‑5.00 (registration/arrival from 9:30) at Goldsmiths College (University of London), sponsored by the Conflict Research Society and by Goldsmiths' Department of Psychology. "Peace psychology" is once again defined broadly.
For a state-of-the-art paradigm covering the whole of peace psychology, see Christie, Tint, Wagner, and Winter (2008). In meeting contemporary challenges, it is encouraging that there may be potentially viable interventions at all stages of pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict situations. The article's summary is as follows.
"Although the literature in peace psychology has been growing rapidly, many ... psychologists are unaware of how conflict is resolved and peace is conceptualized and achieved. This article reviews the long history and broadening scope of peace psychology and introduces a model of peace that is useful for organizing the literature. The model suggests that peace can be facilitated at four different points of intervention. The authors discuss relationships between positive and negative peace, structural and direct violence, and peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peacebuilding. They advance some challenges for peace psychologists and conclude that peace psychology is a crucial field for grappling with humanity's most pressing problems in the coming decades."
Christie, Daniel J.; Tint, Barbara S.; Wagner, Richard V.; & Winter, Deborah DuNann. (2008). Peace psychology for a peaceful world. American Psychologist, 63, 540-552.
An Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology is in preparation for Wiley-Blackwell (UK & USA). The work is being edited by Daniel J. Christie (christie.1@osu.edu), with Cristina Montiel as Managing Editor. Volume 1 covers introduction to peace psychology, methods, psychological processes, and theories. Volume 2 provides an A-Z sequence of articles on concepts.
The Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence is Division 48 of the American Psychological Society: http://www.webster.edu/peacepsychology/
Herbert H. Blumberg, h.blumberg@gold.ac.uk, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London SE14 6NW, England
Peace research
The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace (Nigel Young, Editor-in-Chief) is well on its way to completion. This four-volume multidisciplinary work is being published by Oxford University Press and includes definitive coverage of world peace with approximately 900 articles by over 350 contributors. This comes to over 1.6 million words plus documents! More information should soon be available at www.oup.com (select United States and then "browse or shop online"). Meanwhile, editorial enquiries can be directed to peacepedia07@googlemail.com or peace.encyc@oup.com
Peace research conferences
European Peace Science Conference
June 29th-1st July, 2009: Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam.
NEPSconference@gmail.com
Peace Science Society International
November 20th -22nd, 2009: Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
http://pss.la.psu.edu/
International Peace Research Association
Asia Pacific Peace Research Association
2010: Australia
http://soc.kuleuven.be/iieb/ipraweb/index.php?action=home&cat=home
http://www.aperahk.org/
Restorative justice
Last Easter at the CRS Peace Theory and Practice seminar, Martin Wright gave a talk on restorative justice. The following is from the European Forum for Restorative Justice (2008), 9, 1, p. 5 [http://www.euforumrj.org].
Images of restorative justice theory, by Robert Mackay, Marko Bošnjak, Johan Deklerck, Christa Pelikan, Bas van Stokkom and Martin Wright (eds.) (2008). This is the product of discussions over four years in an international and multidisciplinary group funded by the COST Action A21 ‘Restorative justice developments in Europe’. Experienced academics and researchers deepen the understanding of restorative justice from the broad perspective of macro-theories down to a focus on micro dynamics in restorative justice procedures. Purchasable from the publisher at: www.polizeiwisschenschaft.de.
Making Good. Prisons, Punishment and Beyond, by Martin Wright (2008), reprinted with a foreword by Vivien Stern. The author starts by demonstrating that neither the conservative idea of deterrence through punishment nor the liberal idea of rehabilitation has worked in practice. In their place he proposes the basis for a radical but carefully worked out practical philosophy which would place the emphasis on the offender making amends to the victim, and to society for the damage caused. For more information: www.watersidepress.co.uk.
Restoring Respect for Justice, by Martin Wright (2nd ed. 2008) with a foreword by Howard Zehr. This book challenges, from several points of view, many ‘sacred cows’ of crime and punishment by focusing on the effect on the people who suffer directly, the victims. Reviewing psychological research it questions the assumption that punishment 'works'; it also dissects conventional theories about what sentencing is supposed to achieve. For more information: www.watersidepress.co.uk’
Dr Martin Wright, martinw@phonecoop.coop, 19 Hillside Road, London SW2 3Hl.
Yesteryear: 1964
‘The stimulation of University-based seminars on problems of conflict and peace has, from the start, been one of the aims of the Society … the LSE seminar group studied Boulding’s Conflict and Defence …’ E. J. de Kadt, CRS committee, 22nd April 1964.
Research departments
Previous issues of the newsletter and the previous sections of this newsletter have covered a number of peace and conflict research departments:
Bradford University, School of Peace Studies
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/peace/
Huddersfield University, Language in Conflict MA
http://www.hud.ac.uk/mh/english/courses/ma-language-conflict.php
Kent University, Conflict Analysis Research Centre
http://www.kent.ac.uk/politics/carc/index.html
Lancaster University, Richardson Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/centres/richinst/index.php
Leeds Metropolitan University, School of Applied Global Ethics
http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/international/age/index_FFD9AB6E004D42999EC6F566E56FB351.htm
Ulster University, U.N. University Centre of International Conflict Research
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/
Coventry University: Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies
Postgraduate study opportunities for 2009-10: MA and Postgraduate Certificate programmes, on campus and by distance learning.
Our core concern is the study of how to achieve peace by peaceful means at all levels. We explore contested concepts such as peace, violence, justice, forgiveness and reconciliation. We also explore methods of transforming violent relationships by nonviolent means. Our aim is to help people develop their capacities, and to this end we also incorporate training in project management specifically designed for those working with peace and change agencies. Graduates work in such fields as peace-building, international relief and development, media, diplomacy, education, religion, conflict resolution and restorative justice. Some scholarships are available for our programmes.
For further information please see http://www.coventry.ac.uk/peacestudy
Email, for inquiries on MA programmes: alan.hunter@coventry.ac.uk; for inquiries
on Postgraduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution Skills: carol.rank@coventry.ac.uk
York St. John University: Centre for Peace Studies
The Centre for Peace Studies has been in existence as a group of academics at York St John now for around three years. The Centre runs a Certificate in Peace Studies:
http://www2.yorksj.ac.uk/apps/Site/Prospectus/default.asp?Course_ID=531#
… and is holding a conference:
July 1st-2nd 2009 Repertoires of Violence: Multidisciplinary Analyses of the Representation of Peace and Conflict York, UK. (please submit abstracts by 6 April)
Contact Stephen Gibson: s.gibson@yorksj.ac.uk; http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/peaceconference
Society news
Cedric Smith Prize for Peace or Conflict Research
The Conflict Research Society awards an annual prize for the most innovative piece of research by a UK-based student in peace and conflict research. The aim is to encourage progress in conflict research, especially amongst younger people, by giving public recognition to exceptional work.
The winner will be awarded a cash sum (£100 in 2009) and a commemorative certificate that will be presented at the Annual Conference of the Society. The winner will normally be expected to make a presentation covering the subject of the prize-winning research at this event. A summary describing the research will also appear in the Society's Journal.
Candidates are invited to submit papers (or single dissertation chapters) within a 2500-word limit, accompanied by a 200-word abstract. Each entry should be supported by a 100-word evaluation provided by the academic staff of the department in which the work was completed.
The work is judged by a small panel nominated by the Council of the Conflict Research Society. The judges' decision is final and correspondence cannot not be entered into. The judges reserve the right not to make an award if in their opinion, no work of sufficient merit is submitted.
In reaching their decision, the assessors will pay attention to:
- The inherent quality of the work, taking account of the circumstances of the study
- The contribution made to the field of peace and conflict research
- The clarity of the exposition of the work
The closing date for entries is 30th June 2009.
All entries for the Cedric Smith Prize - and any enquiries about the process - should be sent to Gordon Burt: g.j.burt@open.ac.uk
The CRS Website: Creating a ‘Platform for Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation Resources’
The CRS website at http://www.conflictresearchsociety.org.uk provides a wide ranging and up to date account and listing of the activities of the Society - including information on how to join the Conflict Research Society. All this is the work of Jim Bryant – many thanks, Jim – who is now handing over the responsibility for website content and development to Tom Woodhouse at the University of Bradford. Our website policy will continue to follow the aims of the Society to provide the best possible service to link the work and interests of conflict researchers across the UK.
The Society, through its links section on the website, is also conscious of the dynamic development of the conflict research field worldwide, and currently approximately thirty links direct researchers to key journals, institutions and associations which represent state of the art work in the field.
As part of its commitment to enhancing support for research via the website, the December Council meeting agreed to explore the feasibility of a new feature within the CRS site, to be called the ‘Platform for Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation Resources’. This would serve as a free space in which all those currently working on conflict resolution, conflict transformation, mediation and related projects in the UK (including the Conflict Research Society ) would be invited to summarise their activities and exchange information. This resource could be developed and expanded over time to become the prime site for UK CR/CT information and knowledge exchange. The Platform will also help to develop further links with major centres and prominent individuals in the field outside the UK. The conflict research field is an exciting and dynamic one which is rapidly growing internationally. Key networks of researchers and rich sources of data, knowledge, and skills are now being promoted on accessible and sophisticated websites on all continents.
Beyond the role of the website as a static source of information and information exchange, the conflict research field and the CRS also recognises the rise in the importance and influence of information and communication technologies in conflict research, mediation and conflict processes. As the Platform develops it may be possible for the CRS to support work on the use of current and emergent web based technologies to open up new opportunities for dialogue and negotiation, and their uses in conflict of research, learning and dissemination.
Tom Woodhouse, T.Woodhouse@Bradford.ac.uk, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP
We welcome your views!
We hope you have enjoyed this issue of the newsletter. In order to help us produce the next issue (in August) we would very much welcome your views.
What were your overall reactions to the newsletter?
What did you like?
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Would you like to write a piece for the newsletter?
The CRS Council is about to begin planning the programme of activities for 2010. Here too we would welcome your views.
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What did you like?
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What changes or improvements or additions can you suggest for the programme of activities for 2010?
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Whatever your views, the CRS Council would very much like to hear from you. Please send your comments by post or by email to me and I shall collate them and distribute them to the Council. Dennis Bury, 47 Mayfield Road, Hornsey, London N8 9LL. dennisbury@googlemail.com
The CRS Council … Honorary Life Members
The CRS Council for 2008-2009 is: Herb Blumberg (membership secretary), Jim Bryant, Dennis Bury, Gordon Burt (chair), Peter Emerson, Nick Gale (treasurer), Steve Hills (secretary), Athina Karatzogianni, Julie Lloyd, David Maxwell, Hugh Miall, Oliver Ramsbotham (president), Elizabeth Rosenthal, Martin Wright, Tom Woodhouse, Steve Wright.
I recall our Latin teacher telling us that the Romans always put the most important item at the end of the sentence for emphasis! In recognition of their long and important service to the Society, the following Honorary Life Members have been appointed: Elizabeth Rosenthal, David Maxwell, James O’Connell and Tony de Reuck. Congratulations, Elizabeth, David, James and Tony! - and thank you for all you have done for the Society. |