Fireside Peace Chat

Join the ‘College & Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law’ for their latest Fireside Peace Chats event, co-hosted by Leiden University College, on 2 May. These events are informal, intimate discussions with global expert peacebuilders. They are delighted to invite you to a special event, “European Strategic Autonomy and a Rising China: Can Europe […]

Fireside Peace Chats series are informal, intimate chats with peacebuilders who have either lived in for an extended period of time or are from conflict-affected environments. Fireside Peace Chats are a joint initiative of Leiden University College The Hague (LUC), Knowledge Platform for Security and Rule of the Law (KPSRL), and The Hague Humanity Hub (THHH), […]

Overview: Join us for the next edition in the Fireside Peace Chats series with fellows from the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP). This edition is titled “Intersectional Insights: NGOs Advancing Youth, Feminist, and Human Rights-Based Perspectives.” The fellows will share experiences from local peacebuilding efforts addressing crucial issues such as gender equality, youth empowerment […]

Overview Join us on March 19 for the next edition in the Fireside Peace Chats series with Hans Gutbrod. This edition is titled "Ethics of Political Commemoration: Applying a new Paradigm to Remembrance". Hans is an experienced peacebuilding practitioner with experience working in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Timor Leste. About Hans Hans Gutbrod has worked in diverse contexts with policy research, […]

Are you a student or young professional looking to pursue a career within the EU institutions? Do you wish you had some insights into what an EU career can look like and how the application process works? Join us for a Fireside Chat with Caroline Richelle, head of the political section of the European Commission […]

Overview Join us for the next edition in the Fireside Peace Chats series with Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) for Peacebuilding Support at the United Nations. This edition is titled “Navigating Conflict: The UN’s Role in Peacebuilding and Peacemaking,” following Ms. Spehar’s professional journey, we will explore the opportunities and challenges for the UN in […]

Join us for the next edition in the Fireside Peace Chats series, titled “Global Cycles of Conflict: The Armed Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Abroad”. This edition takes place with a human rights defender from the Great Lakes region of Africa and current Shelter City Deventer guest. This speaker is a part of the Congolese […]

Join us for the next edition in the Fireside Peace Chats series, titled “Children's Rights, Crimes Against Humanity and Access to Justice: Research, Practice and Experience”. This edition takes place with a children’s rights defender and current Shelter City guest. This speaker has a decade of working with children in vulnerable situations and contributes to […]

Join us for the next edition in the Fireside Peace Chats (FPC) series, titled “Civil Society and Peace, in Sri Lanka and the World”. In this session, we welcome Sweta Velpillay, a peacebuilding practitioner whose work focuses on creating alternative and equitable forms of global collaboration for peace. Sweta brings extensive experience advising peacebuilding programmes […]

Overview This event will be held in Dutch. How can we achieve peace in our own city? What scope is there for dialogue as an instrument for peace, amid increasing tensions in Dutch society? Come to the upcoming edition of Fireside Peace Chats, where we will talk to Jakob de Jonge, chair of The Hague […]

  In this next edition of FPC, we will discuss the unique perspective and position that youth can and should play in advancing peace from the local to the global level. Our guest speaker for this FPC edition is Jonathan van Varik, youth worker, freelance peace-builder, and the lead coordinator of the 2026 Youth Peace […]

Join us for an informal conversation with Wangechi Grace Kahuria on defending the human rights of youth movements in Kenya. In this edition of the Fireside Peace Chats (FPC) series, we welcome Wangechi Grace Kahuria, a Kenyan civil rights activist and the Executive Director of IMLU, a Health, Governance and Human Rights Organisation involved in […]

On the International Day of Peace, Hope Box, The Hague Humanity Hub, Leiden University College and Amare come together for an evening of art and dialogue as part of Hope Box – Piece for World Peace. The programme opens with the hoisting of a Hope Box Kite for World Peace and artistic action by Hope […]

UPDATE: You can join the event online, at this link. Join us for a dialogue on Household Conflict, Polygamy, and the Limits of Malawi's Peaceful Reputation. Peace and conflict studies has traditionally organised itself around conflict between states, ethnic groups, or religions, with the household treated as a separate, private sphere outside its scope (Cockburn, […]