On 26th February 2016, PISM was pleased to held a public lecture by Richard English, Director of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) - ISIS and the Challenges of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism.

Richard English is Wardlaw Professor of Politics in the School of International Relations, and Director of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), at the University of St Andrews.  He was born in 1963 in Belfast, where he worked at Queen's University between 1989 and 2011.  He is the author of seven books, including the award-winning studies Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA (2003) and Irish Freedom: The History of Nationalism in Ireland (2006).  His most recent book, Modern War: A Very Short Introduction, was published in 2013 by Oxford University Press.  He is also the co-editor/editor of a further six books and has published more than forty journal articles and book chapters.  He is a frequent media commentator on terrorism and political violence, and on Irish politics and history, including work for the BBC, CNN, ITN, SKY NEWS, NPR, RTE, the Irish Times, the Times Literary Supplement, Newsweek, and the Financial Times.  His research has received funding from, among others, the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust, and the Nuffield Foundation.  He is a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA), a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), and an Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. 

MODERATOR:
Kacper Rękawek
Analyst, European Security and Defence Economics project, The Polish Institute of International Affairs

TIME and VENUE:
26 February 2016 (Friday) 10:30-11:30
The Polish Institute of International Affairs
1a Warecka Street, Warsaw
Conference room, 1st floor

Photos by Jadwiga Winiarska