27 May 2019 - Joint Seminar "Collective Trauma and Religion: Perspectives on History and Healing in Cases of Abuse in Catholic Institutions"

Joint Seminar of the Centre for Religion and Heritage and the Centre for Religion, Health, Wellbeing

Date and Time: May 27^th, 15:00- 17:00

Location: room 253, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Oude Boteringestraat 38, 9712 GK, Groningen.

These issues raise a number of questions about the relationship of religious heritage and individual and collective healing that we want to explore in this seminar. First, we will hear from historian Sean O’Connell of the Queen’s University Belfast, who is writing a history of the Magdalene laundries and mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland. Following the lecture, we will have a discussion together with psychologist Hanneke Muthert and Annemie Knibbe (confidential counselor to victims of abuse in Catholic institutional settings) and Joram Tarusarira, expert on conflict transformation and reconciliation, to reflect on the relationship of history and healing in such cases of collective trauma.

Program

15:00: Coffee and Tea

15:15: Lecture: Prof. Sean O’Connell, Queen’s University Belfast:

The challenges of writing history for the State: researching Catholic Magdalene laundries and mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland

16:00: Round table with Hanneke Muthert, Annemie Knibbe-van Dijck, Joram Tarusarira