[Commlist] Cancellation: Loughborough (UK) transitional justice conference (8-9 July) and pre-conference (7-8 July)

After serious deliberation, and consultation with Loughborough 
University, we decided today to cancel our upcoming transitional justice 
conference in Loughborough, scheduled for July 8-9.  That includes the 
PGR pre-conference workshops on 7-8 July. We have made this difficult 
decision as a result of monitoring the ongoing COVID-19 situation in 
Europe and around the world. We are aware of the numerous travel 
restrictions in place and national lockdowns currently in effect.

We have considered whether to move the event online. Unfortunately, the 
logistics of organising an online event are currently beyond our 
capabilities. We are an emergent network with limited funding. We are 
hoping to be able to move the conference and pre-conference workshops to 
November 2020 or early 2021 next year before the grant end date of Feb 
2021 (provided of course we are back to ‘normal’ by then).

*Keep abstracts for the main conference and registrations for 
pre-conference workshops coming in so we can get a sense of future 
numbers.*We are hoping to run the conference and pre-conference 
workshops in the same format although we realise that due to the 
unpredictability of the situation some things may have to change at 
short notice. Once we get a better sense of future planning in 
consultation with Loughborough University, we will send early 
notifications of a new timeline by email, Twitter and network website 
(http://ahrc-transitionaljustice.org.uk).

These are unprecedented and worrying times. Our first priority is the 
health and safety of our network members and their families, as well as 
all those whose work is vital for us in our universities and other 
places of work.

All the very best from the conference chairs (Cristian Tileagă & Lavinia 
Stan) and AHRC Network Manager (Rachel Armitage)

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