The University of Lincoln will host Visiting Professor, David Cooke, who will deliver a unique public talk of his account of the Northern Ireland ceasefire and secret initiatives of the Northern Ireland Peace Process in 1993.
On the 30th anniversary of the historic Downing Street Agreement, David Cooke, Visiting Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences, will deliver one of the first public accounts by a high-ranking participant in the Northern Ireland Peace Process in 1993. This talk will cover two secret initiatives which led to the ceasefire in 1994.
David Cooke was a senior civil servant, and served in the Northern Ireland Office, the Home Office, and the Cabinet Office. He was involved at crucial times in the Northern Ireland Peace Process. David was subsequently the Chief Executive of the British Board of Film Classification and is now a Visiting Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln. David was previously Academic Visitor at Hertford College, the University of Oxford, specialising in the Northern Ireland Peace process.
The talk is open to the public and free to attend. No prior booking is required and the talk will take place on Tuesday 5 December 2023 at 6pm in the David Chiddick Building, room DCB11010.
For queries about the event, please email Dr Gary Rawnsley: grawnsley@lincoln.ac.uk.