The University of Notre Dame’s annual Student Peace Conference will take place on April 1-2, 2005. The conference is officially sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and is planned and directed entirely by undergraduate students of the University. Students from universities and colleges across the United States and abroad will participate.

In the spirit of hope for increased global cooperation and transnational dialogue, the theme for this year’s conference is “Crossing Boundaries in the Name of Peace.”

Hal Culbertson
Associate Director, Kroc Institute

2005 Annual Student Peace Conference
“Crossing Boundaries in the Name of Peace”
April 1-2, 2005

Call for Papers

The two-day conference will feature a variety of seminars, lectures, artistic performances, exhibits, and a keynote speaker. We welcome undergraduate and graduate peace visionaries of all majors to submit proposals for presentations. We encourage presentations of peace in all forms and from all disciplines and perspectives.

The Peace Conference Committee invites papers, panel proposals, performances, audio-visual presentations, interactive sessions or workshops that explore transnational and cross-cultural approaches to peace. These presentations may involve completed research, research in-progress, or case studies, especially those reflecting innovative practice. Each presenter will have 10 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion.

Submission themes could focus on, but are not limited to:

* Transnationalism and peace
* Peace in a post-9/11 society
* International law
* International, cross-cultural, or inter-religious dialogue
* The role of the mediator
* Effects of propaganda
* Technology and global politics
* Changing scholarly and popular conceptions of war and peace
* International organizations and non-governmental organizations
* Role of the media in war making and peacekeeping
* Strengths and weaknesses of existing peace movements
* Changing nature of warfare
* Women and/or children and peace
* Peace in contemporary literature
* Economics of peace

Submissions and/or questions may be made via email to Joseph Tan (peacecon@nd.edu). Submissions will be acknowledged within 3 days. Notification of acceptance of proposals will be sent as soon as the reviewing process is completed, not later than early March 2005.

Each submission should include a separate title page, contact information, and a brief 100 word summary of the presentation.

The tentative deadline for proposals is late February 2005.

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Hal Culbertson, Associate Director
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
112 Hesburgh Center for International Studies
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

(574) 631-8832 (phone)
(574) 631-6973 (fax)

Visit the Kroc Institute website at <http://kroc.nd.edu>

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