From: JBATES@macollamh.ucd.ie Tue, 9 Jan 96 14:46:52 +0000 (GMT) Tue, 9 Jan 96 14:45:31 +0000 (GMT) To: REVS@csf.colorado.edu Date: 9 Jan 1996 15:48:32 +0000 (GMT) Subject: World Congress on Violence Apologies for any cross-postings. I hope group members find this interesting and want to participate. Yours sincerely Jessica Bates ___CONGRESS ANNOUNCEMENT___ *World Congress on Violence and Human Coexistence* *17-21 August 1997* *Dublin, Ireland* --Theme-- Violence and the Future of Society --Place-- University College Dublin, Ireland and Dublin Castle -- Announcement -- The organisers cordially invite everyone concerned with violence in contemporary society and its implications for the future to take part in this World Congress. A sample list of specialists expected to participate are: concerned organisations, laypersons, theoreticians, clinicians, practitioners, researchers, and teachers in fields of psychology, medicine, criminology, anthropology, biology, ecology, history, sociology, education, and economics. As we move into the next millennium, the World Congress proposes to provide an interdisciplinary, multicultural forum for expression, research, exchange, and problem-solving on the conditions required for the fullness of human coexistence, with a view to achieving a more global and deep understanding of the many eruptions of violence in human life and history. -- Programme -- The World Congress will take place over a period of five days. Plenary sessions and concurrent regular and special sessions are scheduled for August 17, 18, 20, 21. Participating groups and societies may, if they so desire, hold their own meetings on Tuesday August 19. A post-congress meeting will take place on August 23 and 24 in Belfast. Delegates who attend the World Congress in Dublin may register for this. The purpose of the post-congress event will be to develop the themes which are discussed at the World Congress and to form working groups around prominent issues. Further details of the post-congress meeting will be given at a future date. -- Suggested Sections -- GLOBAL AND STRUCTURAL EXAMINATIONS OF VIOLENCE AND NON VIOLENCE 14 Inequality, class, and violence 15 Violence and civilizations 17 Population growth and density and human coexistence 18 Socioeconomic disparities between North and South and within countries 34 Marketing and production of the instruments of violence 35 Decentralization and the social future 36 Violence in history and its impact on the future: E.g. colonialism, imperialism, totalitarianism 54 Eliasian and figurational analyses of violence EXPLANATIONS OF VIOLENCE 13 Foucauldian analyses of violence 16 Universe of discourse, doxa, and non-violence 25 The psychology of violence 26 Personality theory and violence 27 Cognitive disorders and violence 28 Anxiety and mood disorders and violence 43 The nature of enmity 52 Biological approaches to explaining violence 61 Alienation and social disharmony VIOLENT AND NON VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR 12 Sport, violence, and coexistence 23 Violence against the elderly; violence against the handicapped 29 The psychology of caring individuals 32 Recidivist violence 33 Violence and juvenile imprisonment 39 Torture and torturers 45 Existentialist contributions to the understanding of violence 50 Gratuitous violence 51 Violence by the very young 53 Drug-related violence 55 Youth gang violence 56 Domestic violence HUMAN RIGHTS, MINORITY RIGHTS AND ETHNIC RELATIONS 2 Exploitation and violence 10 Ethnicity and non-violence 40 Official and state violence 42 Human rights violations 48 Regionalism, secession, and political coexistence 57 Child soldiers 59 Invisible aspects of violence against women 60 The organized violent control of women and children SPECIFIC REGIONS 7 The situation in former Yugoslavia and the European future 8 Lessons from the violence in Irish history 9 Route to peace in Ireland 38 The disintegration of the Soviet Union and the future of peace 58 Terrorism and nationality in South Asia CULTURE AND VIOLENCE 1 Postmodern culture and violence 3 Language and violence 4 Masculinity, non-violence, and the reinvention of men 6 Religion, fundamentalism, and violence 19 Violence in the media 20 Representations of violence in the arts: cinema, literature, fine arts THE FUTURE OF SOCIETY 5 Education for non-violence 11 Strategies for non-violent outcomes 21 Informal groups and the control of violence 22 Citizen autonomy and healthy communities 24 Citizen action and public safety 30 Solving the problem of rape 31 Organized crime in our times and in the future 37 Darwinian approaches to the future of society 41 Resistances to structural and organized violence 44 A feminist future 46 The future of authenticity and inauthenticity 47 Living in harmony with the natural environment and with other animal species 49 Egoism, rational choice, and social harmony 62 Other --Round table and special sessions -- Special session projects may be proposed to the Chairman of the Congress Organisation by persons and groups. If the projects are approved, the proposers agree to organise the session, designate the chairperson and speakers, and ensure their presence at the Congress. -- Plenary Sessions -- There will also be all-Congress sessions, some with featured speakers, around the conference's main themes. -- Congress languages -- English, French, Spanish, German, depending on sufficient numbers of participants belonging to the respective communities. Rental of multilingual receivers: #10 (before April 30, 1997). --Publication of Proceedings -- The Proceedings of this World Congress will be published. Final papers should be with the Congress Organisers for final approval by October 31 1997. *We do not claim exclusive right to publish papers from this World Congress nor do we guarantee that every paper presented will be published. --Abstracts-- If you are intending to present a paper would you kindly submit your abstract before September 30 1996. Format: 1 page (200 words) maximum. To be received either by email (preferred), by post; on paper or Macintosh disc. -- Registration Details -- Regular participants until 31-05-1996 #IR 80 until 31-05-1997 #IR 90 after 31-05-1997 #IR 100 Accompanying person #IR 35 Accompanying a regular participant Students #IR 15 with valid student card Multilingual receiver #IR 10 Cheque or money order payable to World Coexistence. N.B.: Payment of registration fees is required of all participants. Cancellation Reimbursement of fees prior to 31-05-1996 less #IR 10 prior to 31-05-1997 less #IR 20 after 31-05 1997 no reimbursement -- Lodging -- Student room: Approximately #IR 20 per person per night Hotel with breakfast (three price ratings): (i) Approximately #IR 35 (per person per night) (ii) Approximately #IR 47 (per person per night) (iii) Approximately #IR 52 (per person per night) N.B.: Prices subject to change with inflation. There is limited hotel accommodation available. These prices are on a first come first served basis. A deposit of #50 per person will be necessary to secure hotel accommodation. The social programme (Receptions, concerts, excursions) will be announced in a second circular. Only those persons having returned the attached registration form are assured of receiving the second circular. ************************ --Further Information-- Contact: Jessica Bates, Congress Secretary, Dept Sociology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. Email: jess.bates@ucd.ie Fax: (353) 1 7061125 Chairman of the Congress: Dr Don Bennett, Dept Sociology, University College Dublin, Ireland. 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