CALL FOR PAPERS
A Just World: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Social justice
March 30, 2012
Holy Family University in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Cosponsors
Holy Family University
Philadelphia Dialogue Forum
Peace Islands Institute
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Deadlines
Abstracts (250 words): January 15, 2012
Decision: January 30, 2012
Papers: March 16, 2012
Objective
Holy Family University and Philadelphia Dialogue Forum are sponsoring and hosting a conference on multi-disciplinary perspectives on social justice.
This conference is in the line of the conference held at Temple University in November, 2010, with a number of scholarly papers on “Making Peace in and with the World: The Role of the Gülen Movement in the Task of Eco-Justice,” which are scheduled to be published in early 2012.
As a continual effort to present peace and its link to social justice, Holy Family University and Philadelphia Dialogue Forum are organizing a conference to be held March 30, 2012, at Holy Family University in Philadelphia. Working title for this conference is “A Just World: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Social justice.” We hold that justice is a pressing concern in the world today, and discussion about it must be, beyond theory, practical and multi-disciplinary. While justice is a fundamental virtue and goal advocated by world religions, the task of creating a just world cannot be solely a religious one. All disciplines can and must contribute to the conversation about what justice is and how it can be achieved. Conference organizers invite scholars representing different disciplines to speak about various aspects of social justice from their perspectives—such as, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, the business world, and education. Although we warmly welcome presentations on the Gülen Movement that has been engaged in seeking ways to create a more just world, we strongly encourage presentations on other topics that foster scholarly discussion of justice.
Honorarium
An honorarium of $250 will be paid for each paper presented at the conference.
Book Project
The editorial board plan to select, edit and publish the presented papers as a part of publication projects of Philadelphia Dialogue Forum.
Submission
Send abstracts and papers electronically to
Heon C. Kim, PhD
Conference co-coordinator at
coordinator@peaceislandsinstitute.org
Further Information
Visit conference website
www.peaceislands.org/index.php/a-just-world-conference
Submission and Publication Guidelines
The authors should submit an abstract (approximately 250 words) and biography (approximately 150 words) to the conference coordinator by January 15, 2012. The editorial board will review the abstracts and respond to the submitters by January 30, 2012.
Submit electronically abstracts and papers to
Heon C. Kim, PhD
co-organizer and editorial board at
The accepted abstracts and biography will be published on the conference webpage. The authors should submit papers of minimum 3000 and maximum 6000 words to the conference coordinator by March 16, 2012. The editorial board plan to select, edit and publish the papers as a part of publication projects of Philadelphia Dialogue Forum.
Honorarium
An honorarium of $250 will be paid for each paper presented at the conference.