Call for Papers

The 19th Annual CAAPS Student Conference on Peacemaking, Diversity & Social Change

Friday, April 21, 2006
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Registration at 9:00 a.m.
Trinity
125 Michigan Ave, NE
Main Hall, Art Gallery
Washington, DC

Students are invited to participate in a conference addressing issues related to peace, justice and conflict resolution. The format will include paper panels, roundtable discussions, workshops, reflections on social justice and social change, and an opportunity to meet with representatives of a range of DC-area non-profits. Interested organizations may contact any of the CAAPS representatives to the meeting.

Topics are to include, but are not limited to:

• Conflict analysis and conflict resolution
• Contemporary regional issues
• Ethnic relations
• Nonviolence in theory and practice
• Human rights
• The environment and sustainable development
• Gender and race

You may participate by:

• Joining a student panel and giving a 10-15 minute presentation on your research
• Participating in a roundtable discussion on a topic of shared interest
• Acting as a moderator or respondent in discussions following student presentations
• Offering or taking part in workshops
• Helping to organize the conference

Deadline for submissions of abstracts is Wednesday, April 12, 2006. Polished, finished papers need not be sent; proposals for the conference are to be suitable as the basis of presentation and discussion, rather than for publication.

You may register either by using our online registration form, or by submiting your registration form to your school's contact person. Choose your school: