CALL FOR PAPERS
HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER
in cooperation with
THE PEACE HISTORY SOCIETY
presents
2001:
A Peace Odyssey
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the
Awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 8, 9, 10, 2001
HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK 11549
JEAN HENRI DUNANT, FRÉDÉRIC PASSY, ÉLIE
DUCOMMUN, CHARLES ALBERT GOBAT, SIR WILLIAM
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MICHAEL CAREL ASSER, ALFRED HERMANN FRIED,
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CALL FOR PAPERS
HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER
in cooperation with
THE PEACE HISTORY SOCIETY
presents
2001: A Peace Odyssey
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
November 8, 9, 10, 2001
O
n December 10, 1901, the first Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in Oslo, Norway. One hundred years later
we commemorate a century of peacemaking with an interdisciplinary, international conference titled
2001: A Peace Odyssey. The Conference will be held at Hofstra University, Hempstead, Long Island, New York,
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 8, 9 and 10, 2001. Nobel Peace Prize winners and other global
activists and policy makers will be invited to participate in the three-day conference, providing both historical
and visionary dimensions to the gathering. The event will offer an important interdisciplinary reflection on peace
and war in the 20th century as well as an exploration of the challenges of peacemaking in the future. In addition
to papers that focus on the Nobel Peace Prize, its laureates, history, mission and consequences, the Conference
Committee is interested in papers and presentations on the following topics:
• General Theories of War and Peace
• Conflict Prevention and Resolution
• Nuclear Disarmament and Abolition
• Conventional Weapons Proliferation
• Land Mines
• Biological and Chemical Disarmament
• Impact of Economic Sanctions
• Globalization and Economic Violence
• Environment and Peace
• Building a Culture of Peace
• Indigenous Cultures: Contributions to Peace
• Peace History
• Peace and the Arts
• Peace Education
• War and Peace in the Media
• The Role of International Law
• The International Criminal Court
• The Role of the United Nations and Other
International Organizations
• Foreign Policy and International Diplomacy
• Women and War/Peace
• Child Soldiers
• Youth and Peace
• Race, Ethnicity and Social Justice
• Human Rights and Peace
• Religion and World Peace
• Conscientious Objection
• Examining Humanitarian Intervention
• The Role of Civil Society and NGOs
• Unsung Peacemakers
Presentations on other topics are welcome.
Conference Director
Linda A. Longmire
Associate Professor of Political Science
New College of Hofstra University
Tel: (516) 463-5828
E-mail: [email protected]
Persons interested in participating should submit a letter of
intent accompanied by a resume or curriculum vitae by
February 1, 2001. Please indicate the nature of the presentation (lecture, panel or workshop). A three- to five-page
abstract or completed paper is required by May 1, 2001. All
material should be double-spaced and in duplicate.
Previously published material should not be submitted.
Presentation time is limited to 20 minutes. Selected papers
will be published.
Send all correspondence and submissions to:
Conference Coordinator
Athelene A. Collins-Prince
Hofstra Cultural Center
200 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-2000
Tel: (516) 463-5669
Fax: (516) 462-4793
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.hofstra.edu/peaceodyssey
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Irwin Abrams
Professor Emeritus
Antioch College
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Historian
John Jay College, CUNY
Anne Cecilie Kjelling
Head Librarian
Norwegian Nobel Institute
President
Peace History Society
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Cora Weiss
President
Hague Appeal for Peace
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