Call For Abstracts

This call is now closed 

We invite abstracts that will explore the concept of post-conflict reconciliation, in terms of its conceptualisation, significance and practice and its implementation across the broad range of disciplinary perspectives. We invite abstracts for papers that will cover, but not limited to, the following broad themes:

• Questions of definition: what does intergroup reconciliation mean?
• The role of emotions in reconciliation.
• Case studies where sustained intergroup dialogue has reduced the likelihood of violence in post-conflict societies.
• Transgenerational trauma and guilt, and dialogue among second/third generation witnesses in post-conflict and post-genocide societies.
• War rape, collective trauma and the challenge of recovery in the aftermath.
• Cultural trauma, collective memory and reconciliation
• Psychological, religious, and philosophical perspectives of forgiveness and reconciliation.
• Dialogue about race at college and university campuses.
• Role of women in peace building and reconciliation.
• Role of testimonial narratives and literary narratives of trauma in fostering intergroup reconciliation.
• Trauma and the unforgivable?
• What is the relationship among apology, remorse and forgiveness?
• What is the role of reparations in reconciliation?
• How might insights from interpersonal forgiveness be applied in large groups?