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In Memory of Katsuya Kodama
The APPRA leadership paid tribute to the late Katsuya Kodama, who served IPRA as co-Secretary General twice, from 2016 to 2018, and from 2010-2012, and as solo SG from 2000 to 2004.
IPRA 2023 Conference Website Opened
The website for The IPRA 2023 Conference [https://www.ipra2023.org] has now been launched. The conference, “Rooted Futures: Visions of Peace and Justice,” will be held in Trinidad and Tobago in May 2023. The call for presentations for the conference is also available on the Conference website. Read more...
Webinar on Political Prisoners & Colonized Peoples
[Click the poster to view the recording.]IPRA joined the Occupied People's Forum, the Resistance Studies Initiative, and Waging Nonviolence to co-sponsor the webinar, Political Prisoners and Colonized Peoples: The Solidarity Imperative. IPRA's SG Matt Meyer served as co-moderator.
SPOTLIGHT ON IPRA AFFILIATED NETWORKS
SPOTLIGHT ON IPRA AFFILIATED NETWORKS
The African Peace Research and Education Association (AFPREA) is extending a call for papers for the upcoming Inter-Disciplinary Peace Research Conference in Juba, South Sudan. Read more...* * *The call for papers is now available for the 2022 Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA) Conference to be held 10-12 October in Meghalaya, India. Read more...* * *In association with IPRA, PJSA has issued a statement spotlighting the work of Distinguished Anthropology Professor Alexander Hinton and his recent book, It Can Happen Here: White People and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US.. Read more...
PJSA has also announced the call for presentations for its PJSA 2022 Conference to be held at University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH (USA), on October 13 – 16, 2022. Read more...
MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS
Hans Günter Brauch explains the political background to the war in Ukraine in an interview with RNZ. * * *Leo Semashko (Russia) edited the volume, Anti-Nuclear Manifesto XXI, with contributions from prominent peacemakers including IPRA's Executive Committee member Stephen Amoah (Ghana). Although the book was published in 2020, it has a timely relevance to the memory of Olga Vorkunova, and to current events. * * *In the article, "Sacred and Sobering," Roy Tamashiro introduces The National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration in Montgomery, Alabama (USA).MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS
JOURNAL NEWSIPRA's formal partnership as co-publisher of Peace and Change has officially launched with Volume 47, No. 1. This IPRA Special Issue, includes with contributions from every region of our network. IPRA members can access the journal via the email address used for paying the 2022 IPRA membership dues.
Peace and Change is professionally managed by the Peace History Society, in cooperation with IPRA. We are looking for an institution to take over local editorial management of the journal, under PHS leadership. Read more... * * *Edward J. Brantmeier is the new editor of the Journal of Peace Education (JPE), which is sponsored by IPRA's Peace Education Commission (PEC). JPE invites authors to submit original manuscripts on peace education, theory, curriculum, and pedagogy. JPE also welcomes proposals for special editions on themed topics. * * *The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) is soliciting contributions for the first 2022 Issue of Conflict Trends (CT 2022, Issue 1). Read more...
The International Association for Reconciliation Studies (IARS), seeks paper proposals for the upcoming Third World International Conference On Reconciliation Studies to be held August 18-21, 2022. Read more... * * *The Union of International Associations (UIA) has invited the IPRA members to participate in its 15th Associations Round Table in Brussels, Belgium at the Marriott Grand Place on Friday 20 May 2022. Read more...* * *The PCSJ Conference to be held November 11-12, 2022 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (USA) has extended its call for presentations. Read more... * * *Historians among IPRA members are invited to submit proposals for a new book series on Studies in Peace History to be published by Brill. Read more... * * *The Genocide and Human Rights University Program (GHRUP) is a graduate-level summer course that explores issues such as the gross violations of human rights and the prevention of genocide. The syllabus and application forms are available at: www.zoryaninstitute.org * * *Alpha Education is accepting applications for its Summer 2022 courses on Hope And Humanity: Lessons From World War Ii History In Asia. Read more...
Peace and Change is professionally managed by the Peace History Society, in cooperation with IPRA. We are looking for an institution to take over local editorial management of the journal, under PHS leadership. Read more... * * *Edward J. Brantmeier is the new editor of the Journal of Peace Education (JPE), which is sponsored by IPRA's Peace Education Commission (PEC). JPE invites authors to submit original manuscripts on peace education, theory, curriculum, and pedagogy. JPE also welcomes proposals for special editions on themed topics. * * *The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) is soliciting contributions for the first 2022 Issue of Conflict Trends (CT 2022, Issue 1). Read more...
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The International Association for Reconciliation Studies (IARS), seeks paper proposals for the upcoming Third World International Conference On Reconciliation Studies to be held August 18-21, 2022. Read more... * * *The Union of International Associations (UIA) has invited the IPRA members to participate in its 15th Associations Round Table in Brussels, Belgium at the Marriott Grand Place on Friday 20 May 2022. Read more...* * *The PCSJ Conference to be held November 11-12, 2022 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (USA) has extended its call for presentations. Read more... * * *Historians among IPRA members are invited to submit proposals for a new book series on Studies in Peace History to be published by Brill. Read more... * * *The Genocide and Human Rights University Program (GHRUP) is a graduate-level summer course that explores issues such as the gross violations of human rights and the prevention of genocide. The syllabus and application forms are available at: www.zoryaninstitute.org * * *Alpha Education is accepting applications for its Summer 2022 courses on Hope And Humanity: Lessons From World War Ii History In Asia. Read more...ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW PUBLICATIONS
Kali Akuno & Matt Meyer (Editors). Jackson Rising Redux: Lessons on Building the Future in the Present , PM Press, 2022.APCEIU (The Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding), Research Report 2021: Peace Education in Northeast Asia A Situational Analysis. UNESCO Clearinghouse on Global Citizenship Education. 2021.John Braithwaite. Macrocriminology and Freedom. ANU Press, 2022. Many of John Braithwaite's publications are available as free downloads on his website.. Jean Chrysostome K. Kiyala - Geoff Harris (Eds.): Civil Society and Peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Anthropocene: An Overview Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022.Laura L. Finley and Pamela D. Hall, (Editors) Coronavirus and Vulnerable People: Addressing the Divide in Harm and Responses and Exploring Implications for a More Peaceful World. Information Age Publishing, 2022Wende Marshall & Matt Meyer, Insurrectionary Uprisings: A Reader in Revolutionary Nonviolence and Decolonization. Daraja Press / Zand Graphics Ltd., 2022. Andrew Rigby, Sowing Seeds for the Future: Exploring the Power of Constructive Nonviolent Action. Irene Publishing, 2021.Paul James Sisler ll's The Red Herring Effect. Page Publishing 2021.Roy Tamashiro, “The Layers of Oral Histories at Memorial Museums: Chronicles About Who We Are and Who We Are Likely to Become” in Oral History and Qualitative Methodologies: Educational Research for Social Justice, edited by Thalia M. Mulvihill and Raji Swaminathan, Routledge, 2022Awet T. Weldemichael, Yibeyin Hagos Yohannes, Meron Estefanos, and Anonymous. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Eritrean Refugees In Tigray & The Ethiopian Civil War, An IPRA Report. 2022. .NEW PUBLICATIONS
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