Welcome to the 2023 Peace as a Global Language International Conference

The Peace as a Global Language Committee is pleased to announce that this year's conference will be held at Toyo University on the theme: Advancing the Understanding and Promotion of Multicultural and Minority Communities.

Much research shows the negative statistics of indigenous peoples, compared to the majority counterpart of the country or region, which includes lower life expectancy, higher unemployment, lower mental health and more substance abuse. Due to the effects of colonization, cultural genocide, and assimilation policies to this day, stereotypes and discrimination against minority peoples by the majority population are still prevalent, mainly attributed to the dominant society’s lack of knowledge. However, indigenous peoples around the world have been working in various ways to strengthen their pride, identities, and resist assimilation policies. This is what the conference aims to highlight.

PGL 2023 will bring together a diverse group of indigenous peoples and scholars from around the world to learn from one another - to link hands, re-examine colonization and discuss positive initiatives that are being undertaken to break vicious cycles of ignorance, misunderstandings, discrimination, cultural genocide and injustices. Participants will share ideas on initiatives from many locations, with an aim of creating a hopeful future in which all community members can learn from each other and prosper, while still respecting traditions and culture for future generations.

Peace as a Global Language is proud to invite indigenous peoples, scholars, experts, students and others to join us for the conference this October in Tokyo at Toyo University's Akabanedai Campus, Faculty of INIAD, as we strive to learn from the past and current injustices and look toward to a future of possibilities, prosperity and peace together. 

The Call for Papers has closed. To register, please click the "registration" tab

For enquiries please contact the conference committee at: 

peacegloballangauge@gmail.com

Note 1: The entrance to the conference site will be closed after 10:00 a.m so please contact the organizers if you arrive late.

Note 2: Participants may want to bring their own food and drink since none will be available on site. And eating will only be permitted in the cafe area or outside.

Note 3: For Mac users, please your own HDMI adaptor to connect to the projectors.