2017 Finland Conference: Call for Papers
Call for Papers and Sessions
The organizers would like to welcome academic contributions for the Interpersonal Violence Interventions – Social and Cultural Perspectives 2nd International Conference, 14th –16th June 2017 University of Jyväskylä, Finland Web site: www.jyu.fi/ipvi
How has violence been understood in different ages and cultures? How is it defined today? Conference’s aim is to bring together researchers and experts on interpersonal violence in the fields of social and legal studies, history, cultural research, psychology, philosophy, political science and health care or from any relevant discipline.
Keynote Speakers:
Russell P. Dobash, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester, UK
Rebecca Emerson Dobash , Professor Emerita, University of Manchester, Uk
Marianne Hester, Professor, University of Bristol, UK
Minoo Alinia, Associate Professor, Södertörn University, Sweden
Brett L. Shadle, Associate Professor, Virginia Tech, USA
Bob Pease, Professor, University of Tasmania, Australia
Following the first successful IPVI conference 2013, at the University of Jyväskylä, the purpose of this conference is again to create a forum in which researchers and experts from different disciplines and fields can present their research, development projects and practical implications. The conference will offer great opportunities for promoting interdisciplinary and multi-professional cooperation.
Proposals for oral presentations, posters and sessions with short abstracts (max 300 words) can be submitted between 15th September and 15th November 2016. Decisions on acceptance will be sent at latest by 20thJanuary 2017. The language of the conference is English. Accepted abstracts will be published in the electronic conference abstract book.
The following topics will be especially emphasized:
Cultural perspectives and community-responses to violence
Encountering violence in educational, social and health care settings
Gender and violence
Hate speech and violence
Honour, shame and violence
Interpersonal violence: international comparisons
Non-physical violence, bullying, and virtual violence
Religion, authorities and violence
Sexual violence
Violence and institutions
Violence and lifespan: children, youth, adults and elderly
Violence and media
Violence crimes and criminology
Violence in family relations
Violence intervention and prevention
Violence research theories and methodologies
Violence, ethnicity and colonialism
Workplace violence and harassment
Organizers:
Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä
Department of History and Ethnology, University of Jyväskylä
Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä
Department of Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä
National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
For further information and electronic abstract system, please visit:
Web site: www.jyu.fi/ipvi
Email: ipvi-info@jyu.fi