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LCIR2020

“Violence and Society” International Conference 2020

London, United Kingdom
22 August 2020
The conference ended on 22 August 2020

Important Dates

Abstract Submission Deadline
25th April 2020

About LCIR2020

Violence has become one of the features of the present-day world, although it has existed throughout times, playing undoubtedly an important role in the development of any society. The analysis of violence is a complicated and controversial issue nowadays, as it may cover different levels – interpersonal, institutional, collective violence; as well as different forms – racist crimes, gender basedviolence, genocide etc. The conference will be an attempt to shed light on the social construction and nature of violence, applying an interdisciplinary approach to various manifestations of violence.

Topics

Criminology, Race and racism, Violence, Sociology, Society, History

Call for Papers

“Violence and Society”

International Conference 22 August 2020 – London, UK

organised by

 London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research

Violence has become one of the features of the present-day world, although it has existed throughout times, playing undoubtedly an important role in the development of any society. The analysis of violence is a complicated and controversial issue nowadays, as it may cover different levels – interpersonal, institutional, collective violence; as well as different forms – racist crimes, gender basedviolence, genocide etc. The conference will be an attempt to shed light on the social construction and nature of violence, applying an interdisciplinary approach to various manifestations of violence.

Conference panels will be related, but not limited, to:

  • History of violence
  • Physiology and psychology of aggression and violence
  • Violence, crimes and criminology
  • Racism, gender based violence, homophobic violence
  • Religion and Violence
  • Social norms and culture of violence
  • Domestic violence, mass violence, genocide
  • Cruelty to animals
  • Spaces of violence
  • Violence in media
  • Violent sports
  • Hate speech
  • Violence in literature and art
  • Nonviolence and pacifist movements

The conference will bring together scholars from different fields including philosophy, psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, literature, linguistics, architecture, geography and others.

Proposals up to 250 words should be sent by 25 April 2020 to: violence.society@lcir.co.uk. Download Paper proposal form.

Registration fee – 100 GBP

Provisional conference venue: Birkbeck, University of London, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 7HX, UK

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