Call for Proposals: Leveraging Legacies of Peacebuilding in a Precarious Time – May 1

Posted by Swarthmore College on March 11, 2025

We are happy to share that the 2025 annual meeting of the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) will be held at Swarthmore College October 9-12 with the theme “Leveraging Legacies of Peacebuilding in a Precarious Time.” The PJSA is the North American chapter of the International Peace Research Association.

This year’s conference focuses on the theme of temporality and peacebuilding – we are interested in scholarship that traces the trajectories of peace-oriented social movements in the past and present. We are also envisioning the future of peacebuilding efforts, both locally and globally and seeking to illuminate the importance of intergenerational organizing, faith-based understandings of peace, and interdisciplinary approaches to studying conflict transformation.

Our conference convenes during the emergence of a new Presidential administration and a time of political and social turmoil, raising questions about peacebuilding in the U.S. and around the world. Also, the rise of American white Christian nationalism, as well as far-right populism globally, is alarming. Yet, rich histories of resistance, whether through Indigenous practices, racial justice movements, peace churches, or other peace and justice currents, provide hope and deserve our attention as researchers and educators.

Learn more and submit a proposal. Proposals are due by May 1, 2025.