IPRA Conference Update

[Bjørn Møller <bmoeller at copri.dk>]

Dear Colleagues (with apologies for any cross-postings)

The 18th conference of the International Peace Research Association is
approaching. It will take place 5-9 August 2000 in Tampere, Finland, hosted
by the Tampere Peace Research Institute. 

The title of the conference is Challenges for Peace Research in the 21st
Century. A Dialogue of Civilizations, but its agenda covers all aspects of
peace research. It features six plenary sessions as well as a wealth of
commision meetings, panels, workshops, etc. The titles of the plenaries are:


*	Dialogue, Not Clash of Civilizations.
*	Challenges to International Law, Organization and World Order 
*	The Interface between Peace Research, Peace Education and Activism 
*	Gender issues, Peace and Development 
*	Positive Experiences of Peacebuilding and Social Transformation 
*	Democratization: East European and African Experiences 
You can find the preliminary timetable at
http://www.copri.dk/ipra/18th-conf.htm.

In addition to the plenaries, most of IPRA's standing commissions arrange
several sessions. The commissions are:
*	Conflict Resolution and Peace Building
*	Culture and Communications
*	Eastern Europe (preliminary agenda at
http://www.copri.dk/ipra/CEE-agd.html)
*	Ecological Security
*	Global Political Economy
*	International Human Rights
*	Indigenous Peoples' Rights
*	Internal Conflicts
*	Nonviolence
*	Peace Education
*	Peace History (preliminary agenda at
http://www.copri.dk/ipra/phc-agd.html)
*	Peace Movements
*	Peace Theories (preliminary agenda at
http://www.copri.dk/ipra/pt-agenda.htm)
*	Reconciliation
*	Refugees
*	Religion and Peace
*	Security and Disarmament (preliminary agenda at
http://www.copri.dk/ipra/pt-agenda.htm)
*	Women and Peace (preliminary agenda at
http://www.copri.dk/ipra/WP-agd.html)

Moreover, there are special panels and workshops on the following topics:

*	The Construction of Subjectivity and Political Violence (see
http://www.copri.dk/ipra/subjectivity.htm)
*	'Clash' or Dialogue' of Civilisations? Critical Perspectives on the
Discourse and Practices of Boundary Making in the Next Millennium (see
http://www.copri.dk/ipra/border-call.htm)
*	Globalization and State in the Middle East (see
http://www.copri.dk/ipra/globstate.htm)
*	Dialogue of Civilizations (see
http://www.copri.dk/ipra/civdial-pan.htm)
*	The Mediterranean Possibilities and Challenges for Peace Research
(see http://www.copri.dk/ipra/mediter.html)
*	Colloquium on Language and Peace (see
http://www.copri.dk/ipra/language.html)
*	Special session of the Working Group on Indigenous Peoples' Rights
(see http://www.copri.dk/ipra/indigen.htm)
*	Art and Peace (see http://www.copri.dk/ipra/ArtandPeace.html) 

Pre or post-conference tours will be arranged if there are enough people who
are interested in the tours.

The deadline for the early registrations is 31 May. You can find the
registration form at http://www.copri.dk/ipra/registration.htm. Please note
that registration forms should be sent to the Tampere Conference Service.
Academic enquiries can be directed either to the convenors of the various
commissions (for a list see http://www.copri.dk/ipra/ipra_commissions.htm)
or to the IPRA secretariat at the address below.

I hope that you will use this unique opportunity for acquainting yourself
with the state of the art of peace research and/or making a contribution to
the development of the discipline and look forward to seeing you in Tampere
in August.

Yours sincerely
on behalf of IPRA

Bjoern Moeller, Ph.D. & MA
Secretary General, International Peace Research Association (IPRA)
External Lecturer, Institute of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
Senior Research Fellow, Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI)
Fredericiagade 18, DK-1310 Copenhagen K., Denmark
Phone: +45 3345 5052, Fax: +45 3345 5060, E-mail: bmoeller at copri.dk
Homepage: http://www.copri.dk/ipra/bm.html