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Call for Papers "World Peace through Intercultural Understanding" 6th Biennial Conference International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR) Honolulu, HI (USA) 15-19 August 2009 __________________________________________________ Vision Statement When a war or ethnic riot breaks out, the crises has to be managed by containment. However, during peacetime people can be taught and trained preemptively to deal with intercultural differences so that at least one cause of war or riot can be reduced. Brushing differences under the proverbial carpet only allows the festering of perceived differences and resentments to grow the point that education and training no longer suffice and more vigorous is necessary. Many of the current international conflicts, e.g., those in Sri Lanka, Sudan, and elsewhere, could be attributed to the lack of a ongoing and intense discussion of cultural differences among the various groups in peacetime. Cross-cultural research in psychology, communication, education, anthropology, and related fields shows that with intervention we can increase intercultural sensitivity and reduce cultural misunderstandings. This conference will contribute and expand the growing corpus of research into how the social sciences can contribute to peace and stability in the world. Topics include: intercultural conflict management and world peace; management and world peace; intercultural training and world peace; acculturation and world peace; intercultural education and world peace; world peace and intercultural communication; indigenous cultural concepts of peace. Methodology of the Conference The vision statement can be translated into practice by creating a knowledge base that is grounded in rigorous research to be used by educators in designing and presenting classroom activities to prepare students for effective intercultural interactions. Though much research has been done in the area of intercultural management, communication, conflict reduction, training, etc., researchers have yet to connect these findings to world peace. This conference proposes to fill this lacunae with the theme: World Peace through Intercultural Understanding. The conference will consist of a Fellows Day workshop for members of the Academy and three days of papers, panels, symposium, plenary speakers, posters and other activities open to all registered participants. Submitting to the Conference The Conference Theme should not be considered to be limiting to the topics that are submitted. The Program Committee invites all presentations having to do with any area of intercultural research. To submit to the conference, please use the online proposal form on the conference website. Submission Deadline: 28 February 2009 Decision by 15 April, 2009 For those who wish their papers to be considered for a Special Issue of IJIR and a possible edited volume: Full Papers must be submitted by 30 May, 2009. Contact: Professor Dharm Bhawuk Department of Management University of Hawaii at Manoa 2404 Maile Way Honolulu, HI 96822 USA Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~iair/Conference_IAIR_2009/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
