The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (WIPCS) invites students, academics, and activists to the Marquette University campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a one-day conference with an opening plenary the evening before.
WIPCS 2025 Theme – A More Peaceful and Just Future is Possible: Charting Paths from Failed Institutions to Collective Liberation.
Deadline for Submissions: Friday, February 10, 2025
Pre-Registration: March 1 – April 1, 2025 (link TBA)
On-site Registration: April 4
Draft Schedule Released: March 4, 2025
Call for Papers
Faculty, students, activists, and youth who wish to participate are encouraged to submit proposals to present. Submissions may represent a variety of formats:
- Individually submitted papers (to be organized into panels by the conference committee)
- Panels (3-4 individual papers or presenters linked thematically)
- Films, creative works, photographic displays, and art presentations
- Roundtable discussions (interactive, facilitated discussion led by presenter/s)
- Teaching and/or skill-building, interactive workshops
Peace and conflict studies are very broad and can engage with virtually any academic discipline. Thus, we will consider all proposals. We especially encourage submission of proposals that align with the conference theme: A More Peaceful and Just Future is Possible: Charting Paths from Failed Institutions to Collective Liberation and/or that address the following areas:
- Establishing and supporting broad-based movements for peace, justice, and liberation, including under repressive conditions.
- Being accountable to people and communities most impacted by interpersonal and systemic violence.
- Building our understanding of power through knowledge of how oppressed communities are differently affected by domination systems.
- Exploring the depth and breadth of peace scholarship originating from a wide range of disciplines, including those not commonly represented.
- Exposing global challenges such as mass migration, resource-motivated military interventions, and the disparate effects of environmental changes in a post-colonial world.
- Critiquing state power and militarism that inhibits popular movements for peace, justice, and liberation.
WIPCS, Marquette University Peace Studies, and the Marquette University Center for Peacemaking are committed to providing a welcoming environment designed to facilitate the sharing of work and ideas across disciplines, especially to first time presenters.
Submit your proposal here. Submissions are limited to 2 per person.
More Information
Please contact conference organizer, Jenna Harb, at jenna.harb@marquette.edu
Registration
Details regarding registering are forthcoming.
Hotel & travel information:
Conference-rate rooms have been reserved at the nearby Ambassador Hotel. Please call (414) 345-5000 and ask for WIPCS rates.
