Discrimination, Violence and Intolerance - International Interdisciplinary Conference on April 10-11, 2025 in Gdańsk, Poland

CFP: 

           Discrimination and intolerance have always played a destructive role in the lives of societies and individuals. Nowadays, when the threat of World War III becomes more and more real and the future of humankind goes in an unpredictable direction, there arises a need to look at the phenomena of discrimination, violence and intolerance from a new perspective. During our interdisciplinary conference we would like to discuss some crucial questions: What is the source of intolerance and discrimination in the contemporary world? Is violence a “natural” consequence of intolerance? What are the modern measures that should be taken to stop discrimination and violence?

            We are going to talk about discrimination, violence and intolerance in political, social, psychological, cultural, historical and many other terms. We also want to devote considerable attention to how these phenomena are represented in artistic practices: in literature, film, theatre or visual arts. Therefore we invite researchers representing various academic disciplines: history, politics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, economics, law, literary studies, theatre studies, film studies, fine arts, memory studies, migration studies, consciousness studies, dream studies, gender studies, postcolonial studies, medical sciences, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, cognitive sciences and other.

       Different forms of presentations are encouraged, including case studies, theoretical investigations, problem-oriented arguments, and comparative analyses.

We will be happy to hear from both experienced scholars and young academics at the beginning of their careers, as well as doctoral and graduate students. We also invite all persons interested in participating in the conference as listeners, without giving a presentation.

Our repertoire of suggested topics includes but is not restricted to:

I. Discrimination

- Discrimination against nations and societies

- Discrimination against elderly people

- Discrimination against children

- Gender-based discrimination

- Discrimination against people with disabilities

- Discrimination against the mentally ill

- Discrimination against the addicts

- Discrimination against the rich

- Discrimination against the poor

- Discrimination against animals

- Economic discrimination

- Genetic discrimination

- Discrimination based on sexual preferences

- Nationalism

- Antisemitism

- Racism

- Colorism (discrimination based on skin color)

- Sizeism (discrimination based on a person’s size)

- Reverse discrimination (affirmative action, positive discrimination)

II. Intolerance

- Intolerance and race

- Intolerance and religion

- Intolerance and nationalism

- Intolerance and gender

- Intolerance and age

- Intolerance at school

- Intolerance in family

- Tolerance towards intolerance

III. Finding solutions

- Anti-discrimination law

- Anti-terrorist law

- Human rights organizations

- Humanitarian missions

- Democratic education

- Pro-tolerance campaign

IV. Literature, film and the arts

- Literature and art about discrimination, intolerance and violence

- Artists engaged in fighting discrimination, intolerance and violence

- Artists as victims of discrimination

- Literature and art engaged in ideologies

Please submit abstracts (no longer than 300 words) of your proposed 20-minute presentations together with a short biographical note, by 23 March 2025 to:

inconferenceoffice@gmail.com.

Notification of acceptance will be sent by 25 March 2025

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The conference language is English.

The conference will be held virtually via Zoom. Different forms of presentations (also posters) are available