Peace and Reconciliation in Global Times

November 27-29, 2019

Theme

Peace is an ultimate need of humanity. If we seek to promote peace amongst diverse cultures and religions in these global times, we should, first of all, understand the meaning of reconciliation and then act accordingly. For reconciliation means absence or ending of quarrels, conflicts, wars or hostilities through settlements and agreements which brings the opposites together into peaceful co-existence. Another sense of reconciliation resonates the classical sense of honoring a promise, certain social norms, etc. The concept of reconciliation implies both a situation of conflicts and hostilities and a desire to restore a situation of calm, quite, order and peace.

Therefore, any efforts of promoting reconciliation will lead to some kind of peace. In this complex and pluralistic world what we need urgently are ethical rules that work in situations of conflicts and hostilities. These same moral rules should become laws of human peace where peace really means peace.

Subthemes:

-Reconciliation and Peace: Interrelationship and Coexistence

-Reconciliation in Society and Beyond

-Human Person and Reconciliation.

-The Integrity of Person and Peace

-The Spiritual Teachings and Peace

-Globalization and its Impact on Peace

Abstract

Please send 300 words and a brief C.V. to Dr. Abdul Rashid [hazara9@yahoo.com] and [cua-rvp@cua.edu] by June 30, 2019. Full papers sent by October 30, 2019 will be considered to be published if publishable by the RVP in its publication series "Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change."

Logistics

There will be no registration fees. Travel expenses will be covered by participants/their institues. The organizer will provide local transportation, accommodations and food during the conference.

Contact

Dr. Abdul Rashid

University of Karachi

Karachi, Pakistan