GRADUATE STUDENT PEACE AND JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM
The Center for Peace and Justice Education co-hosts an annual symposium for graduate student research presentations on issues of peace and justice.
This one-day, no-cost, hybrid (zoom and in-person) event is an opportunity for graduate students to present and showcase their research, providing expertise and perspectives on topics related to justice and peace. We encourage proposals from any discipline or department and welcome participation from all graduate and doctoral students.
2024 SYMPOSIUM
"Peace and Justice: At the Margins and the Center"
Friday, February 16, 2024 |聽9:30 am 鈥� 5:00 pm
St. Rita's Community Room, 102 St. Rita Hall聽
The Center for Peace and Justice Education, Catholic Relief Services, and the Augustinian Institute聽are hosting this year's Graduate Student Peace and Justice Symposium in St. Rita Hall.聽聽
The conference theme, 鈥淧eace and Justice: At the Margins and the Center鈥� aims to explore various interdisciplinary studies that account for the voices and interests of those on the margins of society, while also recognizing the reality and responsibilities of those at the centers of political and economic power.聽
痴颈濒濒补苍辞惫补'蝉听Ra煤l Diego Rivera Hern谩ndez, PhD, Director of Latin America Studies Program,聽will open with his remarks, "Searching for Disappeared Migrants: Three Examples from Central America, Mexico, and the U.S.-Mexico Border."聽
Student Presentation Panel topics include聽Agency and Empowerment,听Narratives/Counternarratives,听Interreligious Relationships,听Hope and Relationships, and聽Trauma and Crises.
Sr. Dani Brought, ASC, will deliver the closing address, "Catholic Sisters Walking with Migrants: Experience and Discernment."聽
The Symposium is free and open to all. Please register below. In-person participants who register by February 5, 2024 will be provided a catered lunch. This event is ACS approved.聽