CFP: Conf on Mass Violence & Memory, Jindal Univ, India, 18-19 May 2016
Call for a Papers for a Conference on Mass Violence and Memory, scheduled to take place at Jindal Gobal University in Sonepat, near Delhi, in India from 18th to 19th May 2016.
Call for Papers for a Conference on 18 and 19 May 2016
Mass Violence and Memory
O. P. Jindal Global University, India
Co-organised by:
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
Society for Social Regeneration & Equity (SSRE)
Middle East Institute (MEI)
Jindal Centre for Israel Studies at the Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU)
Mass Violence is an ineluctable truth of world history, in fact there has never been a time without it. While the international community continues its efforts to prevent it till today, its deterrence has varied immensely from one decade to another and from one geographical region to the other. What causes mass violence and how it can be prevented are questions that continue to trouble us. The varying scales and magnitudes of mass violence have attracted a range of definitions and nomenclatures, like genocide, ethnic cleansing, pogrom, etc., and triggered debates about their usage. The aftermath of mass violence is just as troubling as mass violence itself for it raises the questions of acknowledgement of the event, rehabilitation of the survivors, reconciliation between the perpetrator and the victim, and coming to terms with the harsh reality of memory politics. It is a call for papers from different academic disciplines to help us comprehend mass violence and memory with reference to the subthemes listed below, but certainly not limited to them. Papers that underscore the need for Holocaust and Genocide Education in India and suggest how it can be introduced in the country will be particularly welcomed.
Causes | Warning Signs | Propaganda | State’s connivance or inaction |
State’s response | Complicity | Hateful or Inflammatory Speech | Role of the Press and Mass Media |
Memorialization | Conflicting Narratives | International Response | Role of the Academia |
Cinematic Responses | Literary Responses | Judicial Response | Justification of Violence |
| Comparative Studies | Denial or Minimization | Trauma |
Reconciliation | Genocide Education/Mass Violence Studies | Resistance to Genocide Education/Mass Violence Studies | Displacement |
Rehabilitation | Holocaust/Shoah as point of reference | Mass Atrocities | Challenges of Definition and Nomenclature |
All paper presenters will be provided accommodation and food for the duration of the conference. There is no registration fee. Domestic travel expenses incurred for participation in the conference will be reimbursed.
Deadline for the submission of Paper and Panel Proposals (not exceeding 300 words): 20 January 2016
Email Address for submission: MassViolenceAndMemory@Gmail.com
Convenors:
Professor P. R. Kumaraswamy, Honorary Director, Middle East Institute (MEI)
Dr. Rohee Dasgupta, Associate Professor, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU)
Dr. Navras Jaat Aafreedi, Honorary Executive Director, Youth Outreach Programme, Society for Social Regeneration & Equity (SSRE)