Organization: University of Denver
Registration deadline: 20 May 2016
Starting date: 13 Oct 2016
Ending date: 15 Oct 2016
CALL FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS! (Deadline May 20, 2016). Conference at the University of Denver - October 13-15, 2016 titled: "Trauma and Trust: Peacebuilding in Ruptured Societies." Keynote speakers will include: Monnica Williams, Judith Herman, David Anderson Hooker, Bob Williams, and Theresa Betancourt.
The conference committee is seeking submissions on the following central themes: neurobiology of trauma and relationships, social cohesion and attachment, and empathy and social perspective taking. A particular focus will be on how the systems approach allows us to cross levels and boundaries from the individual to society, taking into account the multiple stories at play in the spaces inhabited by both trauma and peacebuilding practitioners.
Additional themes will include: Crossing Levels and Boundaries - Challenges to Systemic Approaches - Past Successes and Failures - International and Domestic Contexts - The Social Construction of Peace and Trauma Narratives - Police-Community Relations - Individual and Societal Functioning Post-Trauma - Revisiting Assumptions about Informed Field Practice
How to register:
To submit an abstract, go to: http://www.du.edu/gspp/news-events/trauma.html#_ga=1.228328606.2021874016.1463154557