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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. 

2026 SYMPOSIUM

β€œChallenges and Recommendations for Peace, Justice, and the Common Good”

Friday, February 13, 2026 | 9:30 am – 5:00 pm

The ΈΜιΩΦ±²₯ University Center for Peace and Justice Education, Catholic Relief Services Partnership, and the Augustinian Institute announce the fifth annual graduate student peace and justice symposium. Peace, according to most major religious traditions, begins with a relationship with and from God, then grows in relationship with others, and incorporates a justice that is centered on human dignity. The symposium theme β€œChallenges and Recommendations for Peace, Justice, and the Common Good” examines interdisciplinary perspectives on the complex issues related to seeking peace and justice. We encourage proposals from any discipline, department, and institution and welcome participation from all masters and doctoral students to this no-cost* symposium. Students may utilize any writing (to include course papers, journal articles, dissertation chapters, etc.) as the basis for their proposals.

 This one-day 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. The symposium will consist of a plenary session followed by panel presentations from the selected students. In each panel session, students will each provide a fifteen-minute presentation on their respective research projects. The symposium will conclude with a keynote presentation from a local practitioner of peace and justice. Symposium participants are welcome to submit their paper for consideration in a special edition of the Journal for Peace and Justice Studies.

Please submit an abstract for your project by December 3, 2025.  Link below.


  

The Center often records their events, making them accessible to the wider community. You can watch them on YouTube.

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Center for Peace and Justice Education
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800 Lancaster Ave., ΈΜιΩΦ±²₯, PA 19085

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