The Virginia Tech Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention (CPSVP) and its affiliated Students for Non-Violence club are pleased to announce our second Student Research Symposium, entitled: “Cultivating Peace: A Symposium for Violence Prevention.” The Symposium, co-sponsored by the Lacy Foundation and the Atlantic Coast Conference Intercollegiate Academic Consortium (ACCIAC),will take place in Blacksburg, Virginia.
  
We invite undergraduate and graduate students from regional, national, and international colleges and universities to present both individual and collaborative work from diverse fields and in a range of presentation formats, such as papers, oral or poster presentations, and theatrical and multi-media projects.  Interactive workshop proposals are also encouraged.

Topics of particular interest include but are not limited to: Campus Violence Prevention and University Community Partnerships, Violence Prevention in Socioeconomic and Cultural Context, Sustainable Development and Peace, Social Media and Violence, Fostering Global Citizenship and Civic Engagement to Promote Peace, and Creatively Fostering Nonviolence through the Arts and Literature. Proposals are due September 20, 2012.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: JOHAN GALTUNG
Johan Galtung is a founding and leading researcher in the field of Peace Studies. He has published over 100 books and 1000 articles about peace, conflict resolution, and a myriad of global issues. Dr. Galtung will also lead two interactive workshops on conflict resolution at the Symposium.

The 2012 Symposium Agenda is posted here!

For further information, please contact Amy Splitt at cpsvp@vt.edu.

Regarding the 2010 Symposium:

The first ACCIAC Student Research Symposium, entitled: “Cultivating Peace: A Symposium for Violence Prevention," was a great success in 2010!

Please visit this page for more information on the 2010 Symposium.

History:

The first Symposium, co-sponsored by Toy and Joe Cobbe of the Lacy Foundation and the Atlantic Coast Conference Intercollegiate Academic Consortium (ACCIAC), took place on November 12 – 14, 2010, in Blacksburg, Virginia.