Japan Girard Association

First International Conference of the Japan Girard Association
and the
Annual International Conference of the Colloquium on Violence & Religion (COV&R)


Latest News

Dec 5th 2011
Satellite page up for 2012 Academic Conference

Dec 5th 2011
Online registration coming very soon!

Dec 6th 2011
Japanese site is now up


Location and Directions

10-2, Osawa 3-chome, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, Japan

http://www.icu.ac.jp/english/access/index.html

Conference Schedule 2012

Day 1 July 5th
Registration, Keynote, and evening social events

Day 2 July 6th
Concurrent sessions and Plenary speakers, dinner

Day 3 July 7th
Concurrent sessions, afternoon sessions, dinner

Day 4 July 8th
COVR meeting and Closing Banquet

Day 5 July 9th
Breakfast and check out

Click here for the full 2012 Conference schedule

Call for Papers

Proposals for papers, panels, sessions, and seminars are due March 16, 2012. They should include contact information, a title, and an abstract. Continue...


Call for Seminar Panels

Papers for concurrent or parallel session are for 20 minute presentations followed by a brief discussion period. Panels are for 90 minutes. Continue...


Raymund Schwager, S.J., Memorial Essay Contest

To honor the memory of Raymund SCHWAGER, SJ, the Colloquium on Violence and Religion is offering an award of $1,500.00 shared by up to 3 persons. Continue...


The Raven Foundation
Annual Essay Contest

With the goal of broadening awareness of mimetic theory in mind, the Raven Foundation sponsors an annual contest for the essay that best communicates the theme of the upcoming COV&R conference.

http://www.ravenfoundation.org/contests/current-contests