CfP: Dialogue among Cultures: Peace, Justice and Harmony

Call for Papers"Dialogue among Cultures: Peace, Justice and Harmony"
ISUD 8th World CongressInternational Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD)
Beijing International Studies UniversityBeijing (China)
23-28 July 2009

The ISUD is an international association of philosophers devoted to promoting the discussion of such fundamental issues as world peace, social justice, human rights, and dialogical interrelations of diverse cultures. Through this congress the Society hopes to stimulate philosophical reflection and discussion on topics related to the central theme of dialogue among cultures. Topics on philosophy of culture, cultural diversity and universality, globalization, ethics of peace, social equality, justice, and harmony are welcome, as are non-western or other philosophical perspectives. Papers presented at the congress will be published in the ISUD bi-annual proceedings.

June 1, 2008: Deadline for abstract submission.
August 15, 2008: Notification of acceptance and invitation to submit full paper.
December 1, 2008: Full text of paper due.
February 15, 2009: Notification of acceptance of paper.
May 1, 2009: Accepted papers posted on ISUD website.

Registration: May 1, 2009, early registration fee due($125);
June 1, 2009, late registration fee accepted ($150).

Send a 300-500 word abstract in English by regular post or email attachment in Word to the address indicated below.For more information on the congress please visit our web site: http://www.isud.org

Contact:
Dr. Marc LuchtDepartment of the Humanities, Francis Hall 229, Alvernia College
400 Saint Bernardine Street, Reading, PA 19607, USA
Email: marc.lucht@alvernia.edu
Web: http://www.isud.org