Announcements

2010 Conference: Join us in Winnipeg!

Announcing a conference jointly sponsored by the Peace and Justice Studies Association, Canadian Mennonite University’s Menno Simons College, and the University of Winnipeg Global College. This year’s conference theme is "Building Bridges, Crossing Borders: Gender, Identity, and Security in the Search for Peace." Our 8th Annual Conference will be held on the campuses of both Canadian Mennonite University and the University of Winnipeg in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on October 1-2, 2010, which marks the 10th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security and the 150th birth anniversary of Jane Addams.  LEARN MORE, REGISTER NOW, or SUBMIT A LATE PROPOSAL...


Visit the PJSA Blog

Our members -- hundreds of leading peace scholars, activists, and educators -- post their commentaries and views on the pressing issues of our time. Only members can post, but the blog is open for public viewing. To stay up-to-date, use our RSS feed. For more news from the world of peace and justice, check out the blogroll.  READ THE PJSA BLOG...


Elise Boulding, Peace Scholar, Dies at 89

Longtime PJSA member Elise Boulding, a sociologist, pacifist feminist and scholar who wrote extensively about conflict resolution in both personal and global relations and who helped establish the academic field known as peace studies, died June 24 in Needham, Mass. She was 89. Ms. Boulding taught at the University of Colorado and at Dartmouth and was the author of numerous books that explored factors inherent in building a less martial world. A Norwegian-born Quaker, she was nominated for the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize by the American Friends Service Committee, which was a co-recipient of the Nobel in 1947.  LEARN MORE...


PJSA statement regarding Holder vs. Humanitarian Law Project

In response to the recent US Supreme Court ruling in Holder vs. Humanitarian Law Project that supports a broad-ranging law that allows Americans who offer advice to banned organizations, including legal assistance and information on conflict resolution, to be prosecuted as terrorists, the Peace and Justice Studies Association makes the following statement: "We scholars, educators, students and professionals who have devoted our careers to understanding how violence in the world can be reduced and how security can be attained believe, as a matter of conscience, in the right of all individuals to support both humanitarian aid to all people in need, and the teaching of nonviolent means for resolving conflicts without regard to lists of terrorist organizations provided by any agencies or governments. We are convinced that waging war cannot meet the security needs of people in a globally interconnected world, and that waging peace is a more effective strategy for addressing the roots of terrorism and promoting the inherent dignity of all members of the human family. We view efforts to restrict peacemaking activities as contradictory to the goals of combating terrorism and as an infringement of our right to express views consistent with both our knowledge and our moral and spiritual commitments to a world of peace."  LEARN MORE...


PJSA Youth Summit 2010 Announced!

If you're a student in late high school to early undergrad studies, interested in peace studies, social justice issues, and human rights initiatives, want to meet like-minded students from around North America, and like the idea of two breakneck days of hands-on workshops, speaker sessions, cultural events, and a party or two, the PJSA 2010 Peace Out! Youth Summit is right up your alley. Registration for this exciting opportunity is only $15, and can be done online via the PJSA Conference Registration page. We look forward to seeing you(th) there!   LEARN MORE: VISIT THE NEW YOUTH SUMMIT BLOG!


PJSA Now Accepts Dual Currencies

We are pleased to announce the implementation of a new capacity to accept both USD and CAD payments for our products and services, including memberships and conference registrations. If you are paying via Paypal, the system automatically selects your currency based on the address you enter (the default is USD for anyone outside of Canada). So the amounts do not change (except for Global Directories, due to shipping costs), only the currencies do! It's an elegant and equitable method that further reflects our ongoing commitment to becoming a truly North American organization.   JOIN OR RENEW TODAY...


PJSA Issues Statement Condemning Arizona Immigration Law

As one of the leading professional organizations in the fields of Peacebuilding, Conflict Studies, and Social Justice, the Peace & Justice Studies Association (PJSA) has issued a strong condemnation of Arizona’s new immigration law, SB 1070. Joining with other academic and educational associations in related fields, we believe that the law is draconian and ill-advised, and that its application threatens to enflame anti-immigrant sentiments and undermine constructive solutions to the challenges faced by communities in Arizona and across the nation.   FULL STATEMENT HERE...


The Global Directory -- Now Available Online and Fully Updated

We are pleased to announce the availability of online access to our comprehensive Global Directory of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Programs! Users may purchase an Individual Subscription, or a Site License for multiple users in venues such as libraries, centers, and academic programs. These online versions of the venerable Global Directory are fully searchable and literally up-to-the-minute in their coverage and content. Visit the GD web pages (links in the sidebar) for more information on these exciting new developments.  LEARN MORE...


Follow PJSA on Facebook

The PJSA can now be found, fanned, and followed on Facebook! Stay up-to-date on our blog activity, announcements, and special news items. It's a brave new world and we're (slowly) becoming part of it!  PJSA's Facebook Page


New Membership Levels and Benefits

In an effort to improve our services, we have streamlined our membership renewal process and consolidated levels. We've also greatly clarified and expanded the benefits of Institutional Membership at a number of different possible levels. Small rate increases (our first since the PJSA's inception in 2001) accompany some of these changes, and Individual Members may now select options with or without the journal for greater flexibility. We welcome your feedback and of course your ongoing support as we continue to evolve our services and offerings to meet the needs of this rapidly-growing peace and justice community of scholars, activists, and educators!  LEARN MORE...