Communicating War and Peace: Application of Scholarship to Global Crises

The Mass Media & Communication Unit of the Athens Institute is organizing a Special Session on “Communicating War and Peace: Application of Scholarship to Global Crises” as part of the 23^rd Annual International Conference on Communication and Mass Media, 12-15 May 2025, Athens, Greece.

Selected papers will be considered for publication in the Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications (Editor: Dr. John Pavlik, Professor, Rutgers University, USA)

With the invention of more deadly weapons and the ubiquity of violence, scholars should be more involved in preventing, deterring, de-escalating, and mitigating wars, drums of wars, and messages of wars through constructive, impactful, and progressive communication and the media. The global picture of human toll and misery perpetrated by warriors of all stripes is alarming. It is imperative that scholars harness new ideas, propagate crystallized intelligence,

and use new technologies in a frontal intellectual battle with the primitive legacy of bellicosity inherited over time. The historicity and universality of aggression, conflicts, and wars are well documented. It is embarrassing in the 21st century, that homo sapiens are refusing to evolve beyond the basal inclination to fight one another. It is time to deconstruct the ancestral and archaic toga of armament, rearmament, and killings of fellow humans. The disruption of peace and the destructiveness in wars are indescribably barbaric, monstrous, and mischievous. The theater is a challenge to civilization. This Micro-symposium is significant because it offers additional opportunity to leverage various branches of communication, including human communication, organizational communication, media ethics, and mass communication in the discourse on war and peace. You may participate as a presenter of one paper and/or an attendee.

Please submit an abstract (email only) to: atiner@atiner.gr, using the abstract submission form by 21 January 2025 to: Dr. Festus Eribo, Professor, East Carolina University, USA.

Abstracts should include the following: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Affiliation, Current Position, an email address, and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks.

Fee structure information is available on www.atiner.gr/fees.

Special arrangements will be made with a local hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized which give a great opportunity to further discuss the issues presented at the conference. From ATINER’s long experience these events bring together scholars from different countries and disciplines which may result to research collaborations and joint publications. These events include a pragmatic symposium (as organized in Ancient Athens but fine-tuned to synchronous ethics), a special one-day educational island tour, a Mycenae and island of Poros visit, an Athens educational walking tour, a day trip to Delphi, and an ancient Corinth and Cape Sounion visit. Details of the social program are available here.