Date: 28th November 2019
Where: Central London
The Dialogue Society and the Journal of Dialogue Studies invite papers from scholars and practitioners, who wish to explore ideas and share their research findings in the field of dialogue and conflict resolution. In this workshop, we aim to critically engage with existing theories and methods utilized to peacefully end conflicts at various levels. Some of these theories were compiled in two volumes by the Dialogue Society and published as Dialogue Theories I and Dialogue Theories II.
Dialogue as a concept comes in various shapes and with differing objectives. For some, it is an existential ethos linked to the essence of being human. For others, ‘dialogue’ is a pedagogical method of learning (Socratic method) and also a means to resolve conflicts peacefully, which means reconciling the incompatible aims of each party harming peace, and establishing harmony sometimes before or during but some other times even after the violent conflict came to an end.
As a tool of conflict resolution, dialogue can be moulded to respond to each conflict. In some cases, it becomes a tent that gives shelter to both sides creating an environment of peace and security; in some other cases, it can become a ship that saves the parties from the results of the conflict; in yet some other cases it can become a fire extinguisher, to extinguish a fire that is about to burn a forest. In all these shapes and forms, dialogue creates an aura facilitating parties to settle their incompatible differences.
Contributors are invited to reflect upon these examples and relevant theories and critically analyse dialogue’s applicability in the most difficult cases.
To download the Call for Abstracts A4 sized poster please click here.
In applying a theory to a case, contributors are invited to consider questions such as the following:
The workshop coordinators are Dr Oemer Shener and Dr Mustafa Demir. Any questions should be addressed to them via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The event will be extensively publicised with a ‘workshop proceedings book’ published in advance of the workshop as is customary with Dialogue Society workshops and conferences, with a special issue of Journal of Dialogue Studies. There is a possibility that an edited book may follow in the next phase. We expect the workshop to attract high calibre papers that make a contribution to the field.
Full Papers should be submitted, in English only, as MS Word documents attached to an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , no later than 17:00 UK time, 31st August 2019. Authors must indicate at this stage if audio-visual equipment may be required in the presentation of their paper and must give any relevant technical specifications.
The first page of the manuscript should contain:
Manuscripts should be approximately 4,000 to 8,000 words, excluding bibliography. Longer manuscripts will be considered only in exceptional circumstances.
Articles will be peer-reviewed by members of the Editorial Board.
Click here to download the style guide for contributors.
In general, participants will need to cover travel and accommodation costs.
Copyright of the papers accepted to the Workshop will be vested in the Dialogue Society.
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