Violence and Society
International Conference
18 March 2017 – Warsaw, Poland
organised by Interdisciplinary Research Foundation


Violence has become one of the features of the present-day world. Although it has existed throughout times, playing undoubtedly an important role in the development of any society. The analysis of violence is one of the most complicated and controversial issues nowadays, as it may cover different levels of violence – interpersonal, institutional, collective; as well as different forms of violence – racist crime, homophobic or sexist crime, genocide etc. The conference might be an attempt to shed light on arguments about the social construction and nature of violence, applying an interdisciplinary approach to various manifestations of violence.

Conference panels will be related, but not limited, to:

History of violence
Nature of violence
Racist and religious crimes
Homophobic and transphobic crimes
Mass violence and genocide
Sexual violence
Violence on TV, in video games
Violent sports
Addictions, generating violence
Violence in literature

The conference will bring together scholars from different fields including philosophy, psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, literature, linguistics, architecture, geography and others.

The language of the conference is English.