The 2015 Asian Symposium on the Humanities and Arts for Peace(SHAPE) is a three-day, international, peer-reviewed conference that will provide an interdisciplinary platform for academics, researchers, policy makers, activists, students and professionals. With the theme of Progressive Voices the conference will promote a critical understanding of the innovative and organic approaches from the Arts and Humanities toward sustainability.

The symposium will precede the 70th Hiroshima Peace Memorial and Remembrance Ceremony. Registration includes meals and a free trip to Miyajima to see the "floating" torii gate -one of the three views of Japan and a UNESCO world heritage site.

We invite proposals of 250 words submitted through our online system that consider the following topic areas:

Archaeology
Architecture
Art and Art History
Asian Studies
Classics
Cross-Disciplinary Areas
Cultural Studies
Dance
Digital Humanities
English
Ethnic Studies
Family
Film, Radio, Television
Folklore
Gender and Sexuality
Geography
Globalization
Graphic Design
History
Inequality and Justice
Knowledge
Language and Linguistics
Literature of the World
Literary Theory and Criticism
Music
Performing and Visual Arts
Philosophy and Ethics
Poetry
Product Design
Popular Culture
Religion
Rhetoric
Second Language Studies
Sociolinguistics
Speech / Communication
Technology
Theater
Urban Studies
Other Areas (please specify)

Special Topics for Peace:

Conflict Resolution
Disarmament
Human Rights
Peace Studies
Philosophy and War
War and Peace