Museums As Peacekeepers for the Future

The 11th International Conference of Museums for Peace

Fredens Hus (The House of Peace), Uppsala, SWEDEN | 14-16 August 2023

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

Fredens Hus and The International Network of Museums for Peace and Fredens Hus invite you to participate in the 11th International Conference of Museums for Peace.

The conference takes place in Uppsala, Sweden August 14-16, 2023. On August 18-19 you can also choose to participate in an optional program in Oslo, Norway.

Make sure to get your ticket today for the early bird price!

The conference focuses on how museums can take an active role as defenders of human rights and educators for a sustainable society. The programme will combine inspiring keynote speakers, presentations and panels with workshops, networking and social activities.

The Conference is open to activists, academics, professionals, students and everyone interested in the conference theme. We aim to create a welcoming space where the participants can share their work and ideas across disciplines and professions.

Call for proposals is still open!

EXTENDED DEADLINE: APRIL 17, 2023.

 

Open call for proposals

November 25, 2022

Open registration for the conference

February, 2023

Deadline for submission of proposals

April 17, 2023

Deadline early bird registration

April 30, 2023

Conference theme

Museums for peace are important cultural institutions in telling the history of peacemaking as well as working to build and cultivate peace and justice for the present and future. Museums for peace have not only been exhibiting the historical accounts and telling stories of the prevention, stopping, ending, and healing from warfare and violent conflicts of the past. They have been engaging audiences, young and old, in reflecting, dialoguing, envisioning, and collaboratively working toward cultures of peace, nonviolence, human rights, decolonization, and both social and planetary justice for the present and the future.   

The 11th International Conference of Museums for Peace will revolve around the role of museums as defenders of human rights and educators for a sustainable society. The Conference theme Museums As Peacekeepers for the Future connects the historical legacies of peacebuilding with current museum efforts in peacebuilding for the present and future. The Conference theme includes three sub-themes: 

(1) Bringing history to life

(2) Education for peacebuilding

(3) Peacebuilding for the future

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