Drew University – Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Institute for Emerging Leaders, Center on Religion, Culture, and Conflict, Drew University, Madison, NJ, USA, 1-12 June 2026.

As 21st Century communities get more and more diverse, social challenges such as polarization, racism, extremism, etc grow along with them. American communities are no different, which calls for increasing pluralistic, change-making, and conflict resolution skills among people country-wide, especially youth.

The Drew University Institute for Emerging Leaders, therefore, seeks to respond to the widening divisiveness in today’s society by preparing young leaders to foster peaceful and pluralistic relations in their communities, using religion as a positive force.

The Institute is built on CRCC’s international Institute on Religion and Conflict Transformation and attracts renowned scholars, practitioners, and national thought leaders as faculty. The Institute is interested in developing in young people a set of skills that straddles the following:
* civil dialogue
* conflict resolution
* inter-faith/inter-cultural leadership, and,
* community organizing and change-making.

Tuition, bed and board are fully covered courtesy of the Koppaka Family Foundation and Sykes Family Group.

Call for papers, 7th International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, White Plains, NY (Hybrid), Sept 28-29, 2022. Deadline: December 18, 2021.

Presented by the International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation, in partnership with Drew University’s Center on Religion, Culture & Conflict, this year’s theme is Ethnic, Racial and Religious Conflicts Globally: Analysis, Research and Resolution. To increase our understanding of ethnic, racial and religious conflicts in countries around the world, the 2022 International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding will consider submissions from multidisciplinary fields of study and practice. Qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods research studies from university scholars and researchers are accepted. Case studies, lessons learned, success stories, policy analysis or design, and best practices from policy makers, practitioners, religious leaders and indigenous peoples are also accepted.
Successful abstracts or full papers shall not only bridge theory, method and practice, but must include findings and recommendations designed to further understanding and inform practical application.