Conference | Just Peace Festival
Peace, Democracy, and Media Conference 2025
- Date
- Thursday 19 June 2025 - Friday 20 June 2025
- Address
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Schouwburgstraat
Schouwburgstraat 2
2511 VA The Hague - Room
- A0.06 (Auditorium)
The world is undergoing a profound transformation. War is no longer an exception but a renewed political strategy, democracy faces existential threats, and the media, once a force for accountability, has become a battleground for truth. As global powers recalibrate their positions in an increasingly fragmented world, Iran stands at a critical juncture, shaped by both internal struggles and external pressures.
Organized by Iran Academia (Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities – ISSH), this event provides a unique intellectual platform where scholars, journalists, and thinkers critically engage with the complexities of peace, democracy, and media. This gathering offers an unparalleled opportunity to explore the emerging world order and its impact on Iran—inside the country and across its diaspora.
- Date: 19 & 20 June
- Location: Leiden University, Schouwburgstraat, Auditorium A0.06
- Organising partner: Iran Academia
- More information here.
Call for abstract submissions
We welcome abstracts for high-impact presentations that contribute to the intellectual depth and practical relevance of the conference.
Learn more about submission requirements hereAbout the Just Peace Dialogues
The Just Peace Dialogues are a set of meetings for public deliberation of key aspects of building peace in today’s world. The dialogues are held across four days at the heart of the Just Peace Festival (19-22 June 2025) and address each of the festival’s six main themes. The aim is stimulate creative discussion about conditions for a just peace in contemporary society. The Peace Democracy and Media Conference 2025 is part of the Dialogue programming.
Other Just Peace Dialogues:
- Imagining Peace (16 June 2025 16:00 - 19:00);
- Peace in Europe (17 June 2025 16:00 - 19:00);
- Peace in Sudan (18 June 2025 16:00 - 19:00);
- Peace in Israel-Palestine (19 June 16:00 - 19:00);
- Democracy and Peace (20 June 2025 16:00 - 19:00);
- Cybersecurity and Peace (21 June 10:30 - 13:45);
- Rule of Law and Peace (21 June 14:00 - 17:15);
- Equality and Peace (22 June 10:30 -13:45);
- Climate and Peace (22 June 14:00 - 17:15).