The Fifth Biennial Conference of The International Association of Genocide Scholars will meet in Galway, Ireland. The conference theme is "Genocide and the World Community- Accountability, Consequences & Prevention" but other proposals for papers and sessions are also welcome (see following).

Date: June 7-10, 2003
Location: Irish Human Rights Centre, Galway, Ireland 
Contact: Professor Robert Melson, Department of Political Science, Purdue University, 1363 Liberal Arts and Education Bldg, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA 47909-1363
e-mail: melson@polsci.purdue.edu 
FAX = 765-494-0833=20 

Proposals: The International Association of Genocide Scholars welcomes proposals for papers and sessions dealing with a variety of related themes including: the role of "bystander" and "accomplice" states and organizations; issues of denial; the role of the mass media; children and genocide; evaluations of intervention; the role of international criminal tribunals, international law and truth commissions; after-effects for victims and their communities; and prevention strategies including early warning systems, education and other methods.

Papers may be focused on events of the past, contemporary issues, or prospects for the future. Participants are encouraged to put together a group of papers as a theme panel.