Violence and Society I: A Focus on Institutional, State and/or Political Violence

Friday, 11 July 2025: 09:00-10:45
Location: FSE014 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
WG11 Violence and Society (host committee)

Language: English

With increasing instability globally in various realms, different forms of violence attract attention in various world regions, including institutional, political, and/or state violence. The papers in this sessions represent various work regions, including Canada, United States, Nigeria, and India, focusing on diverse topics such as vicarious trauma, police violence, child soldiers, ethnic violence, and symbolic violence.
Session Organizer:
Myrna DAWSON, University of Guelph, Canada
Oral Presentations
Patterns of Political Violence and the Creation of Party Societies in North Malabar (India)
John MOOLAKKATTU STEPHEN, India
The Unfolding Meitei-Kuki Conflict in India’s Manipur State and the Demand for a Separate Homeland
Ngamjahao KIPGEN, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Violence and the Discursive Foundations of State-Building
Ahmed ABOZAID M., United Kingdom
When Words Wound: Navigating Moral Disengagement Associated with Documented Institutional Abuse
Jen RINALDI, Ontario Tech University, Canada; Kate ROSSITER, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada; Siobhan SARAVANAMUTTU, York University, Canada
Structural Determinants of Lethal Violence By and Against the U.S. Police
Christopher MAXWELL, Michigan State University, USA; Sheila MAXWELL, Michigan State University, USA; Joel GARNER, Retired, USA
Marginalised By Disqualification: The Lived Experiences of Combatant and Non-Combatant Children of Nigeria’s Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR).
Margaret Ifeoma ABAZIE-HUMPHREY, United Kingdom
White Nationalism and Support for Political Violence in the United States
Melissa SLOAN, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, USA; Murat HANER, Arizona State University, USA; Justin PICKETT, University at Albany, USA
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