Annual Social Justice Conferences

Social Justice Conferences & Panels

In spring, in conjunction with Holocaust Memorial Week, the School of Public Policy, and the School of History, Philosophy and Religion host the Social Justice Conferences for graduate students and senior level undergraduates. The conference provides a forum for the interdisciplinary presentation of ideas, thoughts, research and inquiry related to the existential questions of social justice that events like the Holocaust are continuing to raise for the 21st century.

Panel Discussion and Dialogue:
Global Challenges to Democracy and Human Rights

Oregon State University / Fielding Graduate University, April 25, 2025, Virtual

This interdisciplinary panel explores contemporary challenges facing democracy and human rights. In a world shaken by emboldened autocrats, climate change, pandemics, and wars, how can we maintain the confidence in our ability as citizens to change things for the better?

  • Dr. Philipp Kneis, Oregon State University:
    Introduction & Moderator
  • Dr. Mark Ward, Oregon State University:
    Neutrality Matters. The Neutrality Principle - Where Did It Come From?
  • Dr. Janine Ludwig, Dickinson College in Bremen:
    Hybrid War and Russian Disinformation in the West
  • Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols, The Ohio State University:
    American Isolationism, Unilateralism and the West
  • Q&A and Dialogue

 

Organizers:

  • Dr. Philipp Kneis, Oregon State University
  • Dr. Allison Davis-White Eyes, Fielding Graduate University

This conference has been organized in cooperation between:

Web: http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/sjc    

 

8th Social Justice Conference:
Gender Equality, Human Rights and Democracy in the World

Oregon State University / Fielding Graduate University, May 10, 2024, Virtual

Organizers:

  • Lily Middleton, Oregon State University
  • Tayler Holcomb, Oregon State University
  • Dr. Philipp Kneis, Oregon State University
  • Dr. Allison Davis-White Eyes, Fielding Graduate University

This conference has been organized in cooperation between:

Web: http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/sjc    

 

7th Social Justice Conference:
CLIMATE CHANGE, PEACE AND GLOBAL SOCIAL JUSTICE

Oregon State University / Fielding Graduate University, April 21, 2023, Virtual

Organizers:

  • Logan Kary, Oregon State University
  • Thabang Ramokgopa, S.R.H. Berlin University of Applied Sciences
  • Dr. Philipp Kneis, Oregon State University
  • Dr. Allison Davis-White Eyes, Fielding Graduate University

This conference has been organized in cooperation between:

Web: http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/sjc    

 

6th Social Justice Conference:
THE RETURN OF HISTORY? THE CONTINUOUS CHALLENGE TO DEMOCRACY AND UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS

Oregon State University, April 29, 2022, Virtual

Organizers:

  • Rebecca Murray, School of History, Philosophy and Religion
  • Dr. Philipp Kneis, Political Science Program / Public Policy

This conference has been organized in cooperation between:
School of History, Philosophy and Religion, School of Public Policy

Web: http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/sjc    

 

STUDENT PANEL DISCUSSION:
THE DEPICTIONS OF OTHERS

Oregon State University, March 6, 2019, Bexell Hall 417

Speakers:

  • Mohammed Shakibnia, Political Science, Philosophy
  • Francisco Carlos Catibayan, Political Science
  • Emily Carter, Political Science

Organizer & Moderator:

  • Dr. Philipp Kneis, Political Science Program / Public Policy

This program has been organized in cooperation between:
School of History, Philosophy and Religion, School of Public Policy

Web: http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/sjc    

 

5th Social Justice Conference

Oregon State University, May 6, 2016, Native American Longhouse

Organizers:

  • Daryl Adkins, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program
  • Dr. Allison Davis-White Eyes, Director, Intercultural Student Services
  • Kali Furman, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program
  • Dr. Philipp Kneis, Political Science Program / Public Policy
  • Jasmine Vogel, Political Science Program

This conference has been organized in cooperation between:
Diversity & Cultural Engagement, History Program, Public Policy Graduate Program, Women in Policy

Web: http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/sjc    

 

4th Social Justice Conference & 4th Annual International Health Symposium:
Gender and Violence

 

Oregon State University, April 16-17, 2015

Organizers:

  • Dr. Allison Davis-White Eyes, Director, Intercultural Student Services
  • Brittany Gaustad, Master of Public Policy Program
  • Dr. Philipp Kneis, Political Science Program / Public Policy
  • Dr. Kara Ritzheimer, Holocaust Memorial Week Committee and History Program
  • Whitney Schumacher, Master of Public Health – International Health Program

This conference has been organized in cooperation between:
Intercultural Student Services, History Program, Public Policy Graduate Program,
Public Health, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Women in Policy

Web: http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/sjc     

 

3rd Social Justice Conference:
Social Justice in Policy and Education

 

Oregon State University, May 2, 2014

Organizers:

  • Dr. Philipp Kneis
  • Dr. Allison Davis-White Eyes

 

2nd Social Justice Conference:
Social Justice in Policy and Education

 

Oregon State University, April 12, 2013

Organizers:

  • Mariana Amorim
  • Snehalatha Gantla
  • Dr. Allison Davis-White Eyes
  • Dr. Philipp Kneis

 

1st Social Justice Conference:
Cultural Memory and the Representation of Genocide as a Concern for Social Justice

 

Oregon State University, April 16, 2010

Organizers:

  • Philipp Kneis
  • Allison Davis-White Eyes

 

 

The conferences are organized in a cooperation between