Welcome to the Institute for Action Against Hate networking site where we are building an online community of learners committed to challenging hate, supporting social justice, and creating a world where all people are respected for who they are and can pursue their fullest potential without fear of retribution or attack.

This site is an opportunity for people interested in deepening their understanding of hate to come together to learn and study about this topic through forums, news, research, resource links, and other strategies that develop as this site grows.

The direction and growth of this site is based on you, the user. Feel free to create groups to bring together people working in similar fields or with similar interests. Start a discussion in the forum section. Our site will be as useful as we jointly create it to be.

Our community will also only grow with your help. Invite your colleagues, friends, and others to join us if they are interested in this topic and in networking with people from all across the country.

We are sponsoring the second International Conference on Hate Studies. This conference will convene leading academics from multiple disciplines from around the world, law enforcement personnel, journalists, educators, representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations, human rights experts, community organizers, activists, and others to discuss hatred from multiple perspectives. The lessons learned and plans which emerge will help educators, researchers, law enforcement, advocates, and others better analyze and combat hatred in its various manifestations.

Our theme this year is Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding the Nature of Hate, Crafting Models for Combating Hatred, and Implications for Practice. We are looking to explore this theme through the four main areas of education, research, practice, and advocacy. Papers from different theoretical or disciplinary lenses are invited such as those from history, communications, psychology, social psychology, evolutionary psychology, anthropology, sociology, criminal justice, law, biology, business, economics, theology, religious studies, political science, literature, philosophy, education, and more.

You can visit the Conference Page for more information including the Call for Papers and schedule.

Vision: The Journal of Hate Studies is an international scholarly journal promoting the sharing of interdisciplinary ideas and research relating to the study of what hate is, where it comes from, and how to combat it. It presents cutting-edge essays, theory, and research that deepen the understanding of the development and expression of hate. The Journal aims to provide a deeper understanding of the processes that encourage the expression of hate so that methods of challenging and stopping its expression may be based on theory and research. The Journal reflects the optimism that as hate is understood, it can be contained and controlled allowing for persons to reach their full human potential without fear of retribution.

Writing and Content: The Journal seeks articles written with precision and depth, and that are compelling for a wide audience. Articles accepted for publication are citation-based (APA style), with high quality underlying philosophical and psychological development of thought. A primary criterion for acceptance is the level to which the article enriches, extends, and advances the study and understanding of hate in its multiplicity of forms.

NEW Call for Papers:
We are soliciting submissions for the eighth volume of the peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary Journal of Hate Studies.

We are interested in articles from various disciplines that address the topic of “The Other Among Us.” We are particularly interested in articles that focus on immigration, refugees, or second-generation peoples who may have been born in one country but are still seen as being representatives of another, tourists, and others who cross national borders. However, articles are also encouraged from a range of perspectives on engagement or disengagement with "the other" in our society, culture, and lives. We also continue to accept articles related to teaching about hate in the classroom or strategies for combating it. We would like to extend a special invitation to scholars from disciplines such as history, communications, sociology, psychology, philosophy, women’s studies, anthropology, political science, economics, literature, and religious studies.

Submissions are due by February 1, 2010, and should be between 5000-10,000 words. Submissions should include one hard copy and an electronic copy in MS Word format. Please do not submit PDF files. Submissions should be presented in APA format and contain endnotes rather than footnotes.

Address submissions and questions to the Gonzaga University Institute for Action Against Hate, AD Box 43, 502 E. Boone Avenue, Spokane WA 99258-0043; email address: againsthate@gonzaga.edu; phone: (509) 313-3665. Manuscripts are due on February 1, 2010

You can view the Journal at our web site. You may also purchase hard copies of volumes 1-7 by e-mailing againsthate@gonzaga.edu with your request. Back issues are $25 each. Purchase 3 or more volumes, individual copies are $20.