An aerial photo of the University of Kansas campus in August 2015.

Scholars from around the globe will come to KU’s Lawrence campus next month with a big goal: Making politics more civil.

The University of Kansas will host the international conference Civility and Politics in a Changing World from July 19 to July 21. The conference will feature multiple speakers from the KU faculty, but also will include scholars from Georgetown, MIT, Syracuse, Vanderbilt and also international universities in Spain, Denmark, Australia, and the United Kingdom, among others.

“Civility seems to be a lost art in this day and age, yet needed as a possible antidote to polarization,” said Nancy Snow, KU professor of philosophy and conference co-organizer. “This conference will bring together researchers from a variety of disciplines and countries to conduct focused discussions on what civility is, how to achieve it and why it’s important.”

KU’s Department of Philosophy and the university’s Center for Cyber-Social Dynamics are hosting the conference in conjunction with Australia’s Monash University.

There is no fee to attend the conference and its events. General registration is open and available online at calendar.ku.edu under the July 19 events listed on the site.