CRONEM 7th Annual Conference: Global Migration and Multiculturalism: Religion, Society, Policy and Politics

Event date: Tuesday 28th June 2011 - Wednesday 29th June 2011

CRONEM 7th Annual Conference
 
Joint international multidisciplinary conference with

VU Institute for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society (VISOR)

Free University Amsterdam

Global Migration and Multiculturalism: Religion, Society, Policy and Politics

28 - 29 June 2011, University of Surrey

CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline: 15 February 2011


In our seventh annual conference CRONEM and VISOR want to explore a number of overlapping themes arising from the relationship between global migration and cultural diversity through different disciplinary understandings of the links between religion, society, policy and politics.

Confirmed speakers:

• Thomas Blom Hansen, Reliance-Dhirubhai Ambani Professor in South Asian Studies and Professor in Anthropology, Stanford University

• Andrew Geddes, Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield

• Robert Jackson, Professor of Education, University of Warwick / Professor of Religious Diversity and Education, European Wergeland Centre, Oslo

• Manuel Vásquez, Associate Professor, Religious Studies Department, University of Florida

• Kim Knott, AHRC Programme Director: Diasporas, Migration and Identities, University of Leeds, will be also leading a discussion around the contribution to our understanding of global migration made by this trans-disciplinary research programme.

For more information and abstract submission forms, please visit

http://www3.surrey.ac.uk/Arts/CRONEM/

Annual Conference 2010 with the Runnymede Trust - 'Living Together'

A number of presentations and a short video of the Runnymede Panel debate can be found at
http://www3.surrey.ac.uk/Arts/CRONEM/Conference-2010/CfP.htm  Podcasts containing the 
audio recording of the debate will be available soon.