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Post-Immigration Minorities, Religion and National Identities conference,
Bristol-UCL Leverhulme Programme on Migration and Citizenship
Registration is now available for the Bristol-UCL Leverhulme Programme on
Migration and Citizenship conference on Post-Immigration Minorities,
Religion and National Identities, 14-15 November, 2008 in Bristol. A
limited number of places are available for non-paper givers and those not
connected to the Programme.
The Leverhulme Programme team will address topics based on the following
themes: Ethnic Enclaves and Economic Integration, Social Capital, Gender
and Differential Educational and Economic Outcomes, National Identity,
Citizenship and Religious 'Difference' and Majoritarian Identities and
Resentment of Multiculturalism.
Keynote speakers will address issues in relation to contemporary issues on
minority ethnicity, religion, integration and national identity, and
include:
Professor Zygmunt Bauman (Leeds)
Professor Craig Calhoun (New York University and President of the Social
Science Research Council)
Professor Reina Lewis (London College of Fashion)
Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh (Westminster)
Professor Roland Robertson (University of Pittsburgh and University of
Aberdeen)
Over 50 additional papers will be presented. The conference will begin with
registration at 9.30 - 10.30am on Friday, 14th November and the final paper
session will conclude at about 6pm on Saturday, 15th November, followed by
a dinner at 7.30pm.
Please find a registration form for the conference on our website at:
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sociology/leverhulme/workshops.html
Bedrooms are available at the conference venue, Burwalls, a conference
centre with a scenic location by the famous suspension bridge on the Avon
gorge. But please note that these bedrooms are not en-suite; they have
washbasins but shared toilets and showers. Ensuite bedrooms are available
at hotels within a few minutes walking distance of Burwalls and contact
details and prices are given on the registration forms. If you would like a
hotel room, please contact the hotel directly.
There is no conference fee as such but all attendees need to register and
to indicate their accommodation and meal requirements and pay for them in
advance by 15th October.
Please note that places for non-paper givers and those not connected to the
Programme are strictly limited, so please apply early to avoid
disappointment.
In the meantime, please contact me if you have any queries or require
further clarification.
Kind regards
Sara Tonge
Leverhulme Conference Administrator
Further details of the programme can be found at:
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sociology/ethnicitycitizenship/
Further details of the centre can be found at:
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sociology/leverhulme/
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Tariq Modood, MBE, AcSS
Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy,
Director, University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and
Citizenship and Founding Co-editor of Ethnicities (Sage)
For details of my new book, MULTICULTURALISM: A CIVIC IDEA, Polity, May
2007, see http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sociology/ethnicitycitizenship/flyer
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