Dear Colleague,

On behalf of the Advisory Board, we would like to inform you of the:

TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES
AND NATIONS      
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland      
19-21 July 2010        
http://www.Diversity-Conference.com 

The Diversity Conference has a history of bringing together scholarly,
government and practice-based participants with an interest in the issues of
diversity and community. The Conference examines the concept of diversity as
a positive aspect of a global world and globalised society. Diversity is in
many ways reflective of our present world order, but there are ways of
taking this further without necessary engendering its alternatives: racism,
conflict, discrimination and inequity. Diversity as a mode of social
existence can be projected in ways that deepen the range of human
experience. The Conference will seek to explore the full range of what
diversity means and explore modes of diversity in real-life situations of
living together in community. The Conference supports a move away from
simple affirmations that 'diversity is good' to a much more nuanced account
of the effects and uses of diversity on differently situated communities in
the context of our current epoch of globalisation.

The tenth anniversary of the Diversity Conference will be marked in Belfast,
a city both with a past marked by sectarian conflict and a rich heritage of
diversity. In addition, ethnic minority communities have increased in number
and size since the expansion of the European Union. Belfast, like many
cities, continues to work to overcome old divisions.

As well as impressive line-up of international plenary speakers, the
Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium
presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would
particularly like to invite you to respond to the Conference
Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for
publication in The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations,
Communities and Nations. If you are unable to attend the Conference in
person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a
paper for refereeing and possible publication.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this Conference, we also
encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select
the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further details.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short
abstract) is 8 October 2009. Future deadlines will be announced on the
Conference website after this date.  Proposals are reviewed within two weeks
of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal
submission form, are to be found at the Conference website -
http://www.Diversity-Conference.com/.

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join
us in Belfast in July 2010.

Yours Sincerely,

Prof. Jock Collins       
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia      
For the Advisory Board, International Conference on Diversity in
Organisations, Communities and Nations and The International Journal of
Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations