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Colloquium – ‘Other Europes’: Agents of Transformation Friday 1 February 2008 - 9.30 am to 6 pm Graduate Centre, London Metropolitan University 220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB Speakers include: Elmar Altvater; Judy Batt; Peter Gowan; Tim Haughton; Jean Léo Léonard; Birgit Mahnkopf; Sonia McKay; John Palmer; Donatella della Porta; Geoffrey Pridham; Gino Raymond; Jill Rutter; Kate Soper; Patrick Stevenson For further details on the Colloquium and how to register: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/iset/events/oe2008/prog.cfm Registration: £25 waged/£15 concessionary (£20 /£10 for Friday only) What are the realities underlying the rhetoric of European ‘integration’, cultural pluralism’ and ‘economic prosperity’? Who are the agents involved in key processes of transformation such as the tensions and opportunities emerging from EU enlargement, the complexities of migration, and the cultural modalities of religion and language? The Colloquium will explore these issues in the context of post 9/11 geopolitical changes, the imposition of new neo-liberal economic disciplines, and looming ecological pressures on the European model of affluence and progress, and explore the nature and potential of possible alternative sources of development. This is an occasion for innovative thinking on counter- hegemonic initiatives in Europe and on the agencies and institutions most likely to figure in any such pressures for change. Invited speakers will address these questions in plenary and panel sessions. With sponsorship from the Federal Trust ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html