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.

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 here.

Podcasts containing the audio recording of the debate will be available soon.