Meeting of the Age of Rights Network
The Age of Rights Network (Red Tiempo de los Derechos), made up of 15 leading Spanish groups of human rights researchers, teachers and promoters, organised its second conference at University of Zaragoza, on 29-30 October. The Multihuri team was represented by Javier de Lucas, in charge of a keynote speech on "Social rights, justice and exclusion. A commentary on Honneth", as well as by Letizia Mancini, who analysed the new manifestations of the tension between security and rights. Ángeles Solanes offered a paper on corporate social responsibility and human rights and Encarnación La Spina, on the protection of the right to family life in a context of migration crisis.
A glance at the II Multihuri conference in Paris
On 15-16 October, participants in the R&D project "Human rights, multicultural societies and conflicts" met with other French, Spanish and British researchers in order to share the results obtained over the past three years and explore new areas of interdisciplinary analysis. The II International conference on cultural diversity and conflicts in the EU, held at Paris Sorbonne University, generated fruitful debates around the regulation of private relationships, the negotiation of public institutions, the redefinition of national identities and the fight against discrimination. Here is a brief overview of the interventions.
Javier de Lucas presents his new book on the refugee crisis in Europe
In the last years, the Mediterranean has become one of the world's most dangerous borders. Its waters have witnessed the loss of thousands of human lives, not only those of immigrants in search of work and a better life but also and increasingly those of people fleeing different kinds of persecution. While African countries bear the burden of solidarity and European politicians bargain their refugee quotas, is there any alternative for migration and asylum policy? Professor Javier de Lucas, pioneering researcher on migration and human rights, tackles these issues in the book Mediterráneo: El naufragio de Europa [Mediterranean: The wrecking of Europe] (Tirant lo Blanch, 2015), which will be presented on 24 September at 8pm, at Valencia's Bar Association (16 Plaza de Tetuán). Joan Romero, professor of Geography at the University of Valencia, and Sami Naïr, professor of Political Science at the Sorbonne, will also participate in the event.
Multihuri participates in the VIII Conference on international migrations in Spain
Four members of the research project "Human rights, multicultural societies and conflicts" will take part in the VIII Conference on international migrations in Spain, held at the University of Granada on 16-18 September. This meeting has taken place in various Spanish cities since 1997 and seeks to contribute to the consolidation of research groups with the capacity to bridge disciplinary divides. The presentations will address the human rights dimension of conflicts about the Islamic veil (Ángeles Solanes), the presence of stereotypes in the regulation of family migration (Encarnación La Spina), the mediation of conflicts arising from the creation of prayer rooms (Albert Mora) and the transnational dimension of anti-racist policies (Pier-Luc Dupont). For more information about the conference, click here.
