Seminar series on conflicts, muticulturalism and public policy: case studies
From February to May 2015, external researchers, officials and civil society representatives will join the members of R&D project "Human rights, multicultural societies and conflicts" in order to pinpoint legal and political measures that might contribute to the prevention and resolution of ethnicity-related conflicts. The seminar series will kick off on 18 February with a presentation by Prof. Javier de Lucas on the concept of tolerance. Subsequent sessions, which are public and free, will analyse specific cases linked to the construction of places of worship, the use of public spaces by ethnic minorities, access to healthcare, school segregation and the prohibition of religious clothing or symbols.
Seminar on the rights of women in the new Tunisian Constitution
On 17 November, Ángeles Solanes Corella moderated a seminar with Mario Losano, professor of legal philosophy at University of Eastern Piamonte (Italy), who discussed the incorporation of gender equality in the constitutional arrangements of traditionally Muslim states. Drawing on the case of Tunisia, professor Losano highlighted the opportunities opened by the Arab spring as well as the challenges currently facing Muslim feminism. To watch the full presentation, have a look at our "video" section.
Looking back on the I International Conference on Cultural Diversity and Conflicts in the EU
Following the I International Conference on Cultural Diversity and Conflicts in the European Union, organised by the Human Rights Institute of the University of Valencia as part of the R&D project "Human rights, cultural diversity and conflicts", panel abstracts and pictures are available for perusal. Full-lenght recordings of the presentations are also available in the "video" section (see tab above). The event took place on October 2-3 and was attended by over 50 social workers, academics, psychologists, police officers, activists and students.
Registration opens for the I International Conference on Cultural Diversity and Conflicts in the EU
The I International Conference on Cultural Diversity and Conflicts in the European Union, organised by University of Valencia's Human Rights Institute under the direction of professor Ángeles Solanes, will take place in Valencia (Spain) on October 2-3, 2014. The meeting aims at fostering scientific debate and the exchange of ideas about integration and the equal enjoyment of fundamental rights in contemporary European multicultural societies. All sessions will be open to the public, subject to registration, in the auditorium of the Faculty of Social Sciences (Avinguda Tarongers, 4B).
