Foundation of Subjective Values
invites scholars, professionals and students to submit
presentation proposals for its conference entitled
Refugee Crisis and Radical Nationalism in
Central and Eastern Europe
date: November 3-4, 2016
venue: Dialogue Platform Association,
Budapest 1061, Andrássy út 16, 2nd floor
Despite not being major targets of immigration, countries in the CEE region have recently shown a strong hostility towards refugees arriving in Europe from conflict-stricken areas in the Middle East and Africa. Some of these CEE countries are among the strongholds of far-right political extremism in the continent, which in turn pushes mainstream politics towards a stronger nationalist stance. Due to this drift, a number of governments from the region tend to oppose addressing the refugee crisis at a European level by mandatory refugee distribution quotas, some instead pledging to defend Europe's Christian roots, regardless their growing lack of workforce. These developments eventually pose a challenge to visions of the EU as a politically stable community with a common set of values grounded in the respect of human rights. In such an environment, civil society faces an increased responsibility in a range of areas, from challenging Islamophobic narratives to monitoring the treatment of refugees.
Against this backdrop, we invite 20-minute presentations focusing on good practices in addressing the challenges emerging in the following areas:
- The Refugee Crisis: Its Effects on Radical and Mainstream
Politics
- Racism, Xenophobia and Islamophobia: Recent Trends of Public
Attitudes
- Civil and Grassroots Responses to the Rise of Radical
Nationalism - From Countering Stereotyping Representations and Hate
Speech to Monitoring and Defending Human Rights
- The Future of the EU's Asylum, Migration and Social Inclusion Policies
Please send your abstract of up to 300 words and a short biography by October 26, 2016, to arpad....@szubjektiv.org
The conference is part of the project "Debating New Phenomena
of Refugee Migration in Central Europe" co-funded by the European
Union.
Our mailing address is:
Foundation of Subjective Values - Szubjektív Értékek
Alapítvány
Alagút u. 1. Budapest 1013 Hungary
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