[ecrea] Call for Presentations: Refugee Crisis and Radical Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe

Call for Presentations: Refugee Crisis and Radical Nationalism in 
Central and Eastern Europe



      Call for Presentations


    *Refugee Crisis and Radical Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe*


        Abstract Deadline: October 26, 2016 (Extended)


        Conference Date: November 3-4, 2016
        Location: Dialogue Platform Association, Budapest 1061, Andrássy
        út 16, 2nd floor


Subjective Values Foundation 
<http://szubjektiv.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c0c321d90ebcc89b717b42b18&id=2b4ac14173&e=6cb95eb7e9> 
invites scholars, professionals and students to submit presentation 
proposals for its conference entitled “Refugee Crisis and Radical 
Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe.”

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.bak /at/ szubjektiv.org) 
<mailto:(arpad.bak /at/ szubjektiv.org)>

The conference is part of the project “Debating New Phenomena of Refugee 
Migration in Central Europe” co-funded by the European Union.

Photo: Benedek Bőr • Creative Commons license: Attribution 2.0 Generic 
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        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, Central Hungary 1013
Hungary


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