Symposium to launch the 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue in France

From 13-03-2008   to   14-03-2008
 (Paris - France) 

Organized by the French Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration, with the support of the EU Commission, the French Ministry for Culture and Communication and UNESCO, the  symposium "Intercultural Dialogue and Cultural Diversity: a Renewed Debate" aims at presenting the ways in which the notions of « intercultural dialogue » and « cultural diversity » are perceived in France.

Researchers, artists and professionals working in culture will gather during a series of roundtable discussions to share their thoughts and experiences. The five following themes will be discussed:

• Theoretical and practical approaches of interculturalism
• Cultural diversity and territorial policies: what are the links between the recognition of differences and an emerging common culture?
• Cultural diversity and social cohesion: what is the future of the universalist and multiculturalist models?
• Cultural diversity and the European construction: an answer to globalization?

Free entrance, compulsory registration before 3 March 2008 (download the registration form). Registration form to email back at colloque-aedi@histoire-immigration.fr

The symposium is organized by the French Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration with the support of the European Union Commission, the French Ministry for Culture and Communication and UNESCO.
Room XII with retransmission in Room XI (13 March from 9:30 am to 6 pm and 14 March from 9:30 am to 5 pm).

Translation from French into English will be provided throughout the symposium.

Download the programme of the Symposium