Join us on Thursday, April 4 at 4:00 PM ET for Professor Riva Kastoryano’s presentation of her research, “Negotiating DIversity in Expanded European Public Spaces”. Register below for location details and Zoom link!

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ABOUT THE RESEARCH

The question of diversity and integration has occupied public debates, political agendas and social sciences for decades. In Europe, an important issue pertains to the settlement of post-immigrant ethno-religious groups, along with the expression and organization of collective identities; claims for participation/representation and recognition; the role of religion in public space; and the increasing influence of diaspora and transnational politics. Our point of departure is that these questions cannot be properly addressed without at the same time taking into account the multilevel character of the European public space they unfold within, the multiple characters of the groups (some identified by national origins, others by religion etc.) and the multiple modes of integration.

The main aim is to contribute to the theory and practice of integration and diversity management in Europe. Empirically evaluating post-immigrant ethno-religious minorities’ perceptions and adoptions of these different normative approaches will allow us to clarify the nature and relations among multiple conceptions of integration in the European public space that both overlap and diverge. 

SPEAKERS

Riva Kastoryano

Riva Kastoryano is a research director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Professor at the Institute for Politcal Sciences at Sciences-Po Paris. Her work focuses on identity and minority issues and more specifically to their relations to states in France, Germany, the United States. She was a lecturer at Harvard University 1984-1987, and has been teaching at the Institute for Political Studies in Paris (Sciences Po) since 1988 and as a visiting professor at The New School for Social Research since 2005.