10 August 2008 19:00 -
12 August 2008 15:00
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
International Forum Bosnia, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
International Conference "Unity and Plurality in Europe" (ICUPE), Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10-12 August 2008
http://www.ifbosna.org.ba
Alma Mrgan-Slipicevic
+387 33 217-665, 217-670
International Forum Bosnia will organise the Third International Conference entitled Unity and Plurality in Europe (ICUPE). The Conference will be held in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 10th to 12th August 2008. It will be organized around three roundtables (Religion and Civil Society; The Question of Multiculturalism in Europe; Religion and Public Life).
The conference aim is to set in motion changes in knowledge, views and approaches in the interpretation and application of modern and traditional understandings of the relationship between religion and public life. The entire conference is conceived as a long-term exercise in building on developing international networks for this type of exchange of knowledge, views and approaches. The organizers believe that this will contribute to an interpretation of religion as an active factor of peace and act as a barrier to its abuse by ethno-national, ethno-religious and by other ideologies, tensions and conflicts. The conference program will include researchers from all over the world, as well as participants in various enterprises focused on understanding and strengthening trust among different collective identities in contemporary societies.
