03-04/11/2016 - Conference: Refugee Crisis and Radical Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe (Hungary)

Subjective Values Foundation 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.

Open to: scholars, professionals and students.

Venue: 3-4 November, 2016, Dialogue Platform Association, Budapest, Hungary.

Deadline: 26 October 2016.

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