Saturday 16 Jun 2007

Department of Government, European Institute, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

This one-day conference explores the ways in which religions have contributed to the construction of the European Union, from the establishment of the European Economic Community in 1957 to today.

It has been argued that EU enlargement – to countries in Central and Eastern Europe in 2004, the inclusion of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, and possibly Turkey later – is likely through a dynamic of desecularisation dramatically to transform the EU into a multi-religious space. Religions have not only shaped identities but are also influential factors in political discourse. This conference will analyse the activities of religious actors in the context of supranational European institutions and the ways in which they have responded to the idea of Europe at local and international levels.

REGISTRATION: There are NO registration or conference fees.
Participants are requested to register by sending an email to Lucian Leustean (l.n.leustean@lse.ac.uk) no later than Friday 8 June, including their name, title and affiliation. This information will (unless a specific request be made for this NOT to be done) be made available to all participants.

Please note that the LSE cannot cover accommodation and travel expenses. The organisers will provide a list of restaurants, pubs which serve food and other eateries in the area.

If you have any questions please contacts the organisers: John Madeley (j.madeley@lse.ac.uk) and Lucian Leustean (l.n.leustean@lse.ac.uk)

For the full programme of the conference, please visit www.lse.ac.uk/collections/government/news/conferen...