Seminar details

Seminar 1:  Education for citizenship and naturalisation

13 March 2009

To critically examine conceptions of ‘national’ citizenship, in relation to devolution and conflict. Professor Kymlicka (confirmed) would provide a theoretical and international overview for the issues to be addressed in subsequent seminar sessions. Respondents to include Professor David Miller (confirmed), Professor Yasemin Soysal (confirmed) and Dr Dina Kiwan.

Seminar 2:  Societies and conflict

22 May 2009

To explore the impact of conflict on conceptions of citizenship, the relationship between citizen and state, and approaches to education for citizenship in different societal contexts. Dr. Ben-Porath (confirmed) will contribute to the framing of this session. Respondents to include Professor Lynn Davies (confirmed) and Professor Tony Gallagher (confirmed).

Seminar 3: Immigrants, Minorities and the British Nation

Monday 13th July 2009, 11.00am - 12.15pm

Professor Amitai Etzioni, George Washington University

Professor Amitai Etzioni is the Director of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies at The George Washington University. Amitai Etzioni served as a Professor of Sociology at Columbia University for 20 years; part of that time as the Chairman of the department. In 1980, Etzioni was named the first University Professor at The George Washington University. Etzioni is the author of twenty-four books, including:

• The Active Society: a theory of societal and political processes (New York: Free Press, 1968);
• The Monochrome Society (Princeton University Press, 2001);
• From Empire to Community: A New Approach to International Relations (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004).

Seminar 4: Religion, Gender and Citizenship

The role of religion in the public sphere has been a relatively neglected area in both the naturalisation and citizenship domains. Professor Joseph (confirmed) would critically revisit these issues, with respect to gendered constructions of citizenship. Respondents to include Professor Madeleine Arnot (confirmed) and Professor Alan Smith (confirmed).

Seminar 5:  Inclusive participation

To critically consider relationships between ‘inclusion’, ‘democracy’, ‘diversity’ and citizenship’ and the implications for an inclusive education for citizenship, led by Professor John Annette (confirmed), with respondents including Professor Tariq Modood (confirmed) and Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh. 

Seminar 6: Drawing conclusions:  implications for theory, policy and practice

To reassess theoretical and practical implications of developing an inclusive model of participative citizenship for education and naturalisation policy and practice in the different contexts under examination. Led by Dr. Dina Kiwan.