JOINT SEMINAR RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC MINORITY YOUTH: SOCIETAL AND MEDIA DYNAMICS. Centre d études ethniques des universités montréalaises (CEETUM) and

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1 JOINT SEMINAR RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC MINORITY YOUTH: SOCIETAL AND MEDIA DYNAMICS Centre d études ethniques des universités montréalaises (CEETUM) and KU LEUVEN Institute for Media Studies (IMS) Interculturalism, Migration and Minorities Research Centre (IMMRC) Aims March 4-7, 2014 This event will bring together professors and graduate students from the Centre d études ethniques des universités montréalaises (CEETUM) and from mainly two different research centres at the KU Leuven. It is the first official collaboration since an agreement was signed between the CEETUM and KU Leuven in October Researchers will present their work on social and media issues as regards youth of ethnic and religious minorities. The seminar will provide a unique educational experience for students in the humanities and social sciences from Montreal and from KU Leuven by allowing them to discover the work of researchers from various disciplines (sociology, anthropology, education, media studies). Students from Montreal will further benefit from extracurricular activities, such as a visit to a centre for integrating new migrants, that will allow them to observe ethnic and religious pluralism in a different national context. Student participants selected by the CEETUM will receive three credits (Travail pratique) for their participation. They will be given preparatory readings before the seminar selected by the professors and researchers who will be presenting their work in the seminar. After returning from Belgium they will write a term paper on a theme relevant to the seminar that will be evaluated by a professor member of the CEETUM and commented on by one of the seminar participants from KU Leuven. 1

2 The seminar will permit the researchers from the CEETUM and KU Leuven to become acquainted with each other s work and to define themes for future collaborations in the form of joint research and co-publications. A special issue of the journal Diversité Urbaine (GRDU/CEETUM) is planned. Finally, the graduate students and professors visiting from Montreal will have an opportunity to make contacts in view of future visits at KU Leuven. The Montreal group includes three professors who are particularly interested in such possibilities. Graduate students will have an opportunity to see what KU Leuven has to offer regarding a visit as an exchange student or for a post-doctorate in the future. A future visit to the CEETUM by KU Leuven researchers will also be discussed. 2

3 Schedule Tuesday, March 4 Arrival from Canada in the morning and check-in at the hotel (Theater Hotel, Bondgenotenlaan 20, 3000 Leuven, Tel ). Pick-up at Brussels Airport by Leen d Haenens & David Abadi, travelling to Leuven by train 11:30-13:00: Tour of the city of Leuven guided by Roger Janssens (PECS-program) 13:00-14:30: Lunch in Museum M (meeting with students from UIUC and MITRAprogram) 15:00-17:00: The faculty and the research at the Institute for Media Studies will be presented (meeting in the SBIB Researchers Zone) Connecting the Dots Towards an Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research Agenda on Ethnic and Religious Minorities (Part 1) Chair: Keith Roe (School for Mass Communication Research) Anna Berbers (IMS) & Joyce Koeman (IMS) The Framing of the Syria Warriors in the News and on Ethnic Discussion Forums: Frames, Counter-frames and Social Network Analysis Jan Boesman (IMS): In Search of the Creation of News Frames in Flemish Newspapers: The Case of the Belgian Syria Warriors Roya Imani Giglou (IMS) & Baldwin Van Gorp (IMS) The Gezi Park Protests: Mapping Online and Offline Networks of Turkish Diaspora in the Low Countries David Abadi (IMS) & Leen d Haenens (IMS) The Mapping of Power Relations among Central Actors in the Multiculturalism Debate in Germany. The Sarrazin vs. Bade Debate DINNER at Fonduehuisje at 19:00, St.-Maartenstraat 12c 3

4 Wednesday, March 5 Connecting the Dots Towards an Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research Agenda on Ethnic and Religious Minorities (Part 2) 09:00-11:00 (AV-91.12). Patrick Devlieger (IMMRC) and his students following the course Visual Anthropology: History, Theory and Experimentation will join Deirdre Meintel (CEETUM) Youth in Religious and Ethnic Minorities: Issues of Pluralism in Quebec Nadia Fadil (IMMRC) Integration Policies in Belgium/Flanders Comments and discussion: Leen d Haenens (IMS) 11:00-12:30 (SW02.25) COFFEE/TEA BREAK Marilyn Steinbach (CEETUM) Immigrant Youth outside the Metropolis: Longitudinal Research in Sherbrooke, Québec Gillian Steven (University of Alberta) Measuring National Identity: The Canadian Case Comments and discussion: Johan Leman (IMMRC) LUNCH Meeting Room Communication, 4 th Floor, Campus Parkstraat 45 4

5 13:30-15:30 Géraldine Mossière (CEETUM) African Pentecostal Youth in Religious, Public and Transnational Spaces Katrien Pype (IARA) Pentecostal Media Performances in Belgium Josiane Le Gall (CEETUM) Muslim Youth, Religion and Family Comments and discussion: Nadia Fadil (IMMRC) COFFEE/TEA BREAK 16:00-18:00 (AV04.17) Attendance of a Master Class on Ethnic Relations: Majorities and Immigration Minorities by Karel Arnaut (IMMRC) DINNER at the Faculty Club, Grand Béguinage, at 19:00 5

6 Thursday, March 6 Morning: 9:00-11:00 (Parallel program for students and researchers) Researchers (Meeting Room Communication Science, 4 th floor, Campus Parkstraat 45): Forum for reflection on the conference topics, in search of a common research strategy and where to submit research proposals (FWO- Fall Call, international collaboration with Quebec). Ides Nicaise (Psychology & Educational Sciences, and Research Institute for Work and Society, Education & Lifelong Learning) Challenges of Ethnic Diversity in the Flemish education system Students (room to be communicated, Campus Parkstraat 45): Meeting platform for students of UIUC, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with residentdirector Gray Swicegood and Graziëlla Dekeyzer 11:25 Train leaves to Antwerp (sandwich lunch on the train) Afternoon: 12:30-14:00: Guided tour through Antwerp s Jewish neighborhood together with city guide Ria Malisse (meeting at Kievitplein, next to Central Station) 14:00-15:00: Meeting with Wim Bollaert Atlas (Home of Citizenization and Diversity, Carnotstraat 110, 15:00-17:00: Bus trip to Red Star Line Museum, Montevideostraat 3 museum visit DINNER at Hoffy s Restaurant at 19:00, Lange Kievitstraat

7 Friday, March 7 Morning 09:30-11:00 (Agora, Room Agra or Design Room, IMS) Follow-up meeting to discuss further research ideas and potential future collaborations. Meeting with IMS- and IMMRC-researchers 11:38 Train leaves to Ghent Afternoon 13:30-15:00: City Hall (Oostenrijks Salon). Equal opportunities and diversity policy in the city of Ghent by Joke Vasseur (Equal Opportunities Officer) and Mohammed El Bakali (Integration Officer) 16:03: Train leaves to Brussels 17:00: Reception at Délégation du Québec, Avenue des Arts (Cinq à Sept) 19:00: Tour of the cultural center Foyer in Molenbeek, and talk about integration policy in Brussels Capital Region 7