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NECE Networking European Citizenship Education
www.bpb.de/nece
European Conference
in co-operation with
with the support of
Rethinking Citizenship Education in European Migration Societies
Political Strategies ­ Social Changes - Educational Concepts
Lisbon, Portugal, 26 ­ 28 April, 2007
Conference Location: Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
PROGRAMME
Congress moderation: Dita Asiedu & David Vaughan, journalists, Prague
Thursday, 26 April, 2007
10:00 h Registration and Coffee
11:00 h Opening
Thomas Krüger
President of the Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn
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11: 15 h Key Note
Citizenship and Immigration in a Globalised World: European Perspectives
Rita Süssmuth
Former President of the German Parliament /
Member of the Global Commission on International Migration, Berlin
1145 h Coffee Break
12.15 h Key Note
Immigration Continent Europe: Vision and Reality
Abdourahman A. Waberi
Author, Dschibuti / France
Discussion
1:30 h Lunch
3:00 h Statement
Europe and its Multinational Project of Integration: How to Succeed?
Kenan Malik
Writer, Lecturer, Broadcaster/Visiting Senior Fellow, Department of Political, International and
Policy Studies, University of Surrey, Guildford
Panel
Gerald Knaus
European Stability Initiative
Kenan Malik
University of Surrey, Guildford
Selma Muhic-Dizdarevic
Charles University, Prague
Rui Pena Pires
Lisbon University Institute
Joan Font
Centre of Investigativ Sociology (CIS), Madrid
Giovanna Zincone
University of Turin / International and European Forum of Migration Research
Moderation: Oliver Rathkolb, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, Vienna
Discussion
5:00 Coffee Break
5:30 h Cinema and Migration
Introduction
Marion Döring, European Film Academy, Berlin
,,ZOZO" (2005)
A Film by Josef Fares (Sweden)
Twelve-year-old Zozo grows up in war-torn Beirut. In spite of the situation, Zozo leads a fairly
normal life ­ he goes to school, has family and friends. But then tragedy strikes. Zozo loses his
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parents and he has to make his own way in life. His greatest hope is to get to Sweden, where
his grandparents live. In this, his third feature film, Josef Fares, more often associated with
screwball comedies, addresses aspects of his own life. He does so with a mix of melancholy
tragedy and quirky humour.
8:00 h Dinner
Friday, 27 April 2007
9:00 h Good Morning Coffee
9:15 h Introduction
9:30 h Statements
Migration ­ History ­ Diversity:
National Memories and Cultural Identities in Europe
Ute Frevert
University of Yale
Paul Scheffer
Publicist / University of Amsterdam
Discussion
11:00 h Coffee Break
11.30 h Parallel Workshops 1 - 6
Concepts of citizenship, inclusion and pluralism are at the centre of the current immigration
debates in Europe. Rights, duties and responsibilities of host societies and immigrants are
being redefined in different national contexts. Citizenship and human rights education has
gained in importance as migrants are no longer treated as guest workers, but have started to
claim their rights as citizens of the EU.
Session 1
Scientific Inputs - Research Results ­ European Discourses
The first workshop session will provide insights into the current political and scientific
debates on basic aspects of migration and integration policies.
Workshop 1
Remembrance, Responsibility and Future:
Citizenship Education and European Public Memory
Holocaust ­ Forced Migration - Colonialism: This workshop will examine how these twentieth-
century European experiences can be best communicated in today's social reality of
immigration. How can the varying and multifaceted discourse on remembrance in Eastern and
Western Europe contribute to a European `public memory' that also includes migrants and
their history? How can best be communicate the essentials of European human rights policies
to the variety of religions and ethnic groups that are part of Europe's immigration societies?
Introduction and Moderation
Stefan Auer
Innovative Universities European Union (IUEU)
Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne
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Contributors
Rainer Ohliger, Network Migration in Europe e.V., Berlin
Gert Oostindie, KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of
Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies / University of Leiden
Harald Welzer, Centre for Interdisciplinary Memory Research,
Essen
Workshop 2
How to Become a Good (European) Citizen: Standards, Subjects and Models
This workshop will compare the variety of methods that have been developed to cope with
migrant naturalisation in European countries, and will take a closer look at the concepts and
approaches that underlie them. What values and standards provide the basis for these
models? Do these approaches share elements that indicate that `European citizenship'
already exists, or are they no more than reflections of domestic national debate?
Introduction and Moderation
Friedrich Heckmann
European Forum for Migration Studies / University of Bamberg
Contributors
Ines Michalowski
Social Science Research Center, Berlin
Per Mouritsen
University of Aarhus
Fiorella Dell'Olio
University of Cambridge
Workshop 3
Economic Dimensions of Migration ­ Challenges of Citizenship Education
The ongoing ­ and mostly illegal ­ immigration to EU countries illustrates the pressing and
ambivalent economic aspects of migration. On the one hand, the EU is struggling to put up
barriers; on the other, it offers employment to millions of illegal migrants without offering them
the benefits of citizenship. The fears felt by the population can be easily exploited by right-
wing and nationalist groups. This workshop will discuss why this situation exists, and explore
means for addressing the relevant issues. What topics and strategies must citizenship
education pursue in order to communicate the changes that have altered the `basic
framework', thereby encouraging politics and society to deal with migration in more
constructive and pragmatic ways?
Introduction and Moderation
Tahir Abbas
Birmingham University Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture
Contributors
Irena Kogan
University of Mannheim
Brigitte Fresnais-Chamaillard
National Institute of Demographic Studies, Paris
Workshop 4
Religious Identities and Citizenship
European debates are redefining the relationship between state, religious groups and the
individual. Migrant communities are beginning to reflect their religious identity in both a
European pluralistic society, and in a secular reality. This workshop asks how a multinational
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identity, in particular for Muslims, can be reconciled with citizenship and citizen participation in
European democratic societies.
Introduction and Moderation
Johannes Kandel
Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, Berlin
Contributors
Yildiz Akdogan
Network of Democratic Muslims, Copenhagen
Liam Gearon
Roehampton University, London
Nahed Selim
Author/Journalist, Amsterdam
Workshop 5
Intercultural Citizenship Education ­ New Perspectives for Learning at Schools
The workshop will examine curricular changes in teacher training and in school study plans
that have resulted from development into an immigration society. How is migrant history
presented in schools? What political-contemporary areas and/or topics should be
incorporated into both courses of study and learning materials to give migration its due, and
enable migrants to become active participants in democratic society?
Introduction and Moderation
Susanne Frank
London
Contributors
Isabel Ferreira Martins
High Commission for Immigration and Ethnic Minorities (ACIME), Lisbon
Ratke, Frankfurt
Workshop 6
Artistic Migration and Mobility - Impacts on Cultural and Citizenship Education
The migration of artists and people engaged in cultural activities to Europe leads to change in
both the country of migration and the country of origin. Can we describe a theoretical win-win
situation? What impulses do migration and integration provide in terms of cultural mediation?
This workshop examines the `bonus' aspect of cultural mediation work for European
citizenship, and introduces transnational cultural education formats.
Introduction and Moderation
Bertan Selim
European Cultural Foundation Amsterdam
Contributors
Marion Döring
European Film Academy, Berlin
Marion von Osten
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
1:30 h Lunch (at one's own expense)
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3:00 h Parallel Workshops 1 - 6
Rethinking Citizenship Education in European Migration Societies
Session 2: Didactic Approaches - Practical Experiences - Educational Projects
The second workshop session will present and examine educational and didactic
approaches, as well as the best practice formats that are suitable for new paths in European
citizenship education ­ ones able to cope with the inevitable tensions and conflicts of
migration societies.
Workshop 1
Remembrance, Responsibility and Future:
Citizenship Education and European Public Memory
Moderation
Stefan Auer
Innovative Universities European Union (IUEU)
Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne
Presentations
Anne von Oswald / Andrea Schmelz
Network Migration in Europe e.V.
Anne Frank Centre. Amsterdam/Berlin
Workshop 2
How to Become a Good (European) Citizen: Standards, Subjects and Models
Moderation
Fiorella Dell'Olio
University of Cambridge
Presentations
Dita Vogel
University of Oldenburg
Alicja Pacewitz
Center for Citizenship Education, Warsaw
Workshop 3
Economic Dimensions of Migration ­ Tasks of Citizenship Education
Moderation
Tahir Abbas
University Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture Birmingham
Presentations
Workshop 4
Religious Identities and Citizenship
Moderation
Lisette Dekker
IPP, Amsterdam
Presentations
Clémence Delmas
www.muslimische-stimmen.de, Berlin
Haci Karacaer
Amsterdam
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Eva Grabherr
www.okay-line.at, Dornbirn
Workshop 5
Intercultural Citizenship Education ­ New Perspectives for Learning at Schools
Moderation
Viola Georgi
Free University Berlin
Presentations
Manuela Guilherme
University of Coimbra
Anne Sliwka
University of Mannheim
Francesca del Gobbo, tbc
Venezia
Barry van Driel
International Association of Intercultural Education, Brussels
Workshop 6
Artistic Migration and Mobility - Impacts on Cultural and Citizenship Education
Moderation
Bertan Selim
European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam
Presentations
Julia Rawlins
British Council in Brussels
Maria de So José Côrte-Real
Center for Interdisciplinary Educational Studies, Lisbon
4:30 h Coffee Break
5:00 ­
6:30 h Continuation of Workshop Session 2
6:45 h Reception at Centro Cultural de Belém
8:00 h Introduction
Ronald Grätz, Goethe Institute Portugal
Music Performance: ,,Lisboa ­ Maputo ­ Berlin"
German singer and songwriter Céline Rudolph and a band of Portuguese-African musicians
are "Lisboa-Maputo-Berlin", a music project supported by the Goethe Institute that looks for
new ways to build cultural bridges between Europe and Africa. The sounds and rhythms the
group of five artists has gathered on trips through Portugal, Mozambique, South Africa
and Germany create a gripping musical dialogue in the piece, a mirror for cultural diversity on
both continents.
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Saturday, 28 April, 2007
9:00 h Introduction
9:30 h Interactive Laboratories:
The Future of Citizenship Education in European Migration Societies ­
Scenarios, Projects, Networks
The laboratories will focus on:
- conceptions and discussions of individual projects/ideas/exchange, including
possibilities for financing and sponsor acquisition at both national and EU levels;
- discussion of the possible construction of topic-specific European networks within the
framework of `Citizenship Education in European Migration Societies';
- formulation of theses and recommendations for implementing the conference and
workshop results.
12:30 h Lunch
1:30 h Presentation of the Laboratories´ Results and Discussion
2:30 h Religious Pluralism ­ European Secular Identities ­
European Integration: Challenges for Citizenship Education
Jose Casanova
New School for Social Research, New York
Moderation: Joerg Lau, Die Zeit, Berlin
Discussion
3:30 h Concluding Remarks
Christoph Müller-Hofstede, Federal Agency for Civic
Education, Bonn
Sigrid Steininger, Austrian Federal Ministry for Education,
Arts and Culture, Vienna