September 30, 16:15 – 18:00
WOKSHOP I – Expressions of religious diversity in contemporary Portugal I
Chair: Ruy Blanes
| Author | Title |
| Marina Pignatelli Professor in Anthropology, Institute of Social Sciences and Policies - Technical University of Lisbon | The Roots and the Routes of the Jews in Lisbon |
| Lara Carregã Master Student in Sociology, ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon | The Jewish community in Portugal: immigration and conversions as ways to counterbalance the negative demographic trend |
| Rita Ávila Cachado Pos-Doc Fellowship in Anthropology, CIES – Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology | Religion against urban segregation – the case of Hindu Portuguese in a deprived neighbourhood |
| Eneida Livramento Master Student in History, International Relationships and Cooperation at University of Porto- Faculty of Arts | Religion as an integration factor: the Cape Verdean population in Portugal |
WOKSHOP II – Accommodating religious and religious diversity in secularised societies: theoretical, political and social challenges
Chair: Adilson Semedo
| Mathias Thaler | Two Conceptions of Secularism: A Normative Proposal for Complex Realities |
| Ana María López Sala (with Valeriano Esteban Sánchez) Research Fellow. Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Madrid | Immigration policies, religious diversity and the management of pluralism in “new” immigration societies. The Case of Spain. |
| Simion Doru Cristea Affiliated researcher to CLEPUL - Centre for Lusophone and European Literatures and Cultures of the Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon | Religion and Migration: Political Aspects of Discourse |
| Fida Shafi Phd scholar in Political Science, University of Vienna | Islamophobia, is it? |
WOKSHOP III – Building, reproducing and recreation religious identities I
Chair: Donizete Rodrigues
| Maria Forteza (with Maria Del Mar Griera, Julia Martínez-Ariño and Gloria García-Romeral) Predoctoral Scholar, ISOR, Investigacions en Sociologia de la Religió Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | New urban religious landscapes. The effects of migration onto Barcelona’s religious map. |
| Roberta Ricucci (with Franco Garelli) Researcher fellow at University of Turin, Italy | Within and without the parish: challenges for Catholic second generations. |
| Andreia Passos Master degree in Sociology and researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto (ISFLUP) | Religious communities and their role in the social integration of their members: a reflection upon the reaction of a Jehovah’s Witnesses community to the sociological enquiry. |
| Ana Isabel Fontes da Fonseca Master Student in History, International Relationships and Cooperation at University of Porto - Faculty of Arts | Erasmus students and religion |
WOKSHOP IV – From Eastern to Southern Europe: Religion issues in four European countries
Chair: Nina Clara Tiesler
| Dr. Zsuzsa M. Császár (PhD, Associate Professor, Institute of Geography, University of Pécs) András Mérei (PhD-student, Doctoral School of Earth Sciences, University of Pécs) | The patterns of changing religious space structure of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina from 1944 to present |
| Maria Leonor Graça Cunha Master Student in History, International relationships and Cooperation at University of Porto- Faculty of Arts | Turkish Accession to the UE. Migration and Religion - Present and Past |
| Dinçer Özer Graduate (PhD) Student in Department of Sociology, University of Porto, Portugal | The Place of Islam in Social Integration of Turkish Immigrants: A Case Study of the Netherlands |
| Neven Duvnjak Sociologist/researcher/faculty teacher Institute for Social Sciences Ivo Pilar-center Split, Croatia (PhD) | Relations between Islamic community and Catholic church in Croatia (case study) |
| Stéphanie Mahieu Garcia-Pelayo Fellow Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales Madrid | Innovations in Funeral Practices among Romanian Migrants in Spain |
October 1, 14:00 – 15:45
WORKSHOP V – Expressions of religious diversity in contemporary Portugal II
Chair: José Mapril
| Emiliana Querido Master Student in History, International relationships and Cooperation at University of Porto- Faculty of Arts | The religious institutions in the integration process of the asylum seekers and refugees in Portugal. |
| Raúl M. Braga Pires Researcher at the African Studies Center of the University of Porto and General-Coordinator of the Forum for Islamic Studies | “UNIR LISBOA” – A Rainbow campaign” |
| Maria Emília Baptista dos Santos PdD student, ISCTE - Higher Institute for Labour and Enterprise - Lisbon University Institute | Religion and identity in a students group of the islamic school in Palmela (Portugal) |
| Ana Isabel Ramalho Master Student in History, International Relationships and Cooperation at University of Porto- Faculty of Arts | A minority among minorities – the Ismailis in Portugal |
WOKSHOP VI -Building, reproducing and recreation religious identities II
Chair: Annalisa Frisina
| Francesco Vacchiano Post-doc research fellow in CRIA (Centre for Research in Anthropology - Lisbon) and external faculty member in the University of Milan “Statale”. | “Ħregt fī-l-bātō u lquīt đāy‘ā. Historical and religious resonances in the travelogues of Moroccan ‘irregular’ migrants” |
| Marta Dominguez Diaz Junior Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations; The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies; Cambridge University | Transplanting Moroccan Sufism or Enacting New Eclecticisms? Transnational Identities and Regional Religiosities in the Transnational Qādiriyya Today |
| Jared D. Larson Ph.D. Candidate, University of Delaware (USA) Research Associate, Instituto Galego de Análise e Documentación Internacional (Galicia, Spain) | The Reemergence of Islam in Contemporary Iberia: Catholic Contexts, Secular Responses |
| Adilson Semedo Doc-research Fellow in Sociology, Faculty of Arts of University of Porto and member of the Institute of Sociology at the same faculty (ISFLUP) | The Reconfiguration of Religious Field in Cape Verde and its challenges. |
| Faatin Haque Director, Institute of Hazrat Mohammad (SAW) - non-profit voluntary organization in Bangladesh | Pluralism: Its Centrality and Essence in Islam |
WOKSHOP VII – Migrant communities: the place of the “religious community” in migrants' social integration and identity-related processes
Chair: Barbara Bertolani
| Alessia Passarelli PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin, Dep. Sociology | Migration and religious belonging. A case study of Protestant Churches in Italy |
| Prof.Dr.Georgina Szilagyi Drd.Andras Gyorbiro Partium Christian University, Oradea, Romania | The religious aspects of the Romanias` migration towards the Southern-European countries |
| Ambra Formenti PhD student, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon | Being African and Christian in diaspora: processes of identity construction among Guinean Christian communities in Lisbon |
| Michele Bertani (PhD) Research Assistant Università di Verona, Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione | The role of social capital in the migrants’ network. |
| Maria João Oliveira PhD student in Sociology at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto and member of the Institute of Sociology at the same faculty (ISFLUP) | The role of religious communities on the integration of Brazilian immigrants in Greater Porto (Work in progress) |
WORKSHOP VIII - Religious, spirituality and health care
Chair: Roberta Ricucci
| Susana Queiroga ISCTE (Academical) - Phd Student in Sociology Institute S. João de Deus (Profesional) - Assessor for Health Care Pastoral Services and volunteer work | Spirituality in health care: from Catholic hegemony to a plural approach. |
| Freire, Jaclin (with Carla Moleiro) Researcher ISCTE-IUL (Higher Institute for Labour and Enterprise - Lisbon University Institute) & CIS (Centre for Research and Social Intervention). | Physical and Psychological Health Care Services in Portugal: The access and experiences of religious minority members (a qualitative study)." |
| Waldecíria Souza da Costa (with Conceição Nogueira; Teresa Freire) PhD Student in Social Psychology, University of Minho, Portugal | Religiosity/ spirituality as a fundamental dimension in the experience of immigration of Brazilian women in the district of Porto - Portugal |
| Manuela Sousa Luz Graduated in Sociology by the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto | Alternative therapies, contemporary forms of physical and spiritual healing – immigration and its influences |
| Nuno Costa Master Student in History, International relationships and Cooperation at University of Porto - Faculty of Arts | The Role of Cultural Mediators in the context of deprivation of liberty |
