Programme





Thursday, September 30

09:30

Registration

10:00 – 10:45
PLENARY SESSION I (Room: Anfiteatro Nobre)
Words of welcome:
Prof. Helena Vilaça, Chair of Local Committee
Prof. Fátima Marinho, Director of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto
Prof. Virgílio Borges Pereira, Director of the Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto
Prof. Manuel Carlos Silva, President of the Portuguese Association of Sociology

10:45 – 12:30
Religion and Migration.
The Impact on the Social Change and the Social Theory

Main speaker: Prof. Enzo Pace (University of Padua)
Discussant: Prof.  José Madureira Pinto (University of Porto)

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch

14:00 – 16:00
PLENARY SESSION II (Room: Anfiteatro Nobre)
Religions and migrations in Portugal

Chair: Maria João Oliveira
Donizete Rodrigues (UBI, CRIA-UNL, Columbia University)
Helena Vilaça (University of Porto - ISFLUP)
José Mapril (University of Lisbon - ISCTE)
Ruy Blanes (University of Lisbon - ICS)
Discussant: Paulo Fontes (Portuguese Catholic University - CEHR)
Open discussion

16:00 – 16:15
Coffee Break
16:15 – 18:00
Workshops

18:00 – 18:45

BOOK PRESENTATION (Room: Sala de Reuniões)

VILAÇA, Helena; PACE, Enzo (eds.) (2010) - Religião em Movimento, Imigrantes e diversidade religiosa em Portugal e Itália. Porto: Estratégias Criativas.
Presentation by Steffen Dix (University of Lisbon - ICS)

18:45
Welcome party


Friday, October 1

09:00

Registration

9:30 – 11:00
PLENARY SESSION III (Room: Anfiteatro Nobre)
Media and Religious Plurality: The Image of Islam
Main speaker: Prof. Liliane Voyé (Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve)
Discussant: Prof. Abdool Karim Vakil (King’s College, London)

10:45 – 12:30
PLENARY SESSION IV (Room: Anfiteatro Nobre)
Religions and migrations in Southern Europe
Chair: Andreia Passos
Annalisa Frisina (University of Padua)
Annalisa Butticci (University of Padua)
Barbara Bertolani (University of Padua)
Discussant: Ruy Blanes (University of Lisbon- ICS)
Open discussion

13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14: 00 - 15:45
Workshops
15:45 – 16:00
Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:45
PLENARY SESSION V (Room: Anfiteatro Nobre)
Cultural and Religious inter-dialogue
Chair: João Queirós
Camila Cardoso (ACIDI)
Peter Stilwell (Portuguese Catholic University – UCP)
Rui Pena Pires (University of Lisboa - ISCTE)
Jónatas Machado (University of Coimbra)
Discussant: Filipe d’Avillez, (Journalist of Rádio Renascença)
Open discussion


17:45 – 18:30
FINAL SESSION (Room: Anfiteatro Nobre)
Chair: Helena Vilaça
Prof. António Teixeira Fernandes, University of Porto 
Dr. Soares Loja, Vice-President of the Commission of Religious Freedom (CLR)
Dr. Rosário Farmhouse, High Comissioner for Immigrant and for Intercultural Dialogue (ACIDI)




Local Committee:
Helena Vilaça (Chair)
Andreia Passos
Manuela Sousa Luz
Maria João Oliveira
Paula Rocha