«CULTURAL DIVERSITY, MULTILINGUISM AND ETHNIC MINORITIES IN SWEDEN»

International Conference 2-3 September 2009

(Preliminary Program)

Stockholm, Sweden

Venue: The Nordic Museum, Djurgårdsvägen 6-16

Wednesday September 2:

10.00 Registration

10.30 Opening of the conference by the ambassador of France, H.E. Joël De Zorzi

10.40-11.10 Inaugural lecture given by Maurice Godelier (Anthropologist, directeur d´études de classe
exceptionnelle at the EHESS, Paris) - «In today´s world: anthropology more important
than ever»

11.10-11.40 Riina Heikkilä (Språkrådet, Stockholm)- « The situation in Sweden: the relationship
between the main language and the official minority languages »

11.40-13.15 Lunch

• SESSION I : THE SPECTRUM OF MINORITIES

13.15-13.45 Joseph Yacoub (professor, Université Catholique de Lyon, UNESCO chair « Mémoire,
cultures et interculturalité ») - « Cultural diversity and International Law »

13.45-14.15 Yves Plasseraud (professor at the Faculty of History, University of Vilnius) - « National
minorities / New minorities. Similarities and differences in contemporary European
states»

14.15-14.45 Coppélie Cocq (PhD, Lecturer, Umeå University) - « Contemporary aspects of Sami
cultural expression »

14.45-15.15 Erling Wande (Professor Emeritus, Former Head of the Finnish institution, Stockholm
University) - «From Tornedal Finnish to Meänkieli – A Tornedalian Success Story? »
15.15-15.45 David Gaunt (Professor, Södertörn University College) - « The Syrians and Assyrians in
Sweden: Cultural and Sociological aspects »

15.45-16.00 Coffee break

16.00-16.30 Ella Johansson, (Multicultural Centre Botkyrka) - «Migration and cultural heritage»

16.30-17.30 Visit of the Nordic Museum

18.00 Dinner

20.00 Concert of André Chini (Sami music, joik)

Thursday September 3:

• SESSION II: NATIONAL IDENTITY AND MULTICULTURALISM

10.00-10.30 Nathalie Blanc-Noël (senior lecturer, University of Bordeaux IV, editor in chief of the
review Nordiques ) - «National Identity Narratives in the light of Cultural Globalization: the
Cases of Sweden and France»

10.30-11.00 Hans Lödén (senior lecturer in political science, University of Karlstad) - «National
Identity, Inclusion and Exclusion. An Empirical Investigation»

11.00-11.30 Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark (Jur. Dr., Associate Professor, Director of the Åland Islands
Peace Institute, Mariehamn, Åland) - «A comparative perspective on Cultural Diversity in
Nordic countries »

11.30-13.00 Lunch

13.00-13.30 Gérard Wormser (director of the journal Sens Public, philosopher and associate
professor at the ENS-LSH of Lyon and the IEP of Paris) - «Hot & cold: From the climate
theory towards multiculturalism»

• SESSION III: MIGRATION, ETHNIC DIFFERENCES AND MEDIATION

13.30-14.00 Maja Povzanovic Frykman (Associate professor, Malmö University) - «Migrants beyond
ethnic groups: diversity of practices»

14.00-14.30 Cyril Coulet (Former Visiting Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International
Affairs, PhD Candidate at the University of Paris I, Member of the editorial board of the
journal Nordiques, Associate contributor to the journal Grande Europe) - «Addressing
Cultural Differences Resulting From Immigration: Is there a Swedish Sonderweg»

14.30-15.00 Eva Norström – (Lund university) « Community interpreting in Sweden and its
significance for guaranteeing legal and medical security»

15.00-15.15 Coffee break

15.15-15.45 Jonas Alwall (Head of Department, Dept of International Migration and Ethnic Relations,
Malmö University) - «The Many Languages of Religion: On Religious Minorityhood,
Difference and Identity»

15.45-16.15 Discussion on continued collaboration, research cooperation and networking on migration

studies

16.15-17.00 End of the Conference. Cocktail with Swedish music (Gubbar)

Symposium organized by the French embassy of Stockholm, the French Institute, the Swedish
association of French teachers, the international journal of social sciences Sens Public and the
Department of ongoing training of the university of Uppsala

Contact: christophe.premat@franskainstitutet.se