Welcome by Prof. Luc Borot and Dr. Myriam Hunter-Henin

SESSION I: RELIGION AND EDUCATION: KEY CONCEPTS
Laïcité, Integration, Discrimination and Religious Freedom
Chair: Prof. Christopher McCrudden, Lincoln College (Oxford)

Tensions on Laïcité: Ideological manipulations by the French radical right and the British left
Prof. Luc Borot (MFO)

The Classroom as an Integration Lab
Dr Lorenzo Zucca (King’s College London) 

Non-discrimination and Laïcité in Schools: Two concepts at odds?
Prof. Gwénaële Calvès (Université Cergy-Pontoise)

The Right of the Child to Religious Freedom and Education: Key issues in international human rights law
Dr Sylvie Langlaude (Queen’s University Belfast) 

SESSION II: RELIGION AND EDUCATION: DIFFERENT MODELS
Chair: Dr Prakash Shah (Queen Mary, University of London)

What Place Does Religious Education Have in State Schools and Catholic Schools in France?
Dr Blandine Chelini-Pont (Université Aix-en-Provence)

Religion in the Turkish Education: Nationalisation between secularisation and islamisation
Dr Kerem Altiparmak / Hasan Sayim Vural (Ankara University) 

The Northern Irish Model of Religion and Education
Prof. Christopher McCrudden (Lincoln College, Oxford)

SESSION III: RELIGION AND EDUCATION: DIFFERENT MODELS
Chair: Prof. Jean-Paul Willaime (IESP Paris)

Education, Religion and Regionalism in the Context of the Church-State Relations Laws of England and Wales
Prof. Norman Doe (Cardiff Law School)

Religious Education in a Religiously Neutral State: The German model
Prof. Heinrich de Wall (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen) 

The Teaching of Religion in Spain: An ongoing controversy
Dr Javier Oliva (University of Bangor)

The Ambiguous Status of Religion in Italian Public Education: A (bad) model for Europe?
Prof. Marco Ventura (University of Siena) 

SESSION IV: DEFINING RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT CASE STUDIES
Chair: Prof. Norman Doe (Cardiff Law School)

Religious Discrimination and Schools: The employment of teachers and the public sector duty
Prof. Lucy Vickers (Oxford Brooks University)

Jewish Schools in France: A mapping of their Jewish identity proposals
Prof. Martine Cohen (CNRS Paris)

Having Faith in our Schools?: Struggling with religious definitions
Dr Arif Jamal (UCL) / Dr Farid Panjwani (The Aga Khan University, London)

On Turbans, Bangles and Headscarves: Accommodating religious symbols in schools
Prof. Maleiha Malik (King’s College London) 

SESSION V: TEACHING CONTENT– RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Chair: Prof. Luc Borot (Director, MFO)

Religious Education in Multi-Faith Europe
Peter Cumper (University Leicester)

Opt-Outs: A sufficient means to protect religious liberty in schools?
Dr Alison Mawhinney & Dr Yuko Chiba (Queen’s University Belfast) 

Religious Education in Public Schools of Alsace and Moselle: A special status confronted to social evolution
Jean-Marie Woehrling (Strasbourg, Institut du droit local alsacien-mosellan)

SESSION VI: TEACHING CONTENT –BEYOND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Chair : Dr George Letsas (UCL)

Evolution, Creationism and Intelligent Design: What may and may not be taught in US schools
Prof. Eric Barendt (UCL)

Beating People Is Wrong: Campbell and Cosans, Williamson and their aftermath
Frank Cranmer (Cardiff Law School)

History Textbooks and the Teaching about Religious Issues in France
Anna van den Kerchove (IESR, Paris)

SESSION VII: RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS - CASE STUDIES
Chair : Dr Myriam Hunter-Henin (UCL)

Crosses, Bracelets, Rings and Veils: The accommodation of religious symbols in the uniform policies of English schools
Prof. Mark Hill QC (Cardiff Law School / 3 Pump Court Chambers)

Religious Symbols in UK Schools: Teachers and other staff
Dr Russell Sandberg (Cardiff Law School) 

The Lautsi Case: What the Strasbourg court decided
Dr George Letsas (UCL)

Religious Symbols in German Schools
Dr Tobias Lock (UCL) 

Laïcité Unveiled!
Prof. Raphaël Liogier (Sciences Po, Aix-en-Provence)