Belonging Together: Migrants, Refugees, Displaced Persons and Global Solidarity

Dates: 6-8 February 2025
Event: International Interfaith Online Conference during the UN World Interfaith Harmony Week

Interested participants are invited to submit papers for short presentations and mini-lectures on topics related to the conference’s overarching theme and influencing the fields of the three thematic tracks. Possible topics may include but are not restricted to the following:

Thematic Track 1: Being Human, Being Migrant

• Migrants’ identity, resilience and agency
• Negotiating migrant self-understanding, reception and integration in host communities
• Gendered migration experiences and transnational belonging

Thematic Track 2: Living Together in the Age of Migration, Caring for One Another

• Hospitality and practices of inclusive community by and with migrants
• Migration, border politics, citizenship and nation-building, using legal framework in concert with the United Nations Global Compact
• International migration, mobility, families and community engagement

Thematic Track 3: Ethical Principles and Shared Values for Shaping Migrant-Sensitive Societies

• Moral obligations toward refugees and vulnerable migrants
• Protecting migrant women, children and unaccompanied minors, equipping for self-reliant futures
• Interfaith solidarity, human dignity and human rights for peaceful societies

Submission

Abstracts of 300 words are to be submitted until 1 October 2024 to:

• Hub of the Americas: americas@fratellitutticonference.org
• Hub of Africa: africa@fratellitutticonference.org
• Hub of Europe: europe@fratellitutticonference.org

Communication on accepted papers and presentations will be made by 15 November 2024.

Presentations during the parallel thematic sessions of this online conference shall not exceed 10 minutes, and each session is designed for a maximum number of the presentations to allow sufficient time for interaction between the attendees.