Religious Freedom at Risk: the EU, French Schools, and Why the Veil was Banned: Author Meets Readers
Religious Freedom at Risk: the EU, French Schools, and Why the Veil was Banned: Author Meets Readers
Categories: Panel Discussions
Location Details
Pressed, 750 Gladstone Avenue
Contact Information
Cassie Hodgins, 613-520-2600 ext 2995, cassie.hodgins@carleton.ca
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About this Event
Host Organization: Faculty of Public Affairs
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You are invited to attend a Carleton University Community Event. Author Meets Readers invites Carleton students and the community to join an informal discussion on new books published by members of the Carleton University Faculty of Public Affairs.
About the Book:
Religious Freedom at Risk: the EU, French Schools, and Why the Veil was Banned examines matters of religious freedom in Europe, considers the work of the European Court of Human Rights in this area, explores issues of multiculturalism and secularism in France, of women in Islam, and of Muslims in the West.
About the Author:
Melanie Adrian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University and winner of the 2012-2013 FPA Teaching Excellence Award. Her research focuses on the intersections of multiculturalism, nationalism, religion and the law.
Admission is free