Toreration and the Public Sphere

The workshops will focus on issues of toleration that raise tensions at the legal and political level of the community, and pose questions of citizenship and belonging. The overall theme is whether Britain can embrace cultural difference in its political and legal structures, and so become a genuinely plural community. Five workshops will be held throughout Britain, addressing different but related themes: (1) Immigration and Citizenship; (2) Cultural Identity and Freedom of Expression; (3) Gender Equality and Cultural Justice; (4) Toleration and Multiculturalism; (5) Division, Democracy and the Public Sphere. The workshops will be aimed at academics, officials, lobbyists, and members of cultural minority groups and the speakers will reflect that aim.