EYID2008

2008 is designated European Year of Intercultural dialogue. Here we will be featuring a range of articles and individual viewpoints which will highlight specific issues and themes arising in a variety of the areas covered by the term intercultural: religion, migration, multi-lingualism, minorities, the media, education and science.

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Ambassador for a year
Lola Young - otherwise Baroness Young of Hornsey - has been a member of the House of Lords since 2004. After two years as a social worker in Islington in the early Seventies, she studied at the New College of Speech and Drama and became a professional actress..... >>

Taking diversity seriously by Andrew Hammond
Under the strapline 'Together in Diversity', the European Union has devoted 2008 to celebrating and deepening our understanding of the great panoply of cultures now to be found across the continent.... This is clearly both an optimistic project (in the best sense - not just unfoundedly hopeful); and a very timely one. >>

Dialogue of Cultures or Clash of Civilisations?
by Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament.
At so many points in its history, Britain has looked outward to the rest of the world, in a spirit of ambition and self-confidence. In the process, it has changed world history, often for the better. Today - as my meetings with Gordon Brown and David Cameron... >>

Intercultural Cities Conference
A three-day international conference exploring migration, diversity and urban life in UK and European cities will take place on 1-3 May in Liverpool, the European Capital of Culture 2008. The "Intercultural Cities Conference" will be hosted by Comedia and EUCLID in association with Liverpool 08, and supported by the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the British Council. >>