Nicosia, Cyprus & Jaffa, Israel - Together and Apart: Divided Cities

Date: July 21st - August 4th, 2010
Where: Academic College of Tel Aviv—Jaffa, University of Nicosia, University of Cyprus, and PRIO-Cyprus Center.
Group: International Summer School on Religion and Public Life (ISSRPL)

Email: admissions@issrpl.org

Event Description: As in the past, the ISSRPL combines pluralistic perspectives on religious thought with social scientific research on tolerance, civil society and an open, dialogic, approach to pedagogic practice. Its goal is to transform both the theoretical models and concrete practices through which religious orientations and secular models of politics and society engage one another. Its guiding principle is that in order to build relations of tolerance and understanding between groups and to shape a civil society, the perceived barrier between secular, modern and more traditional religious values must be broken down. Political orientations and social practices must be developed that will draw on both religious traditions and the insights of secular modernity in new and creative ways. The program is centered on three academic courses together with intense processes of group building and the construction of working relationships across religious and ethnic identities. The didactic goals of the conference are social as well as cognitive. It is expected that, as a result of attendance at the school, fellows develop and operationalize programs in their home countries.

Application: application form