The Leverhulme Programme team will address topics based on the following  themes: Ethnic Enclaves and Economic Integration, Social Capital, Gender  and Differential Educational and Economic Outcomes, National Identity, Citizenship and Religious 'Difference' and Majoritarian Identities and Resentment of Multiculturalism.

Keynote speakers will address issues in relation to contemporary issues on minority ethnicity, religion, integration and national identity, and include:

• Professor Zygmunt Bauman (Leeds)
• Professor Craig Calhoun (New York University and President of the Social Science Research Council)
• Professor Reina Lewis (London College of Fashion)
• Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh (Westminster)
• Professor Roland Robertson (University of Pittsburgh and University of Aberdeen)

Over 50 additional papers will be presented. The conference will begin with registration at 9.30 - 10.30am on Friday, 14th November and the final paper session will conclude at about 6pm on Saturday, 15th November, followed by a dinner at 7.30pm.

Please find a registration form for the conference on our website at: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sociology/leverhulme/workshops.html

Bedrooms are available at the conference venue, Burwalls, a conference centre with a scenic location by the famous suspension bridge on the Avon gorge. But please note that these bedrooms are not en-suite; they have washbasins but shared toilets and showers. Ensuite bedrooms are available at hotels within a few minutes walking distance of Burwalls and contact details and prices are given on the registration forms. If you would like a hotel room, please contact the hotel directly.

There is no conference fee as such but all attendees need to register and to indicate their accommodation and meal requirements and pay for them in advance by 15th October.

Please note that places for non-paper givers and those not connected to the Programme are strictly limited, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Further details of the programme can be found at: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sociology/ethnicitycitizenship/

Further details of the centre can be found at: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sociology/leverhulme/