Expert panel ’Ethno-Confessional Minorities in Serbia: Religion, Identity and Public Discourse’

WithIn the framework of the project Ethno-Confessional Minorities in Serbia, led by Academician Alpar Lošonc, an expert panel titled Ethno-Confessional Minorities in Serbia: Religion, Identity and Public Discourse will be held on 22 September, at 12:00 p.m., in SASA Hall 3.

The expert panel will focus on the position and role of ethno-confessional minorities in Serbia, with particular attention paid to issues of religion, identity, and public discourse. The event aims to shed light on the ways minorities are perceived and represented in the public sphere, approached from various disciplinary perspectives such as political studies, anthropology, religious studies, philology and media studies. It also aims to show the manners minorities exercise their rights and articulate their voices in contemporary society.

Special attention will be dedicated to the impact of religious affiliation on minority identity, as well as on the importance of intercultural dialogue in a pluralistic society.. The panel will explore the role of the media in shaping public narratives on minorities, the challenges in the educational field and language policies, as well as the possibility for advancing public policies toward minorities.