On January 24-27, the Institute of the Middle and Far East at Jagiellonian University hosted an international research workshop focusing on the study of minorities in European cities. Building upon a long-term partnership between Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, and Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies at Potsdam University, the researchers discussed specific strategies for looking at inter-minority relations and majority-minority interactions and worked on the upcoming Special Issue focusing on the Jewish and Muslim Communities in European Urban Spaces.

Participants greatly benefited from experience sharing across projects dealing with similar topics, including with colleagues behind the transnational project "Encounters". Apart from research presentations and discussions, the event offered practical training in areas such as research dissemination, creation of MOOCs, media relations or gender dimensions of projects. The fruitful discussions led to the brainstorming of exciting possibilities for future cooperation. Stay tuned for more!

The event was supported by the grant EUphony 2022-1-CZ01-KA220-HED-000089285 „Jews, Muslims and Roma in the 21st Century Metropolises: Reflecting on Polyphonic Ideal and Social Exclusion as Challenges for European Cohesion" and the program "Excellence Initiative – Research University” at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (WSMiP.2.3.2022.2).

The full program and participants bios are available here: