Valérie Amiraux

Valérie Amiraux obtained degrees in history (BA and MA at the Sorbonne) and in Arabic (both classical and Egyptian at INALCO); and then pursued a PhD in political science at l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (1992-1997). During this period, she began focusing her research on Muslim communities in Europe and the situation of Turkish-Islamic associations in Germany. Subsequent appointments as Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute (1997-1999) and as a Research Fellow and Scientific co-ordinator of the Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre of the EUI (1999-2000) allowed her to pursue more fully research activities related to Islam in Europe. Her present research interests (connected with her recent appointment as Research Fellow at CNRS-CURAPP) are the production of discourses on Islam in Western Europe (Great Britain, Italy, Germany, France) and the political and juridical regulation of religious pluralism in Europe.

Representing différence

'Dans les écoles, les collèges et les lycées publics, le port de signes ou tenues par lesquels les élèves manifestent ostensiblement une appartenance religieuse est interdit. Le règlement intérieur

By Valérie Amiraux

/ 15 Nov 2005