August 19, 2014
Event Start: November 21, 2013 03:30 PM
Event End: November 21, 2013 03:30 PM
Event Location: Orfalea Center Seminar Room
Event Details:
Speaker:
KRISTINA MYRVOLD, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Anthropology of Religion at Linnaeus University, Sweden
KRISTINA MYRVOLD
Sikhs in Mainland Europe:
Migration, Integration and
Cultural Challenges
Thursday, November 21, 2013
2:30 p.m.
Orfalea Center Seminar Room
Robertson Gym 1005
Sikh migration to the European mainland began in the 1970s and at present, Sikhs are settled in most parts of the continent. Dr. Myrvold will share her research findings regarding Sikh patterns of migration and the diverse challenges they have experienced in different countries of Northern and Southern Europe with different changing national policies and attitudes toward new migration.