[Euromixproject.rch] EuromixProject.rch Digest, Vol 39, Issue 2

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Hello everyone. I also wish I could be there, but Cristina will represent the INMIX very well :)

I totally agree with you, Susan. Religion, as well as other dimensions of diversity, are largely disregarded in the ‘mixedness equation’ in North America, less in Europe, but still. Notably, early studies in North America (including Canada) started with Jewish/Gentile intermarriages (Marcson, Levinson, Herschel, Heer, Bernman, Cohen, Goldstein, ...) and ethnic Catholics (e.g., Italians) and their assimilation paths (the “twilight of ethnicity”). I’ve always believed that we need a much broader conceptualization of mixedness, and in general of the dynamics of othering and differentiating between groups. We need to move beyond the biological model of ‘race’ that persists in the United States, considering other racialized—or non-racialized—dimensions of difference or ‘classification systems’ that can be socially significant depending on the context: ethnicity, caste, tribe, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, location, etc. And also look at the intersections between these dimensions. Even the religious boundary intersects with other factors, such as gender or ethnicity (i.e., between Mizrahi Jews of Middle Eastern and North African ancestry versus Ashkenazi Jews of European ancestry), and also according to the level of observance (i.e., differences between the ultra-Orthodox and the reform or conservative, etc.). All this heterogeneity (the borders within) is generally overlooked.

Let’s keep the conversation open!  :)

All the best,

Dan

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Dan Rodríguez-García
Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Director of INMIX—Research Group on Immigration, Mixedness and Social Cohesion
Coordinator of the Mobility Program in Anthropology

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
08193 Bellaterra · Barcelona · Spain
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  *   Beyond the Frontiers of Mixedness: New Approaches to Intermarriage, Multiethnicity, and Multiracialism<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genealogy/special_issues/multi_racialism>. Special Issue guest-edited for Genealogy.
  *   Mixedness and Intersectionality: The Use of Relief Maps to Understand the Experiences of Multiracial Women of African Descent in Spain<https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/7/1/6>. Genealogy, 7(1):6.
  *   The Persistence of Racial Constructs in Spain. Bringing Race and Colorblindness into the Debate on Interculturalism.<https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/11/1/13/htm> Social Sciences, 11(1):13.

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    I so wish I was on your continent, and could attend this conference.

    It would be interesting at some point to have a conversation between European and U.S. experts on terminology. "Mixedness" in the U.S., because of our racial history, has strongly racial overtones. So I believe it can be disorienting to people in the US when applied to religion. And for some, mixing implies the creation of a new entity, rather than practicing/honoring two distinct religions/heritages. Also, I would love to discuss the idea that "inter" implies that identities are fixed (see this Bill of Rights?for a different perspective). If only for practical reasons, I believe interfaith/interreligious will continue to be used widely in the US.?

    I discuss some of this in my recent blog post and video on terminology. The video is part of a series created with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, as a resource for US high school and college educators teaching about religion.

    I would add that I deeply appreciate the academic work all of you are producing in this field in Europe (and Canada). It seems to be more connected than in the U.S., where separate conversations seem to be occurring in seminaries, religious studies, Jewish studies, sociology, anthropology, etc, without dedicated academic centers to convene conferences like this one.?

    Humbly,

    Susan Katz Miller

    Author & Speaker

    The Interfaith Family Journal?(2019)

    Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family?(2013)

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    Dear colleagues,

    It is my pleasure to announce the preliminary programme for the expert meeting 'Exploring Mixedness in Postcolonial Europe: Interdisciplinary Approaches', organised at KU Leuven on 20-22 March 2024.

    The international and interdisciplinary expert meeting brings together speakers from religious studies, theology, law, history and anthropology, as well as from different geographical contexts. It explores how the meaning of 'mixedness', as well as reception, representations and lived experiences, change depending on the (historical, legal, contemporary) context, thus reflecting on mixed families in relation to broader European and postcolonial frameworks of difference. The conference is a result of a collaboration of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, and the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender, Ghent University, hence attention will be given to (intersections of) religion and gender in mixed couples and their families. The focus of the meeting is on exchange and conversation. You find the programme attached as a pdf to this email, please note that this may be subject to change.

    You are kindly invited to join the expert meeting. Registration for speakers is now closed, but you can register as attendee through our website: https://theo.kuleuven.be/en/conference-exploring-mixedness

    We look forward to three inspiring days in Leuven!

    On behalf of the organising committee: prof. dr. Marianne Moyaert, prof. dr. Katrien de Graeve, dr. An van Raemdonck, Deniz Akta?,

    Lieke Schrijvers

    dr. Lieke Schrijvers

    Postdoctoral researcher

    Beliefs & Practices, Faculty of Religion and Theology

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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    Schrijvers, L.L. 2023. "A Critical Reflection on the Intersections of Mixedness, Marriage and Conversion among Female Converts in the Netherlands: 'But I Did It for Myself.'" Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies 26 (3/4): 257-275. DOI 10.5117/TVGN2023.3/4.004.SCHR<https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/TVGN2023.3/4.004.SCHR>

    See the latest issue of Religion and Gender 13.2: Special issue 'Contested Conversions', guest edited by Karin van Nieuwkerk and Anne-Marie Korte https://brill.com/view/journals/rag/13/2/rag.13.issue-2.xml

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