Talks & presentations

"Metanoia accomplished vs metanoia Interrupted". Inaugural Symposium of the Center for Metanoia Studies, Sciences Po Paris, 22 November 2024. Video here. 

"Communities of African Descent: Group and Individual Rights" [Panel discussion]. G20 Interfaith Forum, Brasilia, 20 August 2024.

"Teaching within a tradition: A common cause for religious and cultural minority groups". Indigenous Peoples, Communities of African Descent, and Group Rights Conference, Belém Brazil, June 13-14 2024.

"Religions en temps de crises". Colloque de Association française de sciences sociales des religions (AFSR), Campus Aubervilliers, 10 juin 2024.

"Minorités par vocation ? Catholiques en Tunisie post-coloniale". Atelier Penser la transition minoritaire du catholicisme contemporain dans l’espace francophone. Mieux comprendre le processus de minoration du catholicisme et ses enjeux culturels, sociaux et politiques, Université d’Ottawa, 29 mai 2024.

"Listening as a personal ethic". Listening Practices in the Catholic Church International Conference, Dominican Pontifical University Rome, March 25-27 2024.

“When religious instruction clashes with dominant secular norms: the emerging challenges for minority faith schools in England”, IRLA Meeting of Experts, Washington DC, 24 Aug 2023. 

"Listening Methodologies: Resources and risks of employing methods from sociology in listening to the people of God". International Conference on Theology Responding to the Challenge of Synodality, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, 28 April 2023.  

"Secularisation Theory: from the crisis of religion to the crisis of sociology". International Conference on Multiple Secularization and Contemporary Social Crises, Romanian Academy Centre for Law Society and Religion, Bucharest, 26 April 2023. 

"The meaning of disestablishment today: implications for religious liberty and freedom of expression".  International Conference on Religion and Freedom of Expression organised by the AIDLR, Lisbon, 8 February 2023.  Link to video.

"L’expérience religieuse et le problème de la vérité entre la théologie et sociologique". Journée d'études Saisir les croyances organisée conjointement par le RT 20 « Méthodes » et le RT 43 « Sociologie et religions » de l’association française de sociologie, Paris, 12 December 2022. 

"Can we talk about it? Difficulties in discussing transgenderism". IRLA Meeting of Experts, Lisbon, 26 September 2022.

"From neo-laïcité to nationalisme laïciste: the instrumentalisation of religious liberty in the French context and the Law on the Respect of the Principles of the Republic". IRLA Meeting of Experts, Geneva, 16 November 2021. 

“Catholic women’s missions in indigenous worlds: colonisations and politics of assimilation”. Communication la journée d'études sur les missions catholiques féminines dans les mondes autochtones : colonisations et politiques d’assimilation, Centre d’études en sciences sociales du religieux (CéSor, EHESS/CNRS), 4 novembre 2021.

"Minorities by Vocation? Catholic Presence in the post-colonial Maghrib". Presentation for the Alfred Landecker Programme's seminar series on religion, politics & belonging at the University of Oxford, 2 November 2021. 

"La laïcité "à la française", mythe ou réalité ?"  Directorate-General for Translation at the European Commission, 17 September 2021. Link to text. 

"Freedom of religion and beleif: From rights to action". G20 Interfaith Forum, Bologna, 12 September 2021. Link to video.

"Les Missionnaires de Saint Charles au cours du XXe siècle : Processus d’internationalisation et de sécularisation d’une congrégation catholique". Séminaire ONG confessionnelles : marché mondial des convictions morales. CHERPA, IEP, Aix-en-Provence, 25 May 2021. 

"The European Union and the COVID619 Crisis”. Freedom of Religion in Europe Today: Under Critical Investigation. Leuven, 6 May 2021. Link to text.

 “Migrations internationales et catholicisme”. Migrants catholiques dans une société plurielle : ancrage religieux et social, Lyon, 29 April 2021.

 “Liberté religieuse en situation de crise sanitaire”. Cercle Ethique et Pandémie, Paris, 12 Apr 2021. Link to text. 

“Regard sur la politique institutionnelle de l’Eglise à l’égard des migrations”. Séminaire interne du Groupe Religions sociétés laïcités, Paris, 11 Feb 2021. Link to text. 

 “Mésentente ou malentendu ? Comprendre l'opposition entre les acteurs religieux et l'Etat concernant les restrictions sanitaires et la liberté de culte”. Journée d’étude Religion & Covid, Université d’Angers, 4 Feb 2021.

 “Covid-19 and the challenge of religious freedom”. Portsmouth Research Futures Webinar Series, 20 Jan 2021. Link to video. 

“Les Scalabriniens : congrégation religieuse ou ONG internationale ?” (with Blandine Chelini-Pont), AHFRC Annual Conference : Religions and transnational migrations (19th-20th centuries), Paris, 26 Sep 2020.

 “Religious liberty in Tunisia: prospects and limits”, 20th International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) meeting of Experts, Fez Morocco, 6-9 Sep 2019.

 “Les aumôneries catholiques de la migration : l’institutionnalisation de la différence”, International Society for the Sociology of Religion Conference, Barcelone, 10 Jul 2019.

 “India, Liberalism, and Comparative Secularism: A response to Cécile Laborde”, Religious Diversity and the Secular University Workshop, University of Cambridge, 30 May 2019.

 “Friendship, identity, or interest? The ambiguous role of Eastern Christians in French politics”, SOAS Politics Seminar, London, 27 Feb 2019.

 “Migration, identity, and political responsibility: Catholic opposition to migration in France”, 19th International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) meeting of Experts, Cordoba Spain, 30 Oct-1 Nov 2018.

 "Catholicism, trade unionism, and irregular migration”, Mobilisations collectives, religions et émancipation, Paris, 2 Oct 2018.

 “The role of religious identity in secular foreign policy decision-making and the politics of friendship between France and Eastern Christians”, Religion, Diplomacy and Peace Conference, Pontificio Collegio Teutonico di S. Maria in Campo Santo, Vatican City State, 12 Jun 2018.

 “Civic education and religious identity: past and present challenges”, Networking European Citizenship Education Workshop, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Marseille, 16 May 2018.

 “Migration & religion, parcours d'exil et parcours de foi”, Conférence Causons, Paris, 28 Apr 2018.

“Eastern Christians and exile. A French political tradition”, Association des Auditeurs Jeunes de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale, London, Dec 2017.

“Dieu est dans la jungle: les manifestations du religieux parmi les migrants à Calais”, Centre civique d’étude du fait religieux, Montreuil, Nov 2017.

“Open hearts, open doors? Solidarity with migrants and inter-faith relations in a Parisian Roman Catholic Parish”, Peace and Conflict Studies in Anthropology Meeting, Amsterdam, Aug 2017.

“Lost in the jungle : Religious practice, identity and diversity in the migrant camp at Calais”, the Woolf Institute, Cambridge UK, May 2017.

“Pas de charité sans justice : convergences et divergences entre acteurs syndicaux et acteurs d’Église dans la lutte pour les droits des travailleurs sans papiers en France”, Colloque international : Mobilisations collectives, religions, émancipation, Université Paris Diderot, Nov 2016.

 “Les communautés africaines catholiques en France. Une fenêtre sur la notion troublée de « race » au sein de l'Eglise”, International Colloquium: Les Religions face aux Théories et aux Politiques de la Race, Paris, Jun 2016.

 “Living Diversity locally: an ethnographic analysis of interfaith community action in the Paris neighbourhood of La Chapelle”, PSL University Conference on Religion, Social Action & Urban Policy: London & Paris Face to Face, Paris, Mar 2016.

 “Où est ton frère? Quel accueil pour les migrants dans les communautés catholiques en France aujourd’hui”, Conférence annuelle du Centre d’Etudes et de Documentation sur les Cultures Juives, Orangis, Jan 2016.

 “The Politics of Knowledge in the Digital Age: the Transition in Tunisia”, Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, Doha, Dec 2014.

 “The Perils of Progressive Education in Revolutionary Algeria: Les Service des Centres Sociaux”. International Conference for the History of Education, London, Jul 2014.

 “The Scissors and the Magnifying Glass: Internet Governance in the Transitional Tunisian Context”, Focus on Tunisia Conference, University of Cambridge, Jul 2014.

 “National Liberation and Colonial Education: a Comparative Study of the Algerian War of Independence (1954-62) and the War in Afghanistan (2001-11)”, University of East Anglia Education and Development Seminar, Feb 2014.

 “I Will Never Forget Those Who Burnt Me: Childhood Trauma in Wartime Algeria”, Children and War: Past and Present Conference, Salzburg, Jul 2013.

 “State Schooling and National Liberation: Insurgency and Education in Algeria”, World Congress of Comparative Education Studies, Buenos Aires, Jun 2013.

 “Schooling for the Revolution? Algerian Refugee Children in Tunisia”, Education Across Borders Seminar, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, May 2013.

 “Nothing Better than Testimony: Memory, Orality and the History of Schooling”, American University of Paris, Feb 2013.

 “The Voice of the Innocent: Propaganda and Childhood Testimony in the Algerian War of Independence”, World History Workshop, University of Cambridge, Feb 2013.

“Wartime Education: Two Cases from the Algerian War of Independence”, Peace, Conflict and Reconciliation Workshop, University of Cambridge, Feb 2012.

 “Modernist Primitivism: Aesthetic Colonialism?”, California Roundtable on Race and Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, Oct 2008.