The Department of Economic Geography, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (Lublin, Poland) in association with the Polish Geographical Society (Lublin Section) is pleased to announce the first international conference on political geography in Lublin. The meeting will be open to policy-makers and academics from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, international relations, political sciences, history and others. The objective of the conference is to deepen the understanding of multicultural society by combining various approaches. Different disciplines apply different tools and methods of analysis which results in dispersion of research, so the task of integration of scientific examination of multiculturalism seems to be a challenge that needs to be faced. The organizers of the conference invite speakers to focus on the following issues:

• Co-existence of multiple ethnic groups within the frame of united Europe
• Internal borders within multicultural societies
• International migrations as a factor increasing multiculturalism
• Muslim communities and immigrants in Europe - a challenge for policy-makers?
• Post-9/11 world as seen from multicultural Europe's perspective
• Multicultural society - a reality, a goal or a myth?

Full versions of conference papers should be handed to organizers during the conference. All papers submitted will be considered for reviewed publication in a special post-conference edition. Technical details of layout will be sent in the second circular.
All presentations and papers will be prepared in English. For more information visit our conference website at www.politicalgeography.pl
or mail your questions to the main organizer Dr. Wojciech Janicki at wjanicki@biotop.umcs.lublin.pl