Adrian, Melanie
Dr. Melanie Adrian is an Associate Professor at the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University. Her work critically examines the tensions which arise when a general religious right is applied in a specific context and what this application signifies for national identity and cultural norms. Her book, Religious Freedom at Risk: The EU, French Schools, and Why the Veil was Banned (Springer, 2016), takes up these issues in France and the wider European context.
Research interests: Religious rights of minorities in Europe and the Americas; Identity and self-expression among Muslim minority communities in Europe and the Americas; Intersections of multiculturalism, nationalism, religion and the law; Social Theory; Human Rights Law
Listing Details
| Institution: | Carleton University |
| Fields of Expertise: | Collective Identity Cultural Diversity, Integration and Multiculturalism Human Rights |
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| Email: | melanie.adrian@carleton.ca |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | English, German, Spanish |
| Publications: | Adrian, M. (2016) Religious Freedom at Risk: The EU, French schools, and Why the Veil was Banned. Switzerland: Springer. Adrian, M. (2016) “Freedom of Religion: A Change in Perspective?” HumanRights: Political and Legal Perspectives. Ed. DiGiacomo, Gord. Toronto:University of Toronto Press. (Voted best 100 books in 2016 by The Hill Times) Adrian, M. (2019) “The principled slope: religious freedom and the EuropeanbCourt of Human Rights” in The European Court of Human Rights and Minority Religions: Messages Generated and Messages Received. Effie Fokas and James T. Richardson eds. New York: Routledge. P.9-20. Adrian, M. (2017) “The Principled Slope: Religious Freedom and the European Court of Human Rights.” Religion, State and Society. Vol. 45, no. 3-4. P. 174-185. |
