This event is part of a series of conferences organised by the SCIC
On September 17th, Dr. Alexis Artaud de La Ferrière will deliver a presentation on the topic of laïcité to the members of the Directorate‑General for Interpretation (SCIC) at the European Commission. This event is part of a series of conferences organised by the SCIC on topics relevant to French politics and society ahead of France’s upcoming presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2022.
Dr Artaud de La Ferrière’s presentation will centre around the intellectual and legal history of laïcité and church-state relations in France since the late XIX th century. In his discussion, he will argue that current debates in the French political sphere regarding the meaning that should be attributed to the concept of laïcité reflect a longer history in which actors from all political traditions have persistently sought to appropriate and normatively define this concept according to their own ideational commitments.
