Dina Mansour holds a PhD in "Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability" with a specialization in Political Economy and Human Rights with a regional focus on the Middle-East region in general and Egypt in particular. She currently works as a (part-time) Research Assistant at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Sebastian Ille is a Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Economics and Management at the Sant'Anna School for Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy specialising in evolutionary game theory, complex system and conflict theory and is working on strategic interactions and the evolution of norms, conventions and identity groups. Andrew Milne is a PhD researcher at the Universite Catholique de l'Ouest and at the University of Angers, France. He is a Lecturer in English at the Political Science Institute of Toulouse (Sciences-Po), France where he also holds the position of Coordinator of International Relations & Pedagogical Director of the Political Studies International Certificate.

• Introduction: Identity, Difference and Belonging Dina Mansour, Andrew Milne and Sebastian Ille Part I Making and Negotiating Identities: Education, Religion and Culture Clash of Identities: Understanding Social Conflict in Post-Arab Spring Egypt Dina Mansour, Sebastian Ille and Mervat Madkour Religious Education, Knowledge and Power: Religion as Discursive Construction in New Zealand Primary Schools Helen Bradstock Nation and Violence: A Path through Identity Nicole Tressoldi Between Coexistence and Dissolution: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Savanovia and Aleksandar Vranjes Part IIMaking Identities: Cultural Representations Transgressing Boundaries: Nigerian Hip Hop and the Signifying Other Yomi Olusegun-Joseph The Cleft Identity of Jayanta Mahapatra at the End of Words Sreekanth Kopuri Resisting, Enduring and Embracing Multiculturalism in Michael Gregorio's Days of Atonement Roxanne Barbara Doerr A Convergence of Cultures: Mariano Fortuny and His Clothing Designs Wendy Ligon Smith Chinese Producers, Indian Directors and Malay Actors: Role and Contribution of Cultural Conflict in Malay Films of the Golden Age Ramachandran Ponnan