9th Biennial IASFM Conference - FINAL REMINDER



The Search for Solutions: Achievements and Challenges



São Paulo, Brazil

January 9 -13, 2005



For the first time, the Biennial Conference of the 

International Association for the Study of Forced Migration 

(IASFM) will be held in South America, hosted by Pontifical 

Catholic University of São Paulo and the Latin American 

Parliament. The conference will be organized around a theme 

of global significance: the search for solutions to forced 

migrations. It will also present an important opportunity to 

broaden the scope of the IASFM, by including issues and 

perspectives of importance to Latin America. These include 

involuntary economic migration, the emerging role of southern 

countries in third-country resettlement, conflict-induced 

displacement, and development- and environmentally-induced 

displacement. 



This conference will bring together academics, practitioners, 

policy makers, government representatives, and forced 

migrants with a wide array of disciplinary and geographic 

backgrounds. Leading figures in the field will provide 

keynote and plenary speeches; panels will explore the sub-

themes and issues outlined in the call for papers which is 

available from www.iasfm.org



See the IASFM website for full details and to download 

registration, accommodation, and grant application forms: 

www.iasfm.org. Applications must be received by July 31, 2004.

All correspondence concerning the conference, including 

submission of application forms, should be directed to: Heidi 

El-Megrisi, IASFM Secretariat, c/o Refugee Studies Centre, 

Queen Elizabeth House, 21 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LA, UK. 

Email: [log in to unmask], fax: +44 (0) 1865 270 721 , tel: 

+44 1865 270728



Heidi El-Megrisi

Desk Officer

IASFM

c/o Refugee Studies Centre

21 St Giles, Oxford

OX1 3LA

tel: +44 1865 270728

fax: +44 1865 270721



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