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Dear colleagues,
This conference may be of interest to list members. For more conference
details, conference programme, registration forms, and accommodation
options, please visit www.ini.smo.uhi.ac.uk. We look forward to
welcoming you to this conference on the Isle of Skye!
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT SABHAL MÒR OSTAIG, SLEAT,
ISLE OF SKYE, UK
THURSDAY 11 OCT 2007 - FRIDAY 12 OCT 2007
THE CONFERENCE AIMS:
- To analyse through a cross-national approach the impact of rural
localities of settlement on immigrants* engagement with social,
economic, political, cultural and familial processes.
- To examine the causes, nature and consequences of immigration to
rural communities.
- To establish those factors in rural localities which attract
international migrants, and which support them in integration processes,
and those factors which present challenges to migrants.
- To develop a conceptual framework, which can capture rural
immigration experiences.
- To develop policy and practice implications.
PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Dr Irina Ivakhnyuk, Senior Researcher and Deputy-Director, Population
Department, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Russia.
Prof Leif Jensen, Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography, The
College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Dr Charalambos Kasimis, Professor of Rural Sociology, Department of
Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of
Athens, Greece.
Piaras Mac Éinri, Director, Irish Centre for Migration Studies and
Lecturer, Department of Geography, University College Cork, Ireland.
Prof Myriam Simard, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique,
Université du Québec, Canada.
Prof Claire Wallace, Professor of Sociology, School of Social Science,
University of Aberdeen, Scotland (tbc).
Dr Birgit Jentsch, Senior Researcher, Ionad Nàiseanta na h-Imrich,
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
PAPERS FOR PARALLEL SESSIONS: Papers which address the conference aims
(based on cross-national comparisons or a single country case study) are
invited for presentation in parallel sessions. Abstracts of no more than
300 words should be submitted to Annette Kerr by 27 July 2007. E-mail:
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WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE? Social scientists, policy makers, voluntary
organisations and practitioners with an interest in immigration and
rural areas.
COST AND FURTHER INFORMATION: The full registration fee is *50,
concessions *25 for bookings up to 31 August 2007. For further
information, including conference programme, registration forms, and
accommodation options, please visit www.ini.smo.uhi.ac.uk, or contact
Annette Kerr (E-mail: [log in to unmask]; tel. ++44 (0)1471
888559)
The conference organisers acknowledge with gratitude the support
provided by the Social Policy Association,The British Academy, Sabhal
Mòr Ostaig, the University of Aberdeen and the UHI Millennium
Institute.
Birgit Jentsch
Senior Researcher
Ionad Nàiseanta Na h-Imrich
(National Centre for Migration Studies)
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Slèite
An t-Eilean Sgitheanach (Isle of Skye) IV44 8RQ
Alba (Scotland)
tel. +44 (0)1471 888552
fax +44(0)1471 888001
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www.ini.smo.uhi.ac.uk
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