Events: Digest of Forced Migration Discussion List Messages
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CRASSH Conference: Migration in Legal and Political Theory, 28-29
October, Cambridge
CRASSH, University of Cambridge
Migration in Legal and Political Theory: Remaining Challenges
A conference convened by Sarah Fine (Cambridge) and Lea Ypi (LSE) with
the support of CRASSH, the Department of Politics and International
Studies (POLIS) and the Centre for Governance and Human Rights at
Cambridge and the Department of Government, LSE.
Friday 28 - Saturday 29 October 2011
Location: CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge
The conference aims to address some of the legal, political and ethical
challenges posed by transnational migration that so far have received
limited attention in the theoretical literature on the subject. Legal
and political theorists—in particular, those working in the so-called
Anglo-American tradition—have been slow to give migration its due
attention. Hence, a number of pressing issues, such as the rights of
undocumented migrants, responsibility for refugee populations, and
“brain drain” remain under-researched from a normative perspective.
The conference aims to fill this gap in the literature and to provide a
forum for sustained, interdisciplinary analysis by leading scholars and
emerging researchers in the fields of law, social and political theory,
and philosophy. The papers address issues which fall into two broad
categories:
1) Entry and Exit;
2) Statelessness, Citizenship, and Naturalization.
For further information on the conference, full programme details,
speakers and online registration please click here.
*Upcoming Conferences*
Beyond revolutions: the use of ICTs for political mobilization and
participation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Friday 11 November 2011
Location: CRASSH
The workshop will provide a platform for scholars studying the role of
ICTs in political transformations to engage with the arguments put
forward by researchers investigating governance processes in Africa. For
further information click here.
*Call for Papers*
Public Relations of the Cold War
Friday 2 December - Saturday 3 December 2011;
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2011
Location: CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge.
The conference seeks to examine the 'selling' of Cold War-motivated
policies to national audiences during the second half of the twentieth
century. Topics of exploration might include international security,
globalization, communications, civil and human rights, identity,
nationalism, ideology, among myriad others. For full details, please
click here.
Nationalism and the City
Friday 10 - Saturday 11 February 2012; Deadline for abstracts: Saturday
1 October 2011
Location: CRASSH, 7 West Road, Cambridge
This conference will move to ‘re-centre’ the urban in theories of
nations and nationalism, facilitating a dialogue across disciplines to
address the many layers of what has been described as ‘the urban
palimpsest’. A special emphasis will be placed on integrating the
insights of those focused on dynamics in the city and those addressing
the broader phenomenon of nationalism, to enliven debates on space,
identity, and politics and to illuminate important convergences and
contradictions, conjunctures and disjunctures. For full details, please
click here.
*Funding & Fellowship Opportunities*
CRASSH Fellowship Competitions 2012-13
Deadline: 12pm Monday 31 October 2011
CRASSH offers a number of programmes to bring scholars to Cambridge. For
full details of eligibility and application procedures please click here.
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Kind regards,
Ruth Rushworth
Publicity & Development
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH)
University of Cambridge
17 Mill Lane
Cambridge CB2 1RX
01223 766838
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Event: Seminar series on International Refugee Law, Refugee Law Initiative
Dear colleagues,
This is to announce the 2nd edition of the seminar series on
International Refugee Law run by the newly established Refugee Law
Initiative at the Human Rights Consortium of the School of Advanced
Study, University of London.
The seminar series will be inaugurated on Tuesday 11 October 2011 at
6.15 pm by the presentation of Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill from the
University of Oxford on:
“Article 1 F(c) of the 1951 Convention: denying refugee status because
of acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations”
The location will be the Lecture Theatre of the Institute of Advanced
Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR.
A full presentation of the Refugee Law Initiative forthcoming activities
in 2011-2012 is attached.
If you wish to attend any of these events please RSVP to [log in to unmask]
to guarantee your place.
Please do not hesitate to disseminate this programme to others in the
field who may have an interest in attending.
Please send all replies to: [log in to unmask]
With thanks and best wishes,
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Margherita Blandini
Research Co-ordinator
Refugee Law Initiative
Human Rights Consortium|School of Advanced Study|University of London
Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU, UK
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+44 (0)207 862 8570
The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales and a
charity registered in Scotland (reg. no. SC041194).
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Confrerence: Debates on Belonging: A Graduate Student Conference on
Contemporary Issues in Immigration, New York
We invite you to attend our conference on Friday, October 14th in New
York, NY.
(New) Debates on Belonging: A Graduate Student Conference on
Contemporary Issues in Immigration
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Richard Alba, Distinguished Professor of Sociology,
CUNY Graduate Center
Friday, October 14, 2011
8:00am-6:00pm
Graduate Center - City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street), New York, NY
Hosted by the CUNY Graduate Center’s Immigration Working Group (IWG)
Registration is FREE. Please register for the conference.
All information, including agenda, panels, and abstracts, is available
at http://www.gc-immigration.org/gcimmigrationconference
Lunch will be served.
Conference Overview:
With increasing frequency, questions of belonging have dominated the
news and public debates on immigration: from the recent introduction of
anti-immigrant legislation in many states to the spirited organizing
around the DREAM Act and the controversy sparked by Park51’s proposal
for a Muslim community center near Ground Zero. The prominence of such
issues highlights both the fiercely contested nature of belonging in the
United States, as well as how diverse groups - whether veteran or newly
arrived, documented or undocumented, majority or minority, religious or
secular - mobilize and advocate for their claims. While Congress debates
and defers decisions on immigration reform on the national level, the
question of belonging has distinctly regional and local manifestations.
Immigrants and their children are claiming their place in American
society, in its schools, workplaces and neighborhoods.
This interdisciplinary conference will bring together graduate students
whose own research bear on these issues. (New) Debates on Belonging
explores the many facets of immigrant belonging, incorporation and
boundary drawing. Topics include, but are not limited to:
* Place/region (communities, new destinations, urban areas)
* Policy/activism/public health
* Cross-national and historical comparisons
* Culture and the arts
* Citizenship
* Dimensions of difference: gender, race, sexuality, religion, the body
* Social institutions: labor and the economy, education, family,
the media
* Transnationalism
* The second generation
Cosponsors:
CUNY Immigration Studies Initiative; CUNY Middle Eastern and Middle
Eastern American Center; CUNY Sociology Dept.; CUNY Sociological
Students’ Association; CUNY Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and
Latino Studies
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Bernadette Ludwig
PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Co-Founder & Board Member, Culture Connect, Inc.
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Course: Certificate in International Migration Studies, Georgetown
University
Georgetown University is pleased to announce the fall semester courses
available through the Certificate in International Migration Studies.
Courses may be taken individually or as part of the certificate.
Upcoming fall semester courses include:
October 18-21: Global Trends in International Migration
November 7-9: Labor Migration: Permanent Settlers, Temporary Workers and
Unauthorized Migrants
December 7-9: Newcomers to Citizens: Immigrant Integration
Upcoming spring semester courses (dates to be announced) include:
Refugees and Displaced Persons
Human Trafficking
US Immigration: Past, Present and Future
Migration and Development
For more information and registration, please see:
http://scs.georgetown.edu/programs/30/certificate-in-international-migration-studies
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Susan Martin
Donald G. Herzberg Chair in International Migration and
Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration
Fellow, Center for Social Justice
Georgetown University
3300 Whitehaven St NW
Suite 3100
Washington, DC 20007
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Event: Gender, Migration and Religion, 4 November, London
Gender, Migration and Religion
Friday 4 November 2011
Social Policy Research Centre,
Middlesex University
Hendon Campus, London
This symposium brings together leading scholars in the field who will
share their experiences of researching different faith groups and
communities. Through the lens of gender and migration, this event
provides the opportunity to analyse comparisons and contrasts across
these diverse communities - including Jewish, Muslim, Jainist, Hindu and
Christian.
This comparative approach is particularly innovative given that most
research tends to focus on a single religious group.
The symposium is free to attend but places must be booked by 14th October.
Please visit: http://gendermigrationreligion.blogspot.com/ for further
information about the conference and booking details.
The symposium is organised by Dr. Louise Ryan, Dr. Elena Vacchelli and
Clare Choak, Social Policy Research Centre, Middlesex University, London.
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