CMRB (The Centre for Research on Migration, Refugees and Belonging) at the University of East London is delighted to announce:
Borderscapes: Borders and Bordering in Contemporary Europe (EUBORDERSCAPES Policy & Impact Conference)
The conference will take place:
Date: 10th–12th November 2015
Location: Docklands Campus, University of East London, E16 2RD, nearest tube: Cyprus DLR (http://www.uel.ac.uk/campuses/docklands/)
The conference is free but registration is compulsory at: borderscapesconference.eventbrite.co.uk
If you would like to attend the conference dinner (the evening of Tuesday 10th November) please purchase a ticket in addition to the free conference ticket. The cost of the dinner is £30 + administration fee.
On the evening before the conference (Monday 9th November), Prof. Saskia Sassen will be delivering a public lecture as part of the University of East London’s ‘Scholarship and the Social Sciences in a Global Era’ conference to celebrate the launch of UEL’s School of Social Sciences. The event is free and open to the public. Any queries regarding Prof. Sassen’s lecture should be directed to: [log in to unmask]
Full details for the Borderscapes conference can be found on the attached flyer. Conference outline below. A full programme will be announced shortly.
Conference Outline
Plenary Panels
Plenary 1: Reporting Research Findings
Prof. James Scott (University of Eastern Finland), Prof. Nira Yuval-Davis (University of East London/Umea University), Dr. Elena Nikiforova (Centre for Independent Research, St Petersburg)’ Dr. Christophe Sohn (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research)
Plenary 2: EU and UK Policy Makers and Activists Discussing Borderings and Borderscapes in Europe Keith Vaz MP (Chair of Home Affairs Committee), Don Flynn (Migrants’ Rights Network), Maria Giovanna Manieri (Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants), Paolo Salieri (Directorate General for Migration, Home Affairs, European Commission)
Plenary 3: Locations and Dislocations of Borders: theoretical discussion Dr. Chiara Brambilla (University Of Bergamo), Dr. Kathryn Cassidy (University of East London), Dr. Cathal McCall (Queen’s University, Belfast) Prof. Henk van Houtum (Radboud University, Nijmegen)
Plenary 4: Social and Political Impacts of Contemporary European Bordering Rita Chadha (Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London) Lucy Jones (Doctors of the World, UK), Dr. Georgie Wemyss (University of East London), Mirjam Karoly (Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights)
Parallel Sessions
Panel 1 - Post-Soviet Borders: Shifting concepts and competing rhetorical strategies Panel 2 - Re-Bordering of Post-Socialist space Panel 3 - Europeanisation versus Euroscepticism Panel 4 - The Global Border-Drama of the European Union Panel 5 - EU Borders and Geopolitics of Neighbourhood Panel 6 - European Union Cross-Border Peace-Building In Crisis?
Panel 7 - Unpacking the Benevolence of Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration Panel 8 - Roma and Bordering Panel 9 - Schengen/ Non Schengen Borders Panel 10 - Everyday Bordering in the Metropolitan City 1 Panel 11 - Everyday Bordering in the Metropolitan City 2 Panel 12 - Migrant Writing and Popular Culture Panel 13 - Art and Cultural Representation Across Borders Panel 14 - Theatre Workshop
Film Festival (produced by EUBORDERSCAPES partners) ‘Houdoud Al Bahr/The Mediterranean Frontiers’ (University of Bergamo) ‘The Invisible Enemy Across the Wall: Israeli and Palestinian Children's Perspective of the "Other"’ (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) ‘Everyday Borders’ (UEL) ‘The Colour of the Sea: A filmic border experience in Ceuta’ (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Walks:
‘Growing up on the 73 Bus – A tale of Three Synagogues’ Prof. David Newman (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) ‘Bordering the Docks’ Dr.Georgie Wemyss (University of East London)
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