Call for papers
Geographies of Diaspora: migration, displacement and dispersal
RGS/IBG Annual Conference, January 2002, Belfast.
Half-day module organised by the Population Geography Research Group
Diaspora studies have been the focus of much interest in recent
years, from geographers as well from other disciplines. This module
will explore geographies of diaspora and aims to bring research from
population studies together with cultural and political perspectives
on diaspora. Issues such as the nature of diaspora and mapping
diasporas will be addressed, at scales ranging from global processes
of population dispersal to local experiences of displacement,
settlement, departure and arrival. Papers on any of the following
themes are welcome:
conceptualising diaspora
globalisation and transnationalism
migrants and refugees, spaces of exclusion, boundaries, illegal migration
myth and memory
researching diasporic groups.
Abstracts of around 200 words should be sent by 31st May to Caitríona
Ní Laoire, School of Geography, Queens University Belfast, Belfast
BT7 1NN ([log in to unmask]).
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Dr. Caitriona Ni Laoire
School of Geography
Queens University Belfast
Belfast BT7 1NN.
Tel. (028) 90273354
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/woireland
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