FEBRUARY 2013
Content:
- The publics of Europe and the European public sphere: Do the EU policies for creating a common public sphere have democratic and inclusive consequences for different diversity groups?
- IMER-related Phd fellowship in comparative politics, University of Bergen
- Open rank position in anthropology (migration and culture)
- New series: Religion and global migrations
- Conferences and seminars
- Masters, PhDs and Post Docs
- New Publications
THE PUBLICS OF EUROPE AND THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE: DO THE EU POLICIES FOR CREATING A COMMON PUBLIC SPHERE HAVE DEMOCRATIC AND INCLUSIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR DIFFERENT DIVERSITY GROUPS?
Hakan G. Sicakkan ( University of Bergen)
IMER Bergen Seminar.
Date : 8 March, 14:15-16:00.
Venue : Seminar room, Uni Rokkan Centre, Nygårdsgaten 5, 6 th floor.
IMER-RELATED PHD FELLOWSHIP IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS, UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN
At the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, a funded PhD position is vacant. The total scholarship period is 4 years, 25% of which shall be dedicated to teaching, supervision and administrative tasks at the Department. The PhD will be part of the research environment at the Department of Comparative Politics and is also expected to be part of, and contribute to the multidisciplinary IMER Bergen network (www.org.uib.no/imer) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, UiB and Uni Rokkansenteret.
Application deadline: 5 April 2013.
OPEN RANK POSITION IN ANTHROPOLOGY (MIGRATION AND CULTURE)
The Faculty of Social Sciences and the Interculturalism, Migration and Minorities Research Center (IMMRC) at KU Leuven, Belgium, invite applications for an open rank academic position in anthropology with a specialization in analysing migration and culture, with an emphasis on the processes at work in the (re)production of socio-cultural boundaries and crossings between as well as within cultures and societies.
Application deadline : 14 March 2013.
NEW SERIES: RELIGION AND GLOBAL MIGRATIONS
As the first series of its kind, Religion and Global Migrations (Palgrave MacMillan) will examine the phenomenon of religion and migration from multiple disciplinary, from various global locations, and from a range of religious traditions. If you are interested in submitting a proposal to be considered for the series, please contact one of the Series Editors:
– Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh
– Jennifer B. Saunders
– Susanna Snyder
MANGFOLDSPOLITIKK – VIRKER DET?
Fafo-frokost med rapportlansering. Registrering innen 26. februar.
Dato: 27. februar 2013, 08.30-09.45.
Sted: Fafos lokaler i Borggata 2B, Grønnland, Oslo.
GENDER, MIGRATION AND SPACE
A memorial symposium for Tijen Uguris. Registration required.
Date : 8 March, 14.00-18.00.
Venue : Open University, Camden office, 1-11 Hawley Crescent, Camden Town, UK.
THE CHALLENGES OF HIGHLY SKILLED MIGRATION IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
International workshop. No registration necessary.
Date : 6 March 2013.
Venue : Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.
VELFERD, ARBEIDSLIV OG MIGRASJON – HVA NÅ?
Program for Velferd, Arbeidsliv og Migrasjon (VAM) markerer at det er halvveis i programperioden.
Dato : 20. mars, 09:00-17:00.
Sted : Oslo Kongressenter.
REMAPPING THE BLACK ATLANTIC: DIASPORA (RE)WRITINGS OF RACE AND SPACE
Dates : 12-14 April 2013.
Venue : Center for Black Diaspora, DePaul University, US.
FOOD AND IMMIGRANT LIFE: THE ROLE OF FOOD IN FORCED MIGRATION, MIGRANT LABOR, AND RECREATING HOME
Day 1 of the 29 th Conference in the Social Research Series.
Date : 18 April 2013, 14:15-19:30.
Venue : Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. The New School, New York.
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON RETURN MIGRATION
Call for papers to seminar organised by the Metropolis International and the Center for Research on
North America (CISAN-UNAM), in collaboration with the Institute for Economic Research (IIEc-UNAM) and
the Institute for Anthropological Research (IIA-UNAM). Submission deadline: 15 March 2013.
Dates : 6-7 May 2013.
Venue : Mexico City.
MOBILITY WITHIN AND TO THE GLOBAL SOUTH: ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES, LABOUR POLICIES, AND CITIZENSHIP REGIMES
Call for papers to international workshop. Submission deadline: 30 March 2013.
Dates : 19-20 July 2013.
Venue : University of Cologne, Germany.
CRISIS AND MIGRATION –PERCEPTIONS, CHALLENGES AND CONSEQUENCES
Call for workshops to the IMISCOE 10th Annual Conference.
Submission deadline : 15 April 2013.
Dates : 26-27 August 2013.
Venue : Malmö, Sweden.
RELIGION, MIGRATION, MUTATION
Call for panels and papers to the 12th EASR Annual Conference.
Submission deadline : 1 June 2013.
Dates : 3-6 September 2013.
Venue : Liverpool Hope University, UK.
ASIAN MIGRATION AND THE GLOBAL ASIAN DIASPORAS
Call for papers to conference. Submission deadline: 30 April 2013.
Dates : 6-7 September 2013.
Venue : City University of Hong Kong.
DIASPORIC CONSTRUCTIONS OF HOME AND BELONGING
Call for papers to International Conference ITN CoHaB.
Submission deadline: 28 February 2013.
Dates : 22-25 September 2013.
Venue : Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
TRANSNATIONALISM AND MINORITY CULTURES: THE MID-AMERICA CONFERENCE
Call for papers. Submission deadline : 30 April 2013.
Dates : 26-28 September 2013.
Venue : university of Oklahoma, US.
THE CONGOLESE DIASPORA IN BELGIUM: IMAGINARIES AND POSTCOLONIAL RELATIONS IN THE ARTISTIC FIELD
Call for papers to conference. Submission deadline : 25 March 2013.
Dates : 11-12 October 2013.
Venue : Brussels, Belgium.
ESSHC VIENNA 2014: MIGRATION AND ETHNICITY
Call for papers to the European Social Science History Conference.
Submission deadline : 15 May 2013.
Dates : 23-26 April 2014.
Venue : University of Vienna, Austria.
THREE PHD POSITIONS WITHIN THE ESRC WHITE ROSE NETWORK
Applications are invited for three fully funded doctoral studentships, within an ESRC-funded research network involving Sheffield, Leeds, and York Universities (which comprise the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre). The network, entitled Reshaping Multiculturalism through Cultural Practices, will investigate the ways in which multiculturalism – as a set of ideas and ideals, practices and policies – is being reshaped by those who are most affected by it: cultural minorities. Application deadline: 15 March 2013.
PROFESJON OG ETNISITET
PhD kurs arrangert av Senter for Profesjonsstudier.
Søknadsfrist : 15. april 2013.
Dato : 27.-31. mai 2013.
Sted: Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus.
TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS AND MIGRATION PROCESSES
Phd course taught by Oliver Bakewell (International Migration Institute, University of Oxford) and Jørgen
Carling (Peace Research Institute Oslo). Application deadline: 8 March 2013.
Dates: 5-7 June 2013.
Venue: Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway.
THE REVIVAL OF SELF-DETERMINATION: OPPORTUNITIES, CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES
Institute for Minority Rights’ Summer School on Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Management. Application deadline: 14 April 2013.
Dates : 24 June – 5 July 2013.
Venue : Bozen/Bolzano, Italy.
MIGRATION AND INEQUALITY
Maria Jahoda Summer School of Sociology. Application deadline: 25 April 2013.
Dates : 8-12 July 2013.
Venue : University of Vienna, Austria.
Lidén, Hilde, Ketil Eide, Knut Hidle, Ann-Christin Nilsen og Randi Wærdahl (2013): “Levekår i mottak for enslige mindreårige asylsøkere“. ISF Rapport (2013: 003).
Oishi, Nana (2012): “The limits of Immigration Policies: The Challenges of Highly Skilled Migration in Japan”. In American Behavioral Scientist 2012 56.
Rodriguez-Garcia, Dan (ed.) (2013): Managing Immigration and Diversity in Canada: A Transatlantic Dialogue in the New Age of Migration. McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Thomas, Felicity and Jasmine Gideon (eds.) (2013): Migration, Health and Inequality. Zed Books.
Øyen, Øyvind Dybvik (red.) (2013): Lærebok i utlendingsrett. Universitetsforlaget.