february 2012
Content:
- European Integration, Diversity and the Making of a European Public Sphere
- PROVIR Master Scholarships
- Call for Papers to Session on Discrimination and Mobilization
- Calls for Papers to Journals
- Conferences and Seminars
- Masters, PhDs and Post Docs
- New Publications
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, DIVERSITY AND THE MAKING OF A EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE
EUROSPHERE final conference.
The overarching theme of EUROSPHERE’s final conference is the horizontal and vertical processes of European integration and their possible consequences for the future structuring of the European public sphere. Which strategy is more capable of creating effective communication links and accountability frames between citizens and the European Union?
Date : 22 June 2012.
Venue : Hotel Bloom, Brussels.
PROVIR MASTER SCHOLARSHIPS
The research project “Provision of Welfare to Irregular Migrants” (IMER Bergen/Uni Rokkan Centre) invites master students from the University of Bergen and Bergen University College to apply for scholarships. The scholarships are of Nok 20 000 per project and is given to maximum 3 students. We especially invite applicants whose projects focus on children (in families or unaccompanied minors) and school and/or health.
Flexible application deadline. Contact project leader Christine M. Jacobsen for more information.
CALL FOR PAPERS TO SESSION ON DISCRIMINATION AND MOBILIZATION
The 26th Conference of the Nordic Sociological Association: “Trust and Social Change”.
In this session, we welcome papers that address the practices, causes and potential consequences of discrimination. We are particularly interested in the processes by which ‘race’ and ethnicity come to matter, but also situations where ethnicity intersects with class and gender. Submission deadline: 15 March 2012.
Chairs: Mette Andersson and Arnfinn H. Midtbøen.
Date: 15-18 August 2012.
Venue : Reykjavik, Iceland.
Calls for papers to journals
RELIGION AND GENDER : SPECIAL ISSUE ON GENDER, RELIGION AND MIGRATION
The special issue on Gender, Religion and Migration will look at the intersectional dimension of gender, ethnicity and religion where religion in particular plays a central role in providing a sense of belonging for migrants and represents a source of identification during the migratory experience. The special issue will focus on the ways in which gender roles are constructed and reproduced through religion within migrant communities in urban contexts and brings together leading scholars in the field of migration to explore how geographical mobility shapes gendered religious identities.
Abstract submission deadline : 27 February 2012.
MERKOURIOS: INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN MIGRATION LAW
Merkourios, Utrecht Journal for International and European Law, is issuing a call for papers to be published in its forthcoming edition on International and European Migration Law. The Board of Editors of Merko urios invites you to submit papers addressing any aspect of migration law from a multilevel approach; for example, freedom of movement within the European Union, status of European citizenship, criminalization of irregular migration, detention, family reunification and rights of children, labour migration, and asylum and refugee law.
TRANSNATIONAL SOCIAL REVIEW : TRANSNATIONAL AGING
Until now only few academic efforts have been made to explore how and to what extent transnationalism impacts on the lifeworlds, identities and relationships of older people. For instance, how do transnational interactions transform older people’s lifestyles and living arrangements? How do older people negotiate family relationships within a transnational context? What role do transnational ties play in contrast to local or regional social networks?
Inquiries and all proposals should be sent to the guest editors Vincent Horn, Cornelia Schweppe, and Seong-gee Um.
Submission deadline of proposal abstracts: 31 March 2012.
STUDIES IN ETHNICITY AND NATIONALISM : ETHNICITY, NATIONALISM AND EDUCATION
The editors welcome submissions of work in progress as well as contributions from established scholars, research students, post-doctoral fellows and lecturers in the early stages of their career. Submission deadline: 31 August 2012.
All papers must be submitted on-line. All inquiries can be addressed to the editors.
For author guidelines and additional information, please visit the SEN website.
Conferences and seminars
IMMIGRANTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
16th Nordic Migration Research Conference & 9th ETMU Days
Call for papers. Submission deadline: 15 April 2012.
Date : 13-15 August 2012.
Venue : University of Turku, Finland.
RETURN MIGRATION AND TRANSNATIONALISM: ALTERNATIVES OR COMPLEMENTS
Peace Research institute Oslo (PRIO). Explorative workshop.
Call for abstracts. Submission deadline: 11 March 2012.
Date : 4-5 September 2012.
Venue : Oslo, Norway.
SUPER-DIVERSITY: COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
International Workshop.
Call for abstracts. Submission deadline: 30 March 2012.
Date : 27-28 September 2012.
Venue : Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen.
MOBILITY AS THE NEW PARADIGMATIC PERSPECTIVE IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES?
Ninth Annual IMISCOE Conference.
Date : 28-29 August 2012.
Venue : Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES), University of Amsterdam.
EDUCATION, MOBILITY AND MIGRATION: PEOPLE, IDEAS AND RESOURCES
British Association for International and Comparative Education.
Call for abstracts. Submission deadline: 16 March 2012.
Date : 8-10 September 2012.
Venue : University of Cambridge, UK.
IAAB INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE IRANIAN DIASPORA
Call for presentations. Submission deadline: 2 April 2012.
Date : 13-14 October 2012
Venue : University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
MEMORIES OF MIGRATIONS AND HISTORICAL TIME
Call for papers. Submission deadline: 25 March 2012.
Date : 22-24 November 2012.
Venue: Cité nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration (CNHI, National Centre for the History of Immigration), Paris, France.
TURKISH MIGRATION IN EUROPE: PROJECTING THE NEXT 50 YEARS
International Conference.
Call for abstracts. Submission deadline: 15 May 2012.
Date: 7-9 December 2012
Venue: Regent’s College London, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London, UK.
MIGRATION AND WELL-BEING: RESEARCH FRONTIERS
International Conference.
Call for papers. Submission deadline: 15 May 2012.
Date : 8-10 January 2013
Venue : Tel Aviv University, Israel
Masters, PhDs and Post Docs
GRADUATE STUDENTS WORKSHOP ON MIGRATION
Call for abstracts. Submission deadline: 1 March 2012
Date : 26-27 April 2012
Venue : Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey
INTERNATIONAL MA IN MIGRATION STUDIES
Tel Aviv University , Israel .
Applications are now open for 2012/2013.
MPHIL IN RACE, ETHNICITY, CONFLICT
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Applications are now invited for the academic year 2012/2013.
Application deadline : 31 July 2012.
New publications
Akm, Ahsan Ullah (2012): Divergence and Convergence in the Nation State: The Roles in Religion and Migration. NOVA Publishers.
Djuve, Anne Britt, Miriam Latif Sandbæk og Henriette Lunde (2011): ”Likeverdige tjenester? Storbyenes tjenestetilbud til en etnisk mangfoldig befolkning”. Fafo-rapport 2011: 35.
Elgvin, Olav og Anne Skevik Grødem (2011): ”Hvem bestemmer? Ektefellevalg blant unge med innvandringsbakgrunn”. FAFO rapport 2011: 25.
Fortunati, Leopoldina, Raul Pertierra and Jane Vincent (2011): Migration, Diaspora and Information Technology in Global Societies. Routledge.
Longman, Chia, Eva Midden and Nella van den Brandt (eds.) (2012): Religion, Gender and Multiculturalism. Religion & Gender vol. 2, No 1.
Modood, Tariq (2012): Post-immigration ‘difference’ and integration: The case of Muslims in Western Europe. The British Academy.
Skilbrei, May-Len (2012): “Moving Beyond Assumptions? The Framing of Anti-trafficking Efforts in Norway”. In Ragnhild Sollund (ed.) (2012): Transnational Migration, Gender and Rights. Bingley, UK: Emerald Insight Publishing.
Skilbrei, May-Len and Charlotta Holmström (2011): “Is there a Nordic Prostitution Regime?” Crime & Justice vol. 40: 479-517.