IMER BERGEN NEWSLETTER
NR. 2/2017 - 3rd of May 2017
CONTENT
- IMER Bergen News
- Imer lunch seminars
- Upcoming conferences
- New publications
Below you will find the IMER newsletter for May 2016. If you want to publish something in the newsletter, send an email to imer@uni.no. To subscribe or unsubscribe from our newsletter see imer.w.uib.no.
IMER BERGEN NEWS
SEMINAR ON RADICALISATION WITH RIVA KASTORYANO FROM SCIENCES PO ON 16.05
How is identity connected to jihadi radicalization? The esteemed sociologist Riva Kastoryano from Sciences Po in Paris is coming to IMER to explore this question, in the lecture "Trajectories and identities in radicalisation of jihadi yout". She argues that jihadis are driven by an identity narrative on their belonging to the umma, the reimagined worldwide Muslim community in which national, religious and wordly attachments are all jumbled together. Different cases of jihadi radicalization have in common this larger issue of belonging, that connects citizenship with transnational networks and an imagined diaspora.
TOWN HALL MEETING 01.01: HOW DO SYRIANS EXPERIENCE IMMIGRATION TO NORWAY AND BERGEN?
How do Syrian who have immigrated to Bergen experience their life here? Josh Dickstein from IMER Bergen is arranging a large town hall meeting at Kvarteret on June 1st, from 18.00 to 21.00. In this meeting, Syrian refugees will tell about their experiences with life in Bergen and Norway, with comments from both researchers and public officials. More information will follow in a separate email.
FILM SCREENING 14.06: TRAFFICKING AND EVERYDAY VIOLENCE AMONG NIGERIAN FEMALE MIGRANTS
This summer, Marry-Anne Karlsen and Maja Janmyr from IMER Bergen are heading a course on migration at the Bergen Summer Research School. As part of the program they are showing the documentary Becky's Journey by the Danish anthropologist and filmmaker Sine Plambech. The film documents how Becky, a 26 year old Nigerian woman, is trying to reach the European shores. Entrance is free of charge and open to all. More information can be found here.
IMER LUNCH SEMINARS
23. MAY: THE IM/MOBILITY OF AFGHAN ASYLUM SEEKERS IN EUROPE
What are the experiences of Afghan asylum seekers who come to Europe? For several years, Halvar Andreassen Kjærre from IMER Bergen has been following in the footsteps of Afghan asylum seekers throughout Europe. In this seminar he will present his findings, and reflect on how mobility and immobility is produced, and how it shapes the lives of asylum seekers who have not been recognized in Norway.
UPCOMING CONFERENCES:
26-27 OCTOBER, NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MOSCOW: NEW TRENDS AND DIRECTIONS IN MIGRATION
The National Research University in Moscow, in cooperation with Centre d'Etudes Franco-Russe, are holding a conference on new trends in migration. Application deadline is May 20th. More information can be found here.
NEW PUBLICATIONS
- Jacobsen, Christine: Veiled Nannies and Secular Futures in France. In this article in Ethnos, Christine Jacobsen explores recent French efforts to expand legal regulation of religious symbols to childcare. She argues that this institutionalises a secular suspicion at the heart of the efforts to imagine and govern French society.
- Thomas R. Hilder, Henry Stobart and Shzr Ee Tan: Music, Indigeneity, Digital media (Boydell & Brewer). This book, co-edited by Thomas R. Hilder from IMER Bergen, explores the encounter between indigenous music and digital technology. The essays in the book look into how digital media have transformed and become part of the fabric of Indigenous cultural expression across the globe.
- Synnøve Bendixsen from IMER Bergen has several new publications this spring, which explore topics such as irregular migration, Muslim identity, and exclusion: "The Production of Irregular Migrants: The Case of Norway", in Two Homelands, 42; "Muslim Youth Practicing Veiling in Berlin", in The Routledge International Handbook of Veils and Veiling Practices, "Voice Matters: Calling for Victimhood, Shared Humanity and Citizenry of Irregular Migrants in Norway", in Within and Beyond Citizenship. Borders, Membership and Belonging; and "Being a Young Muslim in Germany", in Ethnic and Religious Cohabitation and Conflict.
- Olav Elgvin and Jon Rogstad:"Religious Threats and Institutional Change in Norwegian Mass Media". In this article, published in the anthology Institutional Change in the Public Sphere, Olav Elgvin from IMER Bergen and Jon Rogstad from Fafo expore the impact that religiously framed threats have had on publishing practices in Norwegian mass media.
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