{"id":321,"date":"2007-06-26T19:12:08","date_gmt":"2007-06-26T17:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imer.w.uib.no\/?p=321"},"modified":"2013-12-29T22:11:52","modified_gmt":"2013-12-29T21:11:52","slug":"imer-newsletter-nr-62007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imer.w.uib.no\/?p=321","title":{"rendered":"IMER NEWSLETTER NR. 6\/2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>MER NEWSLETTER<\/h1>\n<div>\n<h4>Tuesday, 26 June 2007<\/h4>\n<h2>Newsletter Nr. 6 \/ 2007<\/h2>\n<p>We wish you a pleasant summer!<\/p>\n<h3>Content:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Updated call(Imer \/Unifob Global) The 14 Nordic Migration Researchers Conference<\/li>\n<li>Nytt Nummer av Norsk Tidsskrift for Migrasjonsforskning<\/li>\n<li>Boknyhet: &#8220;Grenser For Kultur?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>1st call for sessions: NCSR 2008 &#8211; Urban Diversity and Religious Traditions<br \/>\n13-15 August 2008, \u00c5bo Akademi University<\/li>\n<li>Updated call: 4th ETMU DAYS: Nordic Migrations: Past &amp; Present<\/li>\n<li>Call for papers: &#8220;An Unsettled Future?&#8221; Forced Migration and Refugee Studies in the 21st Century, International Conference<\/li>\n<li>Publications<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/org.uib.no\/imer\/img\/border_gray.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a id=\"1\" name=\"1\"><\/a>(Imer\/Unifob Global) Updated call:<\/h5>\n<h3>The 14 Nordic Migration Researchers Conference<\/h3>\n<p>\u2018<strong>\u201cBorders and Boundaries\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"51\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">November 14-16, 2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Bergen, Norway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><em>Updated call for abstracts and papers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Paper submission now open!<br \/>\nA 5000 NOK reward will be awarded the best paper submitted.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em> NB! Please note that for technical reasons, you have to submit an abstract in order to submit a paper.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 14th Nordic Migration Researcher Conference will be hosted by IMER\/UiB at the University of Bergen. The theme for the Nordic Migration Researcher Conference points to issues of sovereignty, demarcation, distinction, exclusion and discrimination, but also to issues of transience, communication across distinction, and acceptance. Aspects of \u2018the global turn\u2019 and the Europeanization of Europe, not least as manifest in migration and migrant populations, have brought border and boundary issues to the forefront not only in social science and humanities scholarship, but also placed them with exceptional prominence on the political agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will be organized in plenaries, subplenaries, and workshops.<br \/>\nFor each of the three days, the plenaries will focus around a specific topic. The following topics have been defined:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transnationalism and the relevance of borders <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the relevance of state\/European borders in our attempts to understand migratory movements and migrant population \u2018integration\u2019. What reshapings of the sovereignty regimes do we see, and why? Do we see a development towards a sociology of mobility? Or do we see a re-nationalization within Europe? Borders, boundaries and identity construction are crucial issues here.<\/p>\n<p><em>Speakers:<\/em><br \/>\n*Jonathon Moses, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway<br \/>\n*John Urry, Lancaster University, UK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mobility and gender <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Increasingly, there has been a stronger and much needed focus on gender within studies in international migration and ethnic relations. This plenary will deal with, and tie together, some ways in which gender constructions are tied to imaginaries of community, and gendered distinctions in agency and the quality of life.<\/p>\n<p><em>Speakers<\/em>:<br \/>\n*Uli Linke, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA<br \/>\n*Laura Augustin, University of Liverpool, UK<br \/>\n*Anja Bredal, Institute for Social Research, Norway<\/p>\n<p><strong>Globalizing idioms and human rights <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Increasingly, globalizing and essentializing idioms, especially religious and ethnic ones, have been seen as major impediments to reasoned resolutions to conflicts and controversies. These idioms have been largely contrasted with human rights perspectives. The plenary will explore these issues, with particular attention also to the essentializing dimensions in the human rights discourses.<\/p>\n<p><em>Speakers<\/em>:<br \/>\n*Anne Norton, University of Pennsylvania, USA<br \/>\n*Howard Adelmann, Griffith University, Australia<br \/>\n*Bruce Kapferer, University of Bergen, Norway<\/p>\n<p>The Organizers welcome proposals for sub-plenaries and workshops. The sub-plenaries will generally be short lectures, intended to be of interest to a set of workshops. Proposals to arrange workshops are welcome. In addition, the organisers will arrange workshops so that all participants who want to give workshop contributions will have an opportunity to do so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submission of workshop proposals and subplenaries : 15 June<br \/>\nSubmission of abstracts: 15 September<br \/>\nSubmission of paper: Open: 1 June &#8211; Close: 1 October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abstracts will only be accepted through online submission.<\/p>\n<p>Workshop proposals can be directed to <a href=\"mailto:coordinator.imer@uib.no\">coordinator.imer@uib.no<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For questions about the academic program contact <a href=\"mailto:Knut.Hidle@agderforskning.no\">Knut Hidle<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:Yngve.Lithman@sfu.uib.no\">Yngve Lithman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For general queries, comments or proposals please contact <a href=\"mailto:Kjersti.Skjervheim@global.uib.no\">Kjersti Skjervheim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information please visit the conference <a href=\"http:\/\/org.uib.no\/imer\/14Nordic\/index.htm\">web page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/org.uib.no\/imer\/img\/border_gray.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a id=\"2\" name=\"2\"><\/a> Nytt Nummer av Norsk Tidsskrift for Migrasjonsforskning:<\/h5>\n<h3>NTM nr. 1\/2007:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Innvandrerne utgj\u00f8r snart en tiendedel av den norske befolkningen, men det er ikke nok, for i tillegg skal de bli en del av samfunnet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Integrering er et gjennomg\u00e5ende tema i siste nummer av Norsk tidsskrift for migrasjonsforskning. Les om hvordan myndighetene etter 11.september 2001 har g\u00e5tt bort fra idealet om multikultur og tatt ny sats for \u00e5 integrere migranter inn i majoritetssamfunnet. Artiklene i det foreliggende nummeret vurderer effekten av\u00a0bestrebelser p\u00e5 \u00e5 oppn\u00e5 integrering, innen arbeidsliv, barnehager og voksenoppl\u00e6ring.<\/p>\n<p>En artikkel viser ogs\u00e5 innvandreres tilstedev\u00e6relse\u00a0slik de selv opplever den, og hvordan identitet og ilh\u00f8righet skapes i samspill mellom tilpasning og savn. Identiteter er ogs\u00e5 tema for dette nummerets artikkel &#8220;utenfra&#8221;, som gir et innblikk i\u00a0zimbabwisk politisk teater.<\/p>\n<p>Les ogs\u00e5 Fr\u00f8y Gudbrandsens anmeldelse av Jonathon Moses\u00b4 bok<em> International Migration \u2013 Globalization\u00b4s Last Frontier<\/em> (Zed Books 2006).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tapirforlag.no\/content.ap?thisId=2256&amp;language=0\">Se bestillingsopplysninger<\/a> (Tapir akademisk forlag)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakmi.no\/publikasjoner\/artikkel.asp?NyhetID=667&amp;SpraakID=1&amp;SeksjonID=3\">Se oversikt over tidligere numre<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Titler og abstracts fra nr. 1\/2007:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Randi Gressg\u00e5rd: Anerkjennelse: Hvilke forskjeller er relevante?<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(English title: Recognition: Which differences are relevant?)<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cRecognition\u201d is a key concept in the debate on multiculturalism, which revolves around the tension between equal dignity on the one hand, and cultural distinctness on the other. However, after September 11th, 2001, the political climate changed, and multiculturalism \u2013 with its emphasis on recognition of cultural distinctness \u2013 became an object of criticism among politicians and researchers who plead for a stronger emphasis on equal dignity. The article analyses the underlying assumptions on which the debate hinges, in order to critically reflect upon the ideological basis for which the concept of recognition is formed. The delineation reveals that the concept of recognition is inextricably linked to a particular notion of human beings as \u201call equal\u201d and \u201call different\u201d, and that it is this ambivalence between universality and distinctness regarding human nature that is its condition of possibility. This raises the question as to which differences are relevant at any time and in any context. Hence, the question of relevance lies at the core of the debate, and the different positions serve \u2013 in one way or another \u2013 to reaffirm the common symbolic universe within which this question is framed. The framework seems, more specifically, to be conditioned by the values and standards constitutive the modern nation state. So, the decisive question is whether the concept of recognition can be reformed without reintroducing a bourgeois ideal as the standard of judgement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vibeke Gl\u00f8rstad: Utfordringer av identitet i zimbabwisk teater<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(English title: Challenging identity in Zimbabwean theatre)<\/em>The author analyses representations of identity in two plays. The plays are satires in the \u201dcommunity theatre genre\u201d in Zimbabwe. The background of analysis is the understanding of expressions of popular culture as a form of \u201cmass media\u201d. As such they are utterances which take part in hegemonic battles. The context is the political situation in Zimbabwe in 1999, when the opposition was gaining a foothold and there was a certain silent optimism concerning future development of democracy and strengthening of human rights. The plays I analyse criticise the regime. The focus here is how resistance in the plays is expressed in the representations of identity positions. The author\u2019s theoretical position and concepts derive from discourse theory and post-colonial studies, where politics of representations is seen as part of political struggle. A post-colonial reading strategy focuses on hybrid representations which avoid narratives told through polarisations and essential conceptions of identity. The plays are analysed in relation to how identity is represented in the narratives of gender, race and ethnicity. Do the plays offer multiple or stereotypical representations of identity? Especially \u201cThe Members\u201d provides new identity positions and refers to a \u201ccitizen\u201d identity. Both plays anticipate the political and socio-economic crisis which has been developing in Zimbabwe since 2000. The plays\u2019 strategies of resistance also form the basis for the present political opposition towards the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union \u2013 Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) government.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kirsten Danielsen: Migranterfaringer \u2013 tilh\u00f8righet og lengsel<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>(English title: Migrants\u00b4 experiences &#8212; belonging and longing)<\/em>This article examines how belonging (<em>tilh\u00f8righet<\/em>) is constructed and experienced and what impact memories and recollection of origin have when migrants settle in a foreign place. The analysis is based on data collected in connection with two projects: &#8220;Migrant biographies&#8221; and &#8220;The new Norwegians \u2013 in their own voices&#8221;. The results of this project were ten life history interviews mostly with male work migrants, but also with women who came as spouses, and 45 autobiographies mainly written by refugees. Even if the life histories and autobiographies differ in some respects it is possible to analyze them using the same concepts. The author\u00b4s intentions with these projects was the same: to achieve an inside understanding of actions and values and to grasp factors and processes which maintain old or create new social and cultural identities and practices during the construction process of a sense of belonging to a new place.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sigrun Sand: Klar for skolestart? Et kritisk blikk p\u00e5 barnehagen som skoleforberedende tiltak for minoritetsspr\u00e5klige barn<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(English title: Ready for school? A critical look at the kindergarten as school-preparing environment)<\/em>Both Norwegian\u00a0and international research show that minority language children as a group do not cope\u00a0as well with\u00a0the academic demands\u00a0of schools as do\u00a0their majority language peers. In order to be able to give all groups of pupils the same\u00a0chances at succeeding in school, kindergartens\u00a0in Norway and in other countries have been given new resources for\u00a0teaching programmes so that minority language children may learn the majority language before they start their\u00a0formal schooling. In\u00a0this paper the author\u00a0takes a critical look at the content of the teaching in kindergartens of minority language children and the thinking behind it and\u00a0focuses\u00a0in particular on\u00a0the role of\u00a0the kindergarten as an arena for language learning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liv Anne St\u00f8ren: Hva fremmer og hva hemmer inntektslikhet mellom innvandrere og majoritet med h\u00f8yere utdanning?<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(English title: Which are the promoting and which are the hindering factors for increased earnings assimilation among immigrants and non-immigrants with higher education?)<\/em>Earnings disparities between non-western immigrants and non-immigrants are found in several studies both internationally and in Norway. Variation in education, residence time in the country of immigration, and discrimination are some of the explaining factors. This study focuses on persons with higher education and equivalent qualifications approximately four years after graduation. The central research question is to which degree early career factors can explain earnings disparities between non-immigrants and non-western immigrants. The main finding is that non-immigrants and non-western immigrants graduated in Norway with equivalent labour market career achieve the same wages and the analyses do not underpin wage discrimination based on ethnic origin. Non-western immigrants graduated abroad achieve lower earnings than the other groups examined, which may be due to lack of relevant social network or statistical discrimination. However, a set of factors concerning the labour market career, especially the problems that the non-western immigrants experience in the transition process from education to work, are leading to earnings disparities.<\/li>\n<li>Kommentar:<br \/>\n<strong>Perly Folstad Norberg &amp; Sigvart T\u00f8sse: Integration policy concerning language training for immigrants in Norway 1970-2006<\/strong><br \/>\n(Norsk tittel: Integreringspolitikk i spr\u00e5koppl\u00e6ringen til innvandrere i Norge 1970-2006)Forfatterne gir i denne kommentartikkelen en oversikt over spr\u00e5koppl\u00e6ring rettet mot vokne innvandrere som ledd i norsk integreringspolitikk fra 1970 til 2006. Kommentaren bygger p\u00e5 studier av offentlige dokumenter og innvandringsforskning. Over tid har spr\u00e5koppl\u00e6ringstilbudet blitt utvidet, og deltakelse p\u00e5 kursene har g\u00e5tt fra \u00e5 v\u00e6re frivillig til \u00e5 bli obligatorisk. Imidlertid er resultatene av obligatorisk spr\u00e5koppl\u00e6ring svake. Forfatterne konkluderer med at spr\u00e5koppl\u00e6ring overfor innvandrere trenger en ny kunnskapsplattform og bedre kommunikasjon mellom innvadrere, myndighetene og spr\u00e5kpedagogikkfeltet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>G\u00e5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakmi.no\/nyheter\/artikkel.asp?NyhetID=1025&amp;SpraakID=1&amp;SeksjonID=2\">her<\/a> for mer informasjon<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/org.uib.no\/imer\/img\/border_gray.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a id=\"3\" name=\"3\"><\/a>Boknyhet:<\/h5>\n<h3>&#8220;Grenser For Kultur?&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>I mediedebattene om innvandring og integrering brukes ordet kultur mye. Enkelte mener \u00e5 vite at det ligger til ikke-vestlige kulturer \u00e5 undertrykke kvinner og barn, andre at fremmedfrykt og rasisme er del av norsk kultur. Fra \u00e5 v\u00e6re et begrep brukt av en begrenset krets samfunnsforskere, er &#8220;kultur&#8221; n\u00e5 et ord i fri sirkulasjon, ofte benyttet for \u00e5 beskrive grunnleggende og uoverkommelige forskjeller mellom folk.<\/p>\n<p>I <em>Grenser for kultur?<\/em> ser norske minoritetsforskere n\u00e6rmere p\u00e5 den betydningen kulturbegrepet og forestillingen om kulturelle forskjeller har i debatten om integrering, og p\u00e5 grenseflaten mellom de offentlige og akademiske feltene hvor begrepet st\u00e5r sentralt. Hva er det ved samfunnsutviklingen i vestlige land som gj\u00f8r at &#8220;kultur&#8221; er blitt s\u00e5 viktig? Hvordan kan det ha seg at &#8220;kulturelt mangfold&#8221; ofte ses som positivt, mens &#8220;kulturell forskjell&#8221; forst\u00e5s negativt? Hva er likheten mellom \u00e6resbegreper i det nordlige Pakistan og i MC-klubber i Danmark? Hvilken rolle spiller kultur i avisenes omtale av nigerianske prostituerte i Oslo? I hvilken grad er kultur fortsatt brukbart som begrep i vitenskapelig sammenheng?<\/p>\n<p>Gjennom slike diskusjoner fors\u00f8ker boken \u00e5 trenge gjennom de forenklede forestillingene og fastl\u00e5ste posisjonene som preger b\u00e5de den offentlige og den akademiske debatten om Norge som et flerkulturelt samfunn. Den retter et kritisk s\u00f8kelys mot noen gjengse m\u00e5ter \u00e5 snakke om kultur p\u00e5, og foresl\u00e5r noen mulige utveier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Innhold<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00d8ivind Fuglerud &amp; Thomas Hylland Eriksen (red.)<\/p>\n<p>I. Problemstillinger<br \/>\nAnnick Prieur: Ulykkespunkter i kulturtrafikken<br \/>\nMette Andersson: Migrasjon som utfordring<br \/>\nRandi Gressg\u00e5rd: \u00b4Det beste fra to kulturer\u00b4: Frihet og fellesskap<br \/>\nThomas Hylland Eriksen: Mangfold versus forskjellighet<\/p>\n<p>II. Tiln\u00e6rminger<br \/>\nViggo Vestel: Hybridisering, likhet og begj\u00e6r<br \/>\nKirsten Danielsen: Enstemt og flerstemt: Livshistorier<br \/>\nGeir Moshuus: Konge og taper: Historien om Vat<br \/>\nAda Engebrigtsen &amp; \u00d8ivind Fuglerud: Ekteskap, slektskap og vennskap: Nettverksanalyse<br \/>\nTor Halfdan Aase: \u00c6rens grammatikk<\/p>\n<p>III. Opinionsdannelse<br \/>\nBera U. Moseng: Kultur som forklaring av norske holdninger til innvandring og innvandrere &#8211; trender i norsk opinion fra 1970-2006<br \/>\nRagnhild Sollund: Politikultur og ukultur?<br \/>\nAnne Hege Simonsen: Ubehaget i journalistikken<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Hylland Eriksen: Etterord<\/p>\n<p>For mer informasjon og bestilling av boken g\u00e5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pax.no\/index.php?ID=Bok&amp;ID2=Vis&amp;counter=1572\">her <\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/org.uib.no\/imer\/img\/border_gray.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a id=\"4\" name=\"4\"><\/a>1st call for sessions:<\/h5>\n<h3>NCSR 2008 &#8211; Urban Diversity and Religious Traditions<\/h3>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"51\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">13-15 August 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\u00c5bo Akademi University, Abo\/Turku, Finland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Welcome to the 19th Nordic Conference in Sociology of Religion<\/p>\n<p>The theme of the conference is religion in a contemporary urban setting. How are religious traditions and practices influenced by the contemporary city, and what is the role of religion in the late modern &#8220;cityscape&#8221;? The pluralistic situation in a modern city is characterized by ethnic minorities, but also by various other subcultures. The role of media and consumption is most evident in urban settings. And in the centre of town, we find a cathedral. What are the strategies of the mainstream churches amidst the new urbanism? In short, how does religion fit into the contemporary city and what happens with religion in this environment?<\/p>\n<p>The plenary speakers of the conference are Professor Linda Woodhead<br \/>\n(University of Lancaster, UK), Professor R. Stephen Warner (University<br \/>\nof Chicago, USA), Doctor Inger Furseth (Centre for Church Research,<br \/>\nNorway) and Doctor Pasi M\u00e4enp\u00e4\u00e4 (University of Helsinki, Finland).<\/p>\n<p>The language of the conference is English.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will be held at Arken, the Faculty of Arts building of \u00c5bo Akademi University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Timetable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Call for sessions, deadline December 15th, 2007<br \/>\nCall for papers and registration are now closed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organisers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Department of Comparative Religion, \u00c5bo Akademi University<br \/>\nDepartment of Sociology, \u00c5bo Akademi University<br \/>\nDepartment of Comparative Religion, University of Turku<br \/>\nDepartment of Sociology, University of Turku<br \/>\nDonner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History<\/p>\n<p>View <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abo.fi\/fak\/hf\/relvet\/ncsr2008\/sessions.html\">call for sessions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Go to the conference <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abo.fi\/ncsr2008\">homepage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/org.uib.no\/imer\/img\/border_gray.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a id=\"5\" name=\"5\"><\/a>Updated call:<\/h5>\n<h3>4th ETMU DAYS: Nordic Migrations: Past &amp; Present<\/h3>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"51\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">26-27 October 2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\u00c5bo Akademi University, Abo\/Turku, Finland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Deadline for abstracts and registration, September 15, 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The theme of the fourth annual ETMU Days is Nordic Migrations from historical and contemporary perspectives. The theme can be approached from following directions: ethnicity, international mobility, multiculturalism, integration, indigenous and national minorities, minority rights, citizenship, national-ism, racism, refugees, education, upbringing and comparable topics.<\/p>\n<p>The keynote speakers at the conference are Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen (University of Oslo), Professor Charles Westin (University of Stockholm), Dr Diana Mulinari (University of Lund), Dr Ali Najib (University of Uppsala), Dr Garbi Schmidt (Danish National Institute of Social Research), Professor Max Engman (\u00c5bo Akademi University) and Professor Martin Scheinin (\u00c5bo Akademi University).<\/p>\n<p>The preferred language of the conference is English. Presentations are also possible in Finnish and Swedish.<\/p>\n<p>Several workshops dealing with the above mentioned themes will be held at the conference. Researchers, research groups and students of the field may suggest abstracts for these workshops. The length of the paper abstract is ca. 200 words and the proposals can be sent to either directly to the session organizers or to the conference organisers. The abstract should also include the name of the participant, contact information, organisation and the name of the workshop, if known. The organizers reserve themselves the right to move papers between sessions. Suggestions should also specify the language of the paper to be used and are to be submitted by 15th September 2007.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Citizenship and civic culture<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Cultural policy and cultural diversity<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Family, gender and generations: How migration reconfigures intimate relations?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Housing, cities and ethnic minorities<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Living, working and studying in lingua francae in the Nordic countries: the case of migrants<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Migrant labour in rural areas<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Migration and Ethnicity in Nordic History<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Moving beyond nations \u2013 anthropological perspectives on migration and transnationalism<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Position of immigrants in the labour market<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Postcolonial Feminist Perspectives on the Nordic Countries<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Refugees, transnationalism and diaspora<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Religion, migration and diaspora<\/p>\n<p>For further information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etmu.fi\/\">http:\/\/www.etmu.fi<\/a>.Paper proposals: <a href=\"mailto:etmu2007@etmu.fi\">etmu2007@etmu.fi<\/a> Contact person: Gabi Limbach, <a href=\"mailto:gabi.limbach@abo.fi\">gabi.limbach@abo.fi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/org.uib.no\/imer\/img\/border_gray.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a id=\"6\" name=\"6\"><\/a>Call for papers:<\/h5>\n<h3>&#8220;An Unsettled Future?&#8221; Forced Migration and Refugee Studies in the 21st Century, International Conference<\/h3>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"51\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">7-8 Desember 2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">University of Oxford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Deadline : September 14, 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) at the University of Oxford celebrates 25 years of pioneering research in the field of refugee and forced migration studies. The past quarter of a century, like many before it, has seen human displacement on an enormous scale, touching all continents and the lives of millions of people. States, international organisations, and NGOs have often struggled to deal with the social, political and economic consequences of forced movement. Alongside these developments, the study of refugee movements and forced migration more generally has grown. Increasing numbers of academics from different disciplines have turned their attention to understanding displacement in its many forms and varieties, often with impressive results.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2007, as the culmination of its 25th Anniversary, the RSC will hold a two-day international conference dedicated to bringing scholars together to take stock of the state of research on refugee and forced migration movements. The conference will consider, in particular, how refugee and forced migration studies have progressed in the years since the RSC&#8217;s inception and what contemporary challenges and future directions should inform the ongoing development of these areas of study.<\/p>\n<p>Details about specific conferences themes and guidelines for paper proposals can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsc.ox.ac.uk\/PDFs\/unsettled.pdf\">http:\/\/www.rsc.ox.ac.uk\/PDFs\/unsettled.pdf<\/a>. All submissions should be sent to Paul Ryder, Research Information Officer: <a href=\"mailto:paul.ryder@qeh.ox.ac.uk\">paul.ryder@qeh.ox.ac.uk<\/a>, by 14th September 2007. Proposed participants will be notified by October 14 whether or not their proposed paper\/panel has been accepted. The conference organisers are Professor Roger Zetter and Dr Matthew J. Gibney. For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsc.ox.ac.uk\/\">www.rsc.ox.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/org.uib.no\/imer\/img\/border_gray.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a id=\"7\" name=\"7\"><\/a>Publications:<\/h5>\n<p>Appiah, Kwame Anthony. (2007) <em>The ethics of identity<\/em>. Princeton University Press. <a href=\"http:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/chapters\/s7806.html\"> For more information.. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aune, Lillian.(2007) <em>Likhet i ulikhet : en studie av hvordan en flerkulturell ungdomsgruppe i Uppsala, Sverige, skaper ett felles verdigrunnlag for samhandling<\/em>. Hovedoppgave i sosialantropologi, Universitetet i Oslo. Last ned hele oppgaven <a href=\"http:\/\/wo.uio.no\/as\/WebObjects\/theses.woa\/wa\/these?WORKID=51568\">her<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eriksen, Thomas Hylland og \u00d8yvind Fuglerud(red)(2007) <em>Grenser for Kultur?Perspektiver fra norsk minoritetsforskning. <\/em>Pax Forlag, Oslo. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pax.no\/index.php?ID=Bok&amp;ID2=Vis&amp;counter=1572\">For more information.. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Faist, Thomas and Andreas Ette(eds.) (2007) <em>The Europeanization of national policies and politics of immigration : between authonomy and the European Union. <\/em>Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/products\/title.aspx?PID=275112\">For more information..<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grewal, Pavinder(2007) <em>Bonds and bridges : social capital in Tamil Diaspora<\/em>. M. Phil. in Multicultural and International Education, Oslo University College.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth Lister, Fiona Williams, Anneli Anttonen&#8230;[et al.](2007)<em>Gendering citizenship in Western Europe : new challenges for citizenship research in a cross-national context<\/em>. Bristol : Policy Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.policypress.org.uk\/catalog\/product_info.php?products_id=920&amp;PHPSESSID=d64533d6542291476abe0a3206e24821\">For more information..<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neill, William J.V. and Hanns-Uve Schwedler(eds.)(2007) <em>Migration and cultural inclusion in the European city. <\/em>Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/products\/title.aspx?is=0230007643\">For more information..<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rinus Penninx, Karen Kraal, Maria Berger (eds)(2007)<em> The Dynamics of International Migration and Settlement in Europe: A State of the Art.<\/em> IMISCOE Joint studies, Amsterdam University Press.<\/p>\n<p>A fundamental issue in society today, migration has been undergoing a new dynamic that calls for innovative policy approaches. This new dynamic is not yet fully understood, let alone are there adequate policy answers to deal with \u2018the managing\u2019 of these new migration processes and their consequences for receiving and sending societies. The wide-ranging overview of migration research conducted through the IMISCOE network analyses the influx of various types of immigrants in a post-World War II Western Europe, mostly to large cities, as well as the reactions of the native populations and governments to the changes and pressures brought about by immigration. Preview or order this book at <a title=\"http:\/\/www.aup.nl\/imiscoe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aup.nl\/imiscoe\">www.aup.nl\/imiscoe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Polyakova, Irina (2007)<em>&#8220;Unge jenter tilbys jobb i utlandet&#8221; : en kvalitativ studie av transnasjonal prostitusjon til Norge fra \u00d8st-Europa.<\/em> Masteroppgave i sosiologi, Universitetet i Oslo. 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