{"id":362,"date":"2009-06-15T14:15:08","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T12:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imer.w.uib.no\/?p=362"},"modified":"2013-12-31T14:16:48","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T13:16:48","slug":"imer-newsletter-nr-62009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imer.w.uib.no\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"IMER NEWSLETTER NR. 6\/2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Wednesday, June 15, 2009<\/h4>\n<h3>Content:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/org.uib.no\/imer\/newsletter\/letter2009_6.htm#1\">C<\/a>ompas Conference 2009: New Times? Economic Crisis, Geo-Political Transformation and the Emergent Migration Order<\/li>\n<li>Vikenkonferansen 2009: Enslige mindre\u00e5rige og unge flyktninger \u2013 integrering, mestring og samhandling<\/li>\n<li>Gothenburg Research on Asylum-seeking Children in Europe (GRACE) konferens: Asyls\u00f6kande barns v\u00e4lf\u00e4rd, h\u00e4lsa och v\u00e4lbefinnande<\/li>\n<li>Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements: Refugee Futures Conference 2009<\/li>\n<li>NCCR Iconic Criticism Conference: Images of Illegalized Immigration<\/li>\n<li>NCoE NordWel and Centre for Welfare State Research Conference: An American Dilemma? Race, Ethnicity and Welfare States in the U.S., Europe and the Nordic Countries<\/li>\n<li>Call for papers: ICT and Migration: Mobility and Cohesion in the Digital Age<\/li>\n<li>Call for papers: The Politics of Misrecognition: An Interdisciplinary Conference<\/li>\n<li>The 6th ETMU Days: Finland and Innovative Cultural Diversity<\/li>\n<li>ICMPD: Launch of the PROMINSTAT online database<\/li>\n<li>Call for applications: Four TRICUD Doctoral Fellowships at the University of Liege<\/li>\n<li>Call for applications: Visiting Research Fellowships at ZMO (Zentrum Moderner Orient) in Berlin<\/li>\n<li>Ethnopolitics: Call for articles on &#8220;Migration and Divided Societies&#8221;<\/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>Compas Conference 2009:<\/h5>\n<h1>New Times? Economic Crisis, Geo-Political Transformation and the Emergent Migration Order<\/h1>\n<table width=\"361\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"51\" height=\"25\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"390\">September 21.- 22. 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"26\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">St Hugh\u2019s College, St Margaret\u2019s Road, Oxford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The conference is organized by COMPAS (Centre on Migrantion, Policy and Society).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The worldwide financial and economic crisis of 2008-2009 can be viewed as an acute manifestation of a global transformation that has been under way for the last decade or so. This can be seen in the gradual eclipse of the US as the power dominating the global order, to reveal a more diffuse dispensation in which economic power in particular is spreading to China, India, Russia and Brazil (the so-called BRIC countries) and other emergent large or middling polities \u2013 although there is debate as to how deep and significant this process is. The conference will look at the implications for the global migration order \u2013 and for regional, national and local migration orders \u2013 of economic, political, social and other kinds of \u2018shocks\u2019\u00a0 associated with the overall restructuring of the global political economy since the end of the Cold War, using the current (2008-09) crisis as a point of departure.<\/p>\n<p>The central questions to be addressed are: how the current crisis affects the movement of people worldwide, and whether it will accentuate trends already underway or precipitate the formation of a new migration order. The conference will begin by situating these questions in context, drawing on examples of the impacts that historical and recent shocks and crises have had on migration patterns.\u00a0 Day two will build on this discussion, by focussing on new and emerging geographies of migration and corresponding changes in migration governance.<\/p>\n<p>The conference aims to take up where the 2008 Annual Conference\u00a0on theory left off, bringing together a range of leading academics, analysts, policy makers, practitioners and research students to test theory and concepts against the latest evidence in the migration field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key themes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The conference is structured around four thematic sessions, each of which will be initiated by a plenary with a keynote speaker. Each plenary will be followed by two related breakout sessions within the following four themes:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0The current crisis in historical perspective<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0The relationship between shocks and migration crises<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0New geographies of migration<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0Changes in global migration governance<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the themes, and to register for the conference, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.compas.ox.ac.uk\/events\/annual-conference-2009\/\">COMPAS web pages<\/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>Vikenkonferansen 2009:<\/h5>\n<h1>Enslige mindre\u00e5rige og unge flyktninger &#8211; integrering, mestring og samhandling<\/h1>\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\" width=\"338\">12. og 13. oktober 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Quality Hotel Grand Royal, Narvik<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Den fjerde \u00e5rlige konferansen om flyktninger, asyls\u00f8kere, innvandrere og psykisk helse arrangeres i \u00e5r av <strong>Viken senter<\/strong> i samarbeid med <strong>UDI region Nord<\/strong> og <strong>IMDi Nord<\/strong>, 12. og 13. oktober i Narvik.<\/p>\n<p>Konferansen skal v\u00e6re et bidrag til kompetanseheving for offentlig ansatte som gjennom sitt arbeid m\u00f8ter enslige mindre\u00e5rige og unge flyktninger og asyls\u00f8kere, og de utfordringer denne gruppen har med psykiske problemer, annen kulturell\/religi\u00f8s bakgrunn og integrering, mestring og samhandling i bosetting.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e5lgruppen for denne konferansen er ansatte i asylmottak, kommunehelsetjenestene, psykiatrien, politiet, voksenoppl\u00e6ringen og andre som jobber med asyls\u00f8kere, flyktninger og innvandrere i kommunene.<\/p>\n<p>Arrang\u00f8rene \u00f8nsker p\u00e5 denne konferansen \u00e5 fokusere p\u00e5 forebygging og h\u00e5ndtering av psykisk sykdom og atferdsproblematikk hos unge mennesker som kommer til Norge, og har en annen bakgrunn enn v\u00e5r vestlige kultur. Hva er tabuer? Hva kan f\u00f8re til sm\u00e5 konflikter, hva kan f\u00f8re til store konflikter? Hva begrenser og hva fremmer mulighetene for god behandling, integrering og mestring? Hvordan kan man tilrettelegge for god samhandling i bosettingen av denne gruppen?<\/p>\n<p>Konferansen skal b\u00e6res av fordrag som tar opp ulike tema knyttet til psykisk helse, religion, kultur og erfaringer fra prosjekter.<\/p>\n<p>Kursavgift: kr 1500<br \/>\nKonferansen vil ha plass til 160 deltakere.<\/p>\n<p>For mer informasjon om konferansen og foredragsholdere, samt p\u00e5melding, se<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vikensenter.no\/nyheter_cms\/2009\/juni\/vikenkonferansen_2009__enslige_mindre_rige_og_unge_flyktninger...\/111\"> 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=\"3\" name=\"3\"><\/a>Gothenburg Research on Asylum-seeking Children in Europe (GRACE) konferens:<\/h5>\n<h1>Asyls\u00f6kande barns v\u00e4lf\u00e4rd, h\u00e4lsa och v\u00e4lbefinnande<\/h1>\n<table width=\"449\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"43\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"352\">7-8 december 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Nordiska h\u00f6gskolan f\u00f6r folkh\u00e4lsovetenskap, Nya Varvet, G\u00f6teborg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Konferensen utg\u00e5r ifr\u00e5n resultat fr\u00e5n ett av Europeiska Flyktingfonden finansierat m\u00e5ngvetenskapligt forskningsprojekt om hur man kan f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttra asylmottagande och asylprocessen f\u00f6r barn och f\u00f6r\u00e4ldrar i Sverige. Barnens och f\u00f6r\u00e4ldrarnas beskrivningar av sina vardagsliv, skola, h\u00e4lsa och v\u00e4lbefinnande lyfts fram ur olika perspektiv och de salutogena aspekterna betonas. Strukturer i asylsystemet och dess akt\u00f6rer samt nationella och internationella regelverk vad g\u00e4ller m\u00e4nniskor med flyktingbakgrund presenteras. Hur fungerar lagar och regler utifr\u00e5n asyls\u00f6kande barns och f\u00f6r\u00e4ldrars behov? Hur upplever de asyls\u00f6kande m\u00f6ten med olika personer och situationer i vardagsmilj\u00f6n? Vilka faktorer befr\u00e4mjar v\u00e4lbefinnande och v\u00e4lf\u00e4rd och vilka kan verka nedbrytande under v\u00e4ntan p\u00e5 besked om framtiden? Hur kan vi st\u00f6dja barn som befinner sig i asylprocessen?<\/p>\n<p>Konferensen v\u00e4nder sig till beslutsfattare, forskare och andra som i sitt arbete m\u00f6ter fr\u00e5gor som r\u00f6r barn och familjer i asylprocessen.<\/p>\n<p>Arrang\u00f6r: Centrum f\u00f6r Europaforskning vid G\u00f6teborgs Universitet (CERGU) i samarbete med Nordiska H\u00f6gskolan f\u00f6r Folkh\u00e4lsovetenskap<\/p>\n<p><strong> F\u00f6rel\u00e4sare:<\/strong><br \/>\n* Charles Watters, Director of the European Centre for the Study of Migration and Social Care, Kent, UK<br \/>\n* Ulla Bj\u00f6rnberg, Sociologiska institutionen, G\u00f6teborgs Universitet<br \/>\n* Henry Ascher, Migration och H\u00e4lsa, Nordiska H\u00f6gskolan f\u00f6r Folkh\u00e4lsovetenskap<br \/>\n* Hans E. Andersson, Institutionen f\u00f6r samh\u00e4llsvetenskaper, Statsvetenskap, S\u00f6dert\u00f6rns H\u00f6gskola<br \/>\n* Marita Eastmond, Socialantropologiska institutionen, G\u00f6teborgs Universitet<br \/>\n* Helena Holgersson, Sociologiska institutionen, G\u00f6teborgs Universitet<br \/>\n* Lotta Mellander, Avdelningen f\u00f6r Pediatrik, Sahlgrenska Akademin, G\u00f6teborgs Universitet<br \/>\n* Lisa Ottosson, Migration och H\u00e4lsa, Nordiska H\u00f6gskolan f\u00f6r Folkh\u00e4lsovetenskap<br \/>\n* Malin Svensson, Migration och H\u00e4lsa, Nordiska H\u00f6gskolan f\u00f6r Folkh\u00e4lsovetenskap<br \/>\n* Live Stretmo, Sociologiska institutionen, G\u00f6teborgs Universitet<br \/>\n* Mirzet Tursunovic, Sociologiska institutionen, G\u00f6teborgs Universitet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anm\u00e4lan senast 25. november 2009<\/strong> via hemsidan <a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.cergu.gu.se\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cergu.gu.se\/\">http:\/\/www.cergu.gu.se<\/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>Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements:<\/h5>\n<h1>Refugee Futures Conference 2009<\/h1>\n<table width=\"313\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"46\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"246\">10-12 September 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Monash University Prato Centre, Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&#8220;Refugee Futures&#8221; will canvass one of the most important issues of the modern world \u2013 the increasing flow of refugees and asylum seekers between countries in the wake of continuing pockets of conflict and war.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics to be covered by an eminent group of scholars, administrators and policy makers include: <\/strong><br \/>\n* the future challenges faced in the strategic management of refugee movements and settlement<br \/>\n* protracted refugee situations and the difficulty of finding solutions<br \/>\n* the scope for refugee resettlement<br \/>\n* refugees, crime and security<br \/>\n* climate change and displacement of people<br \/>\n* refugee children: how can the international community improve outcomes?<br \/>\n* the future of the global refugee regime<\/p>\n<p>This intensive two day conference will emphasise the future, and is the fourth presented by the partnership of the <strong>International Metropolis Project Canada<\/strong>; the <strong>Australian Multicultural Foundation<\/strong> and the <strong>Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and registration for the conference, visit the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monash.edu.au\/cemo\/refugeefutures2009\/\"> Monash University website.<\/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>NCCR Iconic Criticism Conference:<\/h5>\n<h1>Images of Illegalized Immigration<\/h1>\n<table width=\"258\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"46\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"191\">August 30.- September 1st, 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">University of Basel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The conference invites scholars to discuss images of illegalized immigration. How do images shape the way we perceive illegalized immigration? Who creates these images? Under which conditions? And where do they circulate? How do they relate to legal and political discourses? The goal of this conference is to deal more critically with visual \u2018evidence\u2019 of illegalized immigration.<\/p>\n<p>The number of \u2018displaced persons\u2019 is increasing, resulting in various forms of social conflict. In what kind of images are these conflicts presented? How do political and theoretical frameworks as well as social movements transform these images? How can we draw distinctions and find new perspectives amidst these pluralities of images? And how are persons \u2018de-legalized\u2019 through the use of images? The goal of this conference is to deal more critically with visual &#8216;evidence&#8217; of illegalized immigration.<\/p>\n<p><strong> W.J.T. Mitchell (University of Chicago)<\/strong> will give the keynote address.<br \/>\nIn 1994, W.J.T. Mitchell coined the persuasive term \u2018pictorial turn\u2019. He is known especially for his work on the relations of visual and verbal representations in the context of social and political issues.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and program, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unibas-zasb.ch\/english\/events\/2009\/08\/immigration.php\">Centre for African Studies Basel website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about NCCR Iconic Criticism<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eikones.ch\/\"> here<\/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>NCoE NordWel and Centre for Welfare State Research Conference:<\/h5>\n<h1>An American Dilemma? Race, Ethnicity and Welfare States in the U.S., Europe and the Nordic Countries<\/h1>\n<table width=\"336\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"46\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"269\">October 1.-3., 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">University of Southern Denmark , Odense<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.helsinki.fi\/nord-wel\/\">NCoE NordWel<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdu.dk\/Om_SDU\/Institutter_centre\/C_Velfaerd.aspx\">Centre for Welfare State Research<\/a> invites you to an international conference on the theme Race, Ethnicity and Welfare States.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will bring together a group of U.S., Nordic and European scholars to engage in a cross-national as well as chronological comparison of one the most complex and controversial aspects of modern welfare states: the question of &#8220;us&#8221; and &#8220;them&#8221; in relation to the development of social rights and welfare institutions. By facilitating a cross-cultural conversation, the organizers also hope to cross the border between two very different welfare state narratives: the &#8220;idealistic&#8221; history of the Nordic and European model of welfare, and the more conflict-orientated history of the American welfare state.<\/p>\n<p>Taking its point of departure from the current academic debates on race\/ethnicity and welfare policies, this conference aims to go beyond stereotypes of welfare state models and immigration regimes in order to compare critically Nordic, European and American experiences at significant moments in history.<\/p>\n<p>The conference is open for all interested. The number of participants is limited and there is a conference fee of 750 DKR (100 Euro) covering meals, coffee etc.<\/p>\n<p>For further information and registration, visit the conference <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdu.dk\/Om_SDU\/Institutter_centre\/C_Velfaerd\/An_American_Dilemma.aspx\">homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers:<br \/>\nProfessor Sonya Michel (University of Maryland, College Park)<br \/>\nProfessor Klaus Petersen (University of Southern Denmark)<br \/>\nProfessor Pauli Kettunen (University of Helsinki)<\/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> Call for Papers:<\/h5>\n<h1>ICT and Migration: Mobility and Cohesion in the Digital Age<\/h1>\n<table width=\"237\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"46\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"170\">September 24 &amp; 25, 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Vienna<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The International Workshop &#8220;ICT and Migration: Mobility and Cohesion in the Digital Age&#8221; aims at exploring how the societal life of migrants in both receiving countries and countries of origin is shaped by new technologies and how, in return, international migration phenomena impact on the development of ICT.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop is organized by the <strong>International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)<\/strong> within the framework of the cross-cluster initiative <strong>\u2018ICT and Migration: Policies, Practices and Socio-Economic Implications (e-Migrants)\u2018 <\/strong> of the European Network of Excellence <strong>\u2018International Migration, Integration, Social Cohesion\u2019 (IMISCOE). <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The organizers invite contributions from Ph.D. students, researchers and practitioners on the following topics:<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Connected communities:<\/strong> effects and implications of ICT on the life of immigrants and ethnic minorities (socio-cultural e-inclusion)<br \/>\n* <strong>ICT capital: <\/strong>the role of ICT for economic success (IT experts) and labour market integration in Europe (international call and internet shops), e-accessibility and e-competences<br \/>\n*<strong>ICT for development: <\/strong>remittances (e-Banking, cross-border Mobile Money Transfer) and the transfer of knowledge, skills and technologies between developed and developing countries<br \/>\n* <strong> Networked governance: <\/strong>international and European perspectives on e-Governance in the field of migration<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in presenting a paper, <strong>please send an abstract by latest 17th July 2009<\/strong> to Maren Borkert at: maren.borkert@icmpd.org<\/p>\n<p>Priority will be given to papers which present their methodological approach and include theoretical outlines about the multifaceted relations between ICT and international migration movements. Paper givers will be informed by mid July of paper acceptance in order to arrange for low cost travel and accommodation which will be reimbursed by the organisers. Those who may have access to own travel funds, are kindly requested to highlight it in their communication.<\/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=\"8\" name=\"8\"><\/a> Call for Papers:<\/h5>\n<h1>The Politics of Misrecognition: An Interdisciplinary Conference<\/h1>\n<table width=\"413\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"46\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"346\">January 22-23, 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Centre for Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Keynote speaker:<\/strong> Axel Honneth, University of Frankfurt (to be confirmed)<\/p>\n<p>What is \u2018misrecognition\u2019 and why does it matter? This conference aims to explore this question, and to consider how the idea of misrecognition can help us understand the interaction and political orientations of different cultures, social movements and state policies. For nearly twenty years now, a debate has raged over the best way to respond to people\u2019s desire to have their cultural particularities recognized. A number of important political theories of recognition have therefore emerged, and these have invited a range of further critiques. These debates have yielded significant theoretical insights into the precise character and normative significance of the idea of recognition. Yet there have been less direct focus on its logical and necessary opposite: misrecognition. How can it motivate political struggle? Is it necessarily unjust? Does it necessarily inflict psychic harm? And more broadly how might misrecognition impact upon such things as citizenship, intercultural dialogue and gender relations?<\/p>\n<p>To address these themes the organizers of this conference welcome papers from scholars writing about misrecognition from a variety of disciplines, including philosophy, political theory, sociology, psychoanalysis, history, moral economy and criminology.<\/p>\n<p>They also welcome papers reflecting on a wide range of types of social, political and personal experience, and investigating cleavages of nationality, religion, race, gender, ethnicity, class identity, disability, and criminality. Papers promising a mediation of theoretical and empirical insights, bringing speculative analysis and lived experience together, would be particularly welcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizers:<\/strong> Wendy Martineau (University of Bristol), Nasar Meer (University of Southampton) and Simon Thompson (University of the West of England, Bristol).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supported by: <\/strong>the Economic and Social Research Council, the Political Studies Association and the Department of Politics at Bristol University.<\/p>\n<p>Conference fee: \u00a350 for academics; \u00a325 for postgraduates; includes meals but not accommodation<br \/>\n<strong>To propose a paper,<\/strong>please submit a 250 word abstract to simon.thompson@uwe.ac.uk <strong>by 11 September 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For further information, please contact Simon Thompson at simon.thompson@uwe.ac.uk<\/p>\n<p>See also information at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bristol.ac.uk\/sociology\/ethnicitycitizenship\/events.html\">University of Bristol&#8217;s webpages<\/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=\"9\" name=\"9\"><\/a> The 6th ETMU days:<\/h5>\n<h1>Finland and Innovative Cultural Diversity<\/h1>\n<table width=\"451\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"46\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"384\">October 22-23, 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">University of Joensuu, Finland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>The keynote speakers <\/strong>at the conference are Professor Doreen Massey (Open University, UK) and Professor Tariq Modood (University of Bristol, UK).<\/p>\n<p>The theme of the sixth annual ETMU Days, Finland and Innovative Cultural Diversity, can be approached from many angles and therefore several workshops will be held at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers, research groups and students of the field may suggest abstracts for the workshops.<br \/>\nSee further information on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etmu.fi\/etmudays\/eng\/etmudays.html\">ETMU web pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paper abstracts (ca. 200 words) and proposals should be sent directly to the session organizers <strong>by 15th September 2009.<\/strong><\/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=\"10\" name=\"10\"><\/a> ICMPD:<\/h5>\n<h1>Launch of the PROMINSTAT online database<\/h1>\n<p><strong>ICMPD<\/strong> (International Centre for Migration Policy Development) is announcing the launch of<strong> the PROMINSTAT online database<\/strong> and the related publication of country reports on national data collection systems, all accessible through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prominstat.eu\/drupal\/?q=node\/64\">PROMINSTAT website<\/a>. The database and the country reports are part of a 30 months collaborative research project on statistical data collection on migration, integration and discrimination involving a network of 18 established research institutions, universities and statistical offices and coordinated by the ICMPD in Vienna. The project is funded under the European Commission\u2019s 6th Framework Programme for Research (FP6).<\/p>\n<p>The PROMINSTAT database is a comprehensive inventory of statistical datasets on migration, integration and discrimination in Europe and currently contains descriptions of more than 1,200 statistical datasets. It documents the availability, comparability and accessibility of quantitative data. Database entries provide general information on datasets, including technical information on type, coverage and methodology as well as extensive information on variables contained in these datasets. The database is accessible <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prominstat.eu\/prominstat\/database\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The PROMINSTAT country reports complement the database by systematically describing national data collection systems in 27 European countries covered.\u00a0 The reports provide descriptions of key datasets and the institutional setup of data collection in each country, concepts employed and the evolution of national data collection systems. In addition, the country reports analyse the scope, quality and availability of data collection in 13 thematic areas (population stocks, migration flows, residence permits, acquisition of citizenship, asylum, irregular migration, employment, income, housing, health, education, families and household, political participation and criminal justice).<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the project and the database visit the project website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prominstat.eu\/drupal\/?q=node\/64\">www.prominstat.eu<\/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=\"11\" name=\"11\"><\/a> Call for applications:<\/h5>\n<h1>Four TRICUD Doctoral Fellowships at the University of Liege<\/h1>\n<p><strong>TRICUD <\/strong>is a multidisciplinary research programme launched by three research centres based at the Institute of Human and Social Sciences of the University of Li\u00e8ge, namely <strong>CEDEM <\/strong>(Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies),<strong> CLEO <\/strong>(Centre for the Study of Public Opinion) and <strong>P\u00d4LE SUD <\/strong> (P\u00f4le Li\u00e9geois d\u2019Etudes sur les Soci\u00e9t\u00e9s Urbaines en D\u00e9veloppement). The CEDEM carries out theoretical and empirical research in the field of human migration, ethnic relations and racism in a pluri-disciplinary perspective. The CLEO is a pluri-disciplinary research centre specialised in the study of behaviour, opinion and social representations as well as on the development of methodological tools for collecting and analysing data. P\u00d4LE SUD is mainly oriented towards the study of urban dynamics in Southern development countries as well as on new forms of globalisation. The project is coordinated by CEDEM and is connected to the research activities it pursues within the EU funded network of excellence IMISCOE (International migration, Integration and Social Cohesion).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The University of Li\u00e8ge offers 4 doctoral fellowships within the TRICUD project.<\/strong>The four PhD students will be recruited for a four-year term at the outset of the research project (1st October 2009) and at the latest by the 1st of January 2010.The four doctoral theses will deal with the following themes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thesis 1. <\/strong> Towards more ethnicised or more cosmopolitan networks of relations in urban areas? Practices and representations: how minority and majority influence and reshape each other.<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis 2. <\/strong>The social and political functions of popular arts in post-migratory cities<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis 3.<\/strong> Migration, development and transnationalism in Northern Morocco<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis 4. <\/strong> An ethnographic approach to cultural, social, religious and political change triggered by migration in a Southern urban context.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about TRICUD and the general and specific profile for each of the the doctoral fellowships<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isa-sociology.org\/fellow155.htm\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The yearly amount of the fellowship is 29.500 Euros<\/p>\n<p><strong>The selection process will be organised in 2 steps:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Applicants are asked to send a full CV and a letter of motivation by e-mail to Marco Martiniello, at M.Martiniello@ulg.ac.be, by\u00a0 <strong> September 1\u00a0 2009<\/strong><br \/>\n2. The recruitment committee will prepare a shortlist of applicants that will be asked to prepare a more detailed thesis project adapted to the aims of the programme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information:<\/strong><br \/>\nMartiniello Marco<br \/>\nResearch Director FNRS<br \/>\nDirector, Centre d&#8217;Etudes de l&#8217;Ethnicit\u00e9 et des Migrations (CEDEM)<br \/>\nUniversit\u00e9 de Li\u00e8ge<br \/>\nInstitut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales<br \/>\nB\u00e2timent 31\u00a0 bo\u00eete 45<br \/>\n7, Boulevard du Rectorat<br \/>\n4000 Li\u00e8ge (Sart-Tilman)<br \/>\nBelgium<br \/>\nPh: 00 32 (0)4 366 30 40<br \/>\nFax:00 32 (0)4 366 47 51<br \/>\nE-mail: M.Martiniello@ulg.ac.be<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.cedem.ulg.ac.be\/<\/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=\"12\" name=\"12\"><\/a> Call for applications:<\/h5>\n<h1>Visiting Research Fellowships at ZMO (Zentrum Moderner Orient) in Berlin<\/h1>\n<p>ZMO (Zentrum Moderner Orient) in Berlin is advertising <strong>Visiting Research Fellowships for 2010<\/strong>, for researchers engaging in projects relevant to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmo.de\/forschung\/index_e.html\">ZMO&#8217;s research profile<\/a>. ZMO is an interdisciplinary research institute with an international community of researchers pursuing research with regional and trans-regional focus on societies in Africa, the Middle East, and South- and South-East Asia and their interrelations (as well as their relations to Europe).<\/p>\n<p>The call is open for senior researchers and recent postdocs as well as finishing PhD students in the humanities and social sciences. They are invited to apply for a monthly stipend (1500 EUR for PhD students, 2500 EUR for all postdoctoral researchers) and a period of stay at the centre that should normally last 1-2 months. Slots are available throughout the year, and as ZMO will allocate fellowships throughout all the months of the year, they ask applicants to indicate their preferred month(s) of stay as well as their potential flexibility. ZMO particularly encourages applications by candidates from Africa, the Middle East, and South- and South-East Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The applications will be reviewed by a ZMO selection committee. The decisions should be made within a period of six weeks after the deadline for submission of applications. ZMO cannot supply any travel funds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications can be emailed or posted, and should include:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; CV, including complete list of publications<br \/>\n&#8211; Project description of research project to be worked upon during visit (max. 3 pages)<br \/>\n&#8211; For PhD students: two letters of reference<\/p>\n<p><strong> Deadline: 1 September 2009 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ZMO also welcomes researchers who have already secured their own monies to pursue research at the centre, and encourage inquiries and applications along these lines as well. For selected projects and candidates, they will be able to supply office space and a highly stimulating research environment.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, please consult the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmo.de\/\">ZMO website<\/a>, or contact them directly at <a href=\"mailto:zmo@rz.hu-berlin.de\">zmo@rz.hu-berlin.de<\/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=\"13\" name=\"13\"><\/a> Ethnopolitics:<\/h5>\n<h1>Call for articles on &#8220;Migration and Divided Societies&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p>Chris Gilligan, University of the West of Scotland, UK and Susan Ball-Petsimeris, Universit\u00e9 de Paris 8, France invites articles on the theme of &#8216;Migration and Divided Societies&#8217; for publication in a forthcoming Special Issue of the journal<strong> Ethnopolitics.<\/strong> The Special Issue aims to critically examine the relationship between migration and social divisions which are conceptualised as &#8216;ethnic&#8217; in popular discourse, academic writing or government policy.<\/p>\n<p>Papers are welcome that raise questions related to concepts and practices of migration and segregation along &#8216;ethnic&#8217; lines. You can find a fuller outline of the rationale for the Special Issue and a guide to the kinds of topics that they would consider for publication <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britsoc.co.uk\/NR\/rdonlyres\/452F6FFF-910D-43B1-80A3-D169DFCE6E83\/0\/Cfp_Ethnopolitics_MigrationDivSocs.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Articles should be submitted via email to Chris Gilligan, at: chris.gilligan@ uws.ac.uk, to arrive <strong>by Tues 27th October 2009<\/strong>.<\/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=\"14\" name=\"14\"><\/a>Publications:<\/h5>\n<p>* <strong>Kristian Berg Harpviken<\/strong> (2009): Social Networks and Migration in Wartime Afghanistan. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan<\/p>\n<p>Kristian Berg Harpviken presents a framework for understanding how people\u2019s networks are essential for their responses to war and disaster. People\u2019s network resources are crucial for mobilizing or maintaining physical resources, for their security, and for the gathering of information. Applying this framework to the analysis of wartime migration, the book challenges one-dimensional victim images of wartime migrants, emphasizing the importance of agency and network resources in responding to unpredictable social environments. The book\u2019s systematic application of a network analytical perspective, building on mechanisms developed through studies in other areas (particularly economic and organizational sociology) is unique. This analytical bridge-building brings new insights to the study of responses to armed conflict, where there has previously only been loose debate on whether social networks fragment or gain strength in the face of war. Discussing migration throughout three decades of war in Afghanistan, the book is based on original fieldwork during the period of the Taliban\u2019s domination of Afghanistan, focusing on two villages in one of the country\u2019s most severely war-stricken areas.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/products\/title.aspx?PID=344093\"> the publisher&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>G\u00f6ran Larsson <\/strong>(2009): Islam in the Nordic and Baltic Countries. Routledge<\/p>\n<p>Although Muslims are now an important presence in Europe, little is known about the Muslim communities that exist in the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe. This is the first comprehensive and detailed study of the history, context and development of Islamic institutions and Muslim groups in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, and includes chapters on Islam in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. With contributions by academics with long experience of the Muslim communities in question based on original research, this volume presents new and important perspectives within a comparative and regional framework. <em>Islam in Nordic and Baltic Countries<\/em> will be an important reference work for students of European history and Islamology, and will be valuable to all researchers and scholars interested in the development of Islam and Muslim communities at the strategic heart of Northern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.routledge.com\/books\/Islam-in-the-Nordic-and-Baltic-Countries-isbn9780415485197\">publisher\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Paul Bramadat, Matthias Koenig (eds)<\/strong> (2009): International Migration and the Governance of Religious Diversity. McGill-Queen\u2019s University Press<\/p>\n<p>The first book in the new series Migration and Diversity, International Migration and the Governance of Religious Diversity explores the wide range of social and political responses to religious diversity found in Western states. Contributors focus on changes in the political, legal, and social responses to religious diversity that have resulted from increased international migration and the public visibility of new religious minorities in the West. They examine contemporary theoretical debates about the governance of religious diversity in immigrant-receiving countries and present original in-depth analyses of specific national contexts, allowing readers to observe social forces at work in the governance of religious diversity. Contributors put these national case studies into comparative perspective through an examination of both international normative frameworks for policy-formulation and the impact of contemporary world events on international public discourse about the relationship between religious diversity and migration.<\/p>\n<p>Contributors include Veit Bader (University of Amsterdam), Paul Bramadat (University of Victoria), Desmond Cahill (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology), Jocelyne C\u00e9sari (CNRS, France &amp; Harvard University), Mark Juergensmeyer (University of California, Santa Barbara), Matthias Koenig (University of G\u00f6ttingen), Will Kymlicka (Queen\u2019s University), Peggy Levitt (Wellesley College), Micheline Milot (University of Quebec at Montreal), Julia Mour\u00e3o Permoser (University of Vienna), Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka (University of Bielefeld), Sieglinde Rosenberger (University of Vienna), and Paul Weller (University of Derby).<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/mqup.mcgill.ca\/book_list.php?series=94&amp;thumbnails=no&amp;records=20\">publisher\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* <strong> Sabine Berghahn andPetra Rostock (eds.)<\/strong> (2009): The cloth that conflicts are made of. Debates about the headscarf in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Bielefeld: Transcript<\/p>\n<p>The controversies about the Islamic headscarf have shown that the point at issue is more than a piece of cloth. The headscarf serves as a screen on which the different conflict lines of the European migration debates are projected. This standard work includes numerous well-known authors that highlight which values and principles are at stake at the headscarf debates from a social science, cultural studies and legal perspective. Beyond the German debate, this book provides details and insights on the headscarf conflicts and debates in Austria, Switzerland as well as Britain and France.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transcript-verlag.de\/ts959\/ts959.php\">publisher&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Jeremy McBride <\/strong>(2009): Access to justice for migrants and asylum seekers in Europe. Council of Europe Publishing<\/p>\n<p>Further to the 28th Conference of European Ministers of Justice (Lanzarote, Spain, 25-26 October 2007), the Council of Europe has continued working on access to justice for migrants and asylum seekers.<\/p>\n<p>This publication contains an assessment of the situation faced by this vulnerable category of persons in accessing justice. It deals in particular with the identification of measures &#8211; both existing and new &#8211; for facilitating and ensuring such access for these people.<\/p>\n<p>To order, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/book.coe.int\/EN\/ficheouvrage.php?PAGEID=36&amp;lang=EN&amp;produit_aliasid=2412\">Council of Europe bookshop online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* <strong> Sjur Bergan and Jean-Philippe Restoueix (eds)<\/strong> (2009): Intercultural dialogue on Campus (Council of Europe higher education series No.11). Council of Europe Publishing<\/p>\n<p>Modern societies are inconceivable as isolated and mono-cultural entities. The interaction of various cultures is not only a fact of life for most Europeans, it also enriches our societies. However, we also witness tensions between cultures. Intercultural dialogue is therefore one of the political priorities of the Council of Europe, as shown most prominently by the adoption of the White Paper &#8220;Living Together as Equals in Dignity&#8221; in May 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Higher education, by its history and contemporary practice, is a natural partner in and promoter of intercultural dia\u00aclogue and understanding. Higher education institutions and campuses are themselves multicultural societies, and as such are the focus of the present volume. 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