{"id":364,"date":"2009-10-01T14:16:55","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T12:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imer.w.uib.no\/?p=364"},"modified":"2013-12-31T14:18:51","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T13:18:51","slug":"imer-newsletter-nr-72009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imer.w.uib.no\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"IMER NEWSLETTER NR. 7\/2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h4>Wednesday, October 1, 2009<\/h4>\n<h3>Content:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Lansering av nytt nettsted: www.migrasjonsforskning.no<\/li>\n<li>Call for proposals: &#8220;Beyond Citizenship: Feminism and the Transformation of Belonging&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Invitation: &#8220;Beyond Identity Politics? Intersecting disability, ethnicity and religious identities &#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Call for proposals: &#8220;Beyond Citizenship: Feminism and the Transformation of Belonging&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Culcom: Invitasjon til konferanse: &#8220;Statsborgerseremonier i et komparativt perspektiv&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>(GRACE) konferens: &#8220;Asyls\u00f6kande barns v\u00e4lf\u00e4rd, h\u00e4lsa och v\u00e4lbefinnande&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>UDI: Utlysning av nye forskningsmidler p\u00e5 www.doffin.no<\/li>\n<li>Call for papers: &#8220;Between Recruitment, Integration and Return &#8211; Labour Migrants in the Federal Republic of Germany since the late 1950s&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>University of Sunderland: Call for Papers: &#8220;Postcolonialism and Islam&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>University of Avignon: &#8220;Cultural Minorities: Expressions and Territories&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Call for papers: Megacities \/ Urban Subjects: Geographies of Knowledge and Spatial Forms in the Global South<\/li>\n<li>Call for papers:&#8221;The Enigma of the Homeland&#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>Lansering av nytt nettsted:<\/h5>\n<h1>www.migrasjonsforskning.no<\/h1>\n<p>N\u00e5 lanseres nettstedet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrasjonsforskning.no\">www.migrasjonsforskning.no<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Norsk Nettverk for Migrasjonsforskning; -for f\u00f8rste gang et fors\u00f8k p\u00e5 \u00e5 samle all norsk migrasjonsforskning p\u00e5 ett sted!<\/p>\n<p>Norsk Nettverk for Migrasjonsforskning er et nytt, \u00e5pent forskernettverk som skal legge til rette for informasjonsutveksling for forskere og studenter som arbeider innen feltet internasjonal migrasjon, integrasjon og etniske relasjoner. Nettverket \u00f8nsker \u00e5 synliggj\u00f8re norsk forskning for alle som er interessert i forskning og kunnskapsutvikling p\u00e5 feltet.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e5 nettsidene kan du enkelt f\u00e5 oversikt over:<\/p>\n<p>* norske forskningsprosjekter med migrasjonsrelaterte tema<br \/>\n* fagmilj\u00f8er i Norge som studerer migrasjon, integrasjon og etniske relasjoner<br \/>\n* norske og nordiske aktiviteter, deriblant konferanser, seminarer og undervisningstilbud.<br \/>\n* Publikasjoner p\u00e5 feltet, med lenker til \u00e5 laste ned rapporter og enkelte artikler i fulltekst.<\/p>\n<p>Nettsidene administreres av <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imer.uib.no\">IMER\/UiB<\/a> , men informasjonen baseres p\u00e5 det som hvert enkelt milj\u00f8 sender inn til oss. Sidene vil oppdateres fortl\u00f8pende etter hvert som bidrag kommer inn. Dersom du \u00f8nsker \u00e5 bidra, eller om du har tips til nettsidene, kontakt <a href=\"mailto:imer@global.uib.no\">imer@global.uib.no<\/a>. En engelsk versjon av nettstedet kommer ogs\u00e5 etter hvert.<\/p>\n<p>Vi h\u00e5per og tror dette nettstedet vil bli en viktig ressurs for mange, s\u00e5 send gjerne denne meldingen videre til alle du tror kan v\u00e6re interessert.<\/p>\n<p>Arbeidet med \u00e5 opprette sidene er st\u00f8ttet av Norges Forskninigsr\u00e5d.<\/p>\n<p>Styret i Norsk Nettverk for Migrasjonsforskning er:<\/p>\n<p>Hilde Liden, <a href=\"mailto:hilde.liden@samfunnsforskning.no\">hilde.liden@samfunnsforskning.no<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Knut Hidle, <a href=\"mailto:knut.hidle@agderforskning.no\">knut.hidle@agderforskning.no<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Berit Berg, <a href=\"mailto:Berit.Berg@samfunn.ntnu.no\">Berit.Berg@samfunn.ntnu.no<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sharam Alghasi, <a href=\"mailto:sharam.alghasi@culcom.uio.no\">sharam.alghasi@culcom.uio.no<\/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>call for proposals:<\/h5>\n<h1>&#8220;Beyond Citizenship: Feminism and the Transformation of Belonging&#8221;<\/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\">30 june-2 july 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Birkbeck,University of London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>An international, interdisciplinary conference on &#8220;Beyond Citizenship: Feminism and the Transformation of Belonging&#8221; will be held from 30 June to 2 July 2010 at Birkbeck, University of London.<\/p>\n<p>The conference is organised by FEMCIT (an EU FP6 integrated research project on &#8220;Gendered citizenship in multicultural Europe: the impact of contemporary women&#8217;s movements&#8221;), in collaboration with the Birkbeck Institute for Social Research, and Rokkansenteret at the University of Bergen.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed speakers include Sara Ahmed, Davina Cooper, Antke Engel, Katherine Gibson, Julie Graham, Rebecca Gomperts, Ranjana Khanna, Gail Lewis, Lynne Segal, Margrit Shildrick, Birte Siim, Gloria Wekker, and Anna Yeatman.<\/p>\n<p>The language of citizenship has, in recent years, been mobilized by feminists to articulate a wide range of claims and demands. The notions of economic, political, social, cultural, sexual\/ bodily, and intimate citizenship, for example, have all been developed and explored in terms of their normative potential and their actual realization. But, can the concept of citizenship encompass the transformations that feminist politics seek? What are the restrictions and exclusions of contemporary forms and practices of citizenship? How does the concept of citizenship deal with power, inequality, and difference? What are the problems with framing our desires and visions for the future in terms of citizenship in a globalizing world of migration, mobility, armed conflict, economic crisis and climate change?<\/p>\n<p>We invite proposals for papers that address these questions and the broad theme of the conference. We particularly welcome papers which explore the interface between the feminist academy and feminist activism, and which are interdisciplinary and innovative in method and approach. Individual paper proposals (max. 200 words) or proposals for panels of three or four related papers (max. 300 words) should be submitted by email to: <a href=\"mailto:abstracts.beyondcitizenship@bbk.ac.uk\">abstracts.beyondcitizenship@bbk.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline for proposals: 1st December 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For further information about the conference see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/bisr\/beyondcitizenship\/\">conference web portal<\/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> CONFERENCE:<\/h5>\n<h1>&#8220;Beyond Identity Politics? Intersecting disability, ethnicity and religious identities&#8221;<\/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\">21- 23 october, 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Stockholm University, Frescati Campus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The conference <em>Beyond Identity Politics? Intersecting disability, ethnicity and religious identities <\/em>and a following Doctoral workshop\u00a0will take place at Stockholm University 21-23 October 2009. New registration deadline: 1 October.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers are Stockholm University, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)\u00a0and Nordic Centre of Excellence: Reassessing the Nordic Welfare Model.<\/p>\n<p>Identity politics has occupied academic debate since the latter part of the 20th century and the demand for recognition of minority group identities and a will to combat discrimination have been at the core of the philosophy. During this period however, we have witnessed a backlash in acceptance for identity politics, as well for multiculturalism. The conference hopes to bring together those with an interest in the historical and current discussion concerning the issues of identity politics and multiculturalism, and aims to explore what can exist &#8220;beyond&#8221; this philosophy in terms of various forms of universalism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Confirmed speakers and presentations: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor Tariq Modood (Bristol University, UK): Civic Multiculturalism: Still too Particularistic?<\/p>\n<p>Professor Melissa S. Williams (Toronto University, Canada): The Politics of Post 9\/11 Multiculturalism in Canada<\/p>\n<p>Professor Mark Halstead (University of Huddersfield, UK): Cultural Identity after the death of Multiculturalism<\/p>\n<p>Professor Lennard J. Davis (University of Illinois at Chicago &amp; University of Illinois College of Medicine, USA): Bio cultural bodies: A view from the Plateau of Diversity<\/p>\n<p>Professor John Wrench ( FRA\/EUMC- Vienna):\u00a0 Diversity and Discrimination in European Labour Markets<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jackie Leach Scully, ( Reader at Newcastle University, UK): Let\u00b4s play nice: Ties and Tensions in Politics of Disability<\/p>\n<p>Professor Per Mouritsen (Aarhus University, Denmark): The Liberal Plateau: The Civic Integrationist Turn in Western Europe<\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration deadline 1 October 2009 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reassess.no\/index.gan?id=19578&amp;subid=0\">information <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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=\"32\" name=\"4\"><\/a> Conference:<\/h5>\n<h1>&#8220;Providing care in a globalising world: the role of markets and migration &#8220;<\/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\">October 26 2009, 09.00-17.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Aula Svea, Sveav\u00e4gen 160, Department of Social Work, Stockholm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The conference <em>Providing care in a globalising world: the role of markets and migration <\/em>will look at the political and social economy of care in Sweden, Finland, Australia, Canada and the UK. The conference takes place in Stockholm, on October 26 2009.<\/p>\n<p>This conference will focus on the roles of markets and migration in shaping the provision, funding, regulation and distribution of formal and informal care. It will situate recent developments in the Nordic and liberal welfare states in a broader international context, taking into account the increased movement of people (especially women) around the world and the ever-growing emphasis on private markets. Speakers will analyse similarities and differences between countries within and between welfare regimes as well as between different areas of care (child care, disability care and elder care).<\/p>\n<p>At the conference, an interdisciplinary, international research team will explore contemporary trends in the political and social economy of care, including child care, elder care and disability care. These scholars are drawn from the disciplines of sociology, social policy, social work, political science and economics, and have all established international reputations for scholarly, policy-focused research and a keen interest in social policy in the Nordic countries.<\/p>\n<p>The conference is open to researchers, students, policy makers and others interested in comparative perspectives on gender issues and care policies. The conference is free of charge but it is required to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">register before October 18 <\/span>by sending an email with your name and affiliation to <a href=\"mailto:pasec@socarb.su.se\">pasec@socarb.su.se<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Organizers: the Nordic Centre of Excellence REASSESS (Reassessing the Nordic Welfare Model) together with Stockholm University, Department of Social Work and University of New South Wales, Social Policy Research Centre<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed speakers:<\/p>\n<p>Professor Anneli Anttonen, University of Tampere<br \/>\nAssociate Professor Christina Bergqvist, Uppsala University<br \/>\nProfessor Deborah Brennan, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney<br \/>\nProfessor Bettina Cass, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney<br \/>\nProfessor Sue Himmelweit, Open University, Milton Keynes<br \/>\nProfessor Barbara Hobson, Stockholm University<br \/>\nAssociate Professor Teppo Kr\u00f6ger, University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4<br \/>\nProfessor Rianne Mahon, Carleton University, Ottawa<br \/>\nProfessor Sonya Michel, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington<br \/>\nProfessor Ito Peng, University of Toronto<br \/>\nPhD Tine Rostgaard, SFI &#8211; The Danish National Centre for Social Research, Copenhagen<br \/>\nProfessor Marta Szebehely, Stockholm University<br \/>\nProfessor Kari W\u00e6rness, University of Bergen<br \/>\nProfessor Fiona Williams, University of Leeds<br \/>\nProfessor Sue Yeandle, University of Leeds<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reassess.no\/index.gan?id=20082&amp;subid=0\">information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A PhD course, &#8220;Care of older people: comparative perspectives on policies, practices and outcomes&#8221;, will be arranged in connection with the conference. More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reassess.no\/index.gan?id=19590&amp;subid=0\">information<\/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> CULCOM: Invitasjon til konferanse:<\/h5>\n<h1>&#8220;Statsborgerseremonier i et komparativt perspektiv&#8221;<\/h1>\n<table width=\"413\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"46\"><strong>Tid:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"346\">19 oktober, 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Sted:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Oslo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Velkommen til konferansen &#8220;Statsborgarseremoniar i eit komparativt perspektiv&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Bakgrunn og m\u00e5lsetning: Norge innf\u00f8rte i 2007 ein frivillig statsborgarseremoni. Ulike former for statsborgarseremoniar blir praktisert i mange land, men s\u00e5 langt er det publisert lite forsking om dette fenomenet. I Norden er det no fleire forskarar som arbeider med dette temaet gjennom feltstudier av seremoniar i dei nordiske landa, Australia, Storbritannia og USA. M\u00e5lsetningen for denne konferansen er \u00e5 presentere resultat fr\u00e5 denne forskinga og sette dei inn i ein komparativt kontekst. Vi vil ogs\u00e5 dr\u00f8fte seremoniane i forhold til innvandringspolitiske problemstillingar og syn p\u00e5 statsborgarskap og integrasjon.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00e6rmere informasjon om innhold og program <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culcom.uio.no\/arrangementer\/konferanser\/2009\/statsborgarseremoniar\/index.html\">her<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NB! Konferansen krever p\u00e5melding. P\u00e5melding foreg\u00e5r etter &#8220;f\u00f8rstemann til m\u00f8lla&#8221;-prinsippet. N\u00e6rmere informasjon om p\u00e5melding finner du <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culcom.uio.no\/arrangementer\/konferanser\/2009\/statsborgarseremoniar\/pamelding.html\">her<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arrang\u00f8rer: UiOs strategiske forskningsprogram Kulturell kompleksitet i det nye Norge (CULCOM) og Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet (AID)<\/p>\n<p>Konferansen er gratis<\/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>Gothenburg Research on Asylum-seeking Children in Europe (GRACE) konferens:<\/h5>\n<h1>&#8220;Asyls\u00f6kande barns v\u00e4lf\u00e4rd, h\u00e4lsa och v\u00e4lbefinnande&#8221;<\/h1>\n<table width=\"449\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"43\"><strong>Tid:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"352\">7-8 december 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"43\"><strong>Sted:<\/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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cergu.gu.se\/Aktuellt\/Kalendarium\/?eventId=1767624468\">hemsidan<\/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>UDI:<\/h5>\n<h1>Utlysning av nye forskningsmidler p\u00e5 www.doffin.no<\/h1>\n<p>Utlendingsdirektoratet \u00f8nsker \u00e5 informere om at vi lyser ut i disse dager nye midler til et prosjekt om retur arbeid p\u00e5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doffin.no\">www.doffin.no<\/a><\/p>\n<p>En historisk gjennomgang og analyse av arbeidet med frivillig retur (i Norge) fra 2000 fram til i dag.<\/p>\n<p>Frist for \u00e5 levere anbud er midten av oktober.<\/p>\n<p>Se <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doffin.no\/search\/show\/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG131341\">utlysningen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sp\u00f8rsm\u00e5l om utlysningen kan rettes til <a href=\"mailto:kac@udi.no\">Kate Chapman<\/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=\"8\" name=\"8\"><\/a>Call for papers :<\/h5>\n<h1>Between Recruitment, Integration and Return &#8211; Labour Migrants in the Federal Republic of Germany since the late 1950s<\/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\">March 29.- 30. 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"26\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Nuremberg, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Symposium on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the recruitment agreements with Spain and Greece.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call for Papers <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I. Background<\/p>\n<p>The German-Spanish and the German-Greek recruitment agreements were<br \/>\nsigned fifty years ago on 29\/30 March 2010. They came after the first<br \/>\nsuch agreement between the Federal Republic and Italy in 1955 and led to<br \/>\nthe conclusion of a series of other such labour recruitment agreements,<br \/>\nparticularly with countries around the Mediterranean (Turkey 1961,<br \/>\nMorocco 1963, Portugal 1964, Tunisia 1965, Yugoslavia 1968). Between<br \/>\n1961 and 1973, the year in which official recruitment efforts were<br \/>\nstopped, roughly 14 million migrants from the &#8220;recruitment&#8221; countries<br \/>\ncame to the Federal Republic of Germany; 11 million left it again to<br \/>\nreturn to their home countries. After the Federal Republic had stopped<br \/>\nlooking for labour migrants, the German Democratic Republic started to<br \/>\nrecruit so-called &#8220;contract workers&#8221;, albeit at a much smaller scale.<br \/>\nSince the beginning of the 1970s the GDR turned largely to European<br \/>\nCOMECON member states as well as to Algeria, Cuba, Mozambique, Vietnam,<br \/>\nMongolia, Angola and China.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1970s and 1980s foreign workers&#8217; recruitment and arrival in the<br \/>\nFederal Republic was the subject of &#8220;foreigners studies&#8221;<br \/>\n(&#8220;Ausl\u00e4nderforschung&#8221;) which had mostly a sociological or educational<br \/>\nstudies focus. Since the 1990s historians have increasingly become<br \/>\ninterested in the subject. By now, numerous results are available for a<br \/>\nbroad range of topics &#8211; starting from the reasons for migration, going<br \/>\non to political discussions on different types of recruitment and local<br \/>\nor regional consequences of migration and ending with the life-changing<br \/>\nexperiences of migrants during the arrival and integration process.<br \/>\nThe anniversary of the 1960 recruitment agreements is a good occasion to<br \/>\nbundle the results of the existing studies on labour migration to the<br \/>\nFederal Republic of Germany and to formulate new questions. At the<br \/>\noccasion of the 50th anniversary of the German-Italian recruitment<br \/>\nagreement an impressive range of conclusions was presented via a number<br \/>\nof exhibitions, conferences and book publications. However, historical<br \/>\nresearch has grown strongly again in the last few years. That is why the<br \/>\nresearch department of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in<br \/>\nNuremberg, the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural<br \/>\nStudies (IMIS) at the University of Osnabr\u00fcck and the Departamento de<br \/>\nHistoria Contempor\u00e1nea of the Universidad Complutense in Madrid will<br \/>\nprovide a new, international forum for discussions on 29\/30 March 2010<br \/>\nin Nuremberg.<\/p>\n<p>II. Topics<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the symposium is to bundle the results of research on<br \/>\ndifferent aspects of labour migration to the Federal Republic of<br \/>\nGermany. This includes topics such as<br \/>\n1 the political negotiations between the Federal Republic and the<br \/>\ndifferent recruitment countries, the administrative implementation of<br \/>\nthe agreements,<br \/>\n2 the effects of the recruitment on the labour markets in both Germany<br \/>\nand the recruitment countries,<br \/>\n3 the establishment and the effects of migration networks,<br \/>\n4 aspects of social and workplace integration, return and its economic,<br \/>\nsocial, political and cultural effects in the countries of origin and<br \/>\nfor the migration networks.<\/p>\n<p>Studies on the different countries of origin and comparative research<br \/>\nare very welcome, as are papers which analyse the historical events with<br \/>\na view to current developments. Contributions which deal with contract<br \/>\nworkers in the GDR are highly appreciated as well.<\/p>\n<p>The symposium will be held in German and English. A conference volume<br \/>\nwith key contributions shall be published.<\/p>\n<p>III. Deadline and contact data<br \/>\nAll interested participants are asked to present by 15 November 2009 a<br \/>\nproposal in German or English (max. 3,000 characters excl. spaces),<br \/>\nwhich gives a short overview of the topic, the reasoning and the<br \/>\nresults. You will receive a reply by 30 November 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Please e-mail your proposals to the organisers of the symposium:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:axel.kreienbrink@bamf.bund.de\">Dr. Axel Kreienbrink<\/a>, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees<br \/>\nMore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bamf.de\/DE\/Migration\/Forschung\/forschung-node.html?__nnn=true\">info<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Jochen Oltmer, Universit\u00e4t Osnabr\u00fcck, Institut f\u00fcr Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien (IMIS)<br \/>\nMore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imis.uni-osnabrueck.de\">info<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:carlos.sanz@ghis.ucm.es\">Dr. Carlos Sanz D\u00edaz<\/a>, Universidad Complutense de Madrid<br \/>\nMore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucm.es\/info\/hcontemp\/\">info<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline for proposals: 15 november 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=\"9\" name=\"9\"><\/a>(University of Sunderland) Call for papers:<\/h5>\n<h1>&#8220;Postcolonialism and Islam&#8221;<\/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\">16 April 2010 &#8211; 17 April 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The Northern Association for Postcolonial Studies (NAPS) and The Sunderland-Nizwa Centre for Anglo-Arab and Muslim Writing are inviting abstracts and expressions of interest for a conference to be held at the University of Sunderland, UK, 16-17 April 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Postcolonialism and Islam are two terms that frequently appear in tandem, however, the relationship between the two and the question of their compatibility has not been extensively investigated. The speed and intensity of the changes characteristic of late modernity under the pressures of cultural and economic globalisation has traumatised Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Hybrid identity formations, very often provisional, are generated in the articulations of difference marked by imaginary relations to faith, nation, class, gender, sexuality and language. Postcolonialism might seem to provide a framework for approaching the experiences of not only formerly colonized subjects but \u00e9migr\u00e9s, exiles and expatriates and their host societies.<br \/>\nHowever, Muslim writers and intellectuals have both adopted and rejected postcolonial theory as an effective tool for analysing and accounting for the experience of Muslims in the modern world.<\/p>\n<p>This multidisciplinary conference will be relevant to specialists in postcolonial theory, and cultural, historical, political, sociological, literary, and religious studies who seek to problematise both the terms themselves and their juxtaposition. It will mainly focus on these six main themes:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Muslim identity and its connection to race, cultural politics, integration &#8211; The experience of Muslim communities in Britain and elsewhere in the West particularly as representative site(s) of settlement, networking and diasporic mobility<br \/>\n&#8211; Terms such as multiculturalism, citizenship, secularism, ethnicity &#8211; The way in which Muslim culture(s) become(s) embedded in and thematised by Muslim and non-Muslim writers in English and other literatures in translation &#8211; The connection between Muslim women and the activities of western orientalism &#8211; The conditions and possibility of &#8216;Islamic&#8217; feminism; its response to the way in which Muslim women have often been represented and theorised according to western, Christian and white feminist versions of female experience<\/p>\n<p>Other related topics will also be considered. The intention is to publish an edited volume based on the theme of the conference to which a selection of participants will be invited to contribute.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed Keynote speakers so far include:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Dr. Tahir Abbas, FRSA, currently principle analyst at Deen International &#8211; Prof. Ceri Peach, Emeritus Professor and Research Associate at the Oxford School of Geography &#8211; Prof. Patrick Williams, Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies, Nottingham Trent<\/p>\n<p>Deadline for submission of papers: <strong>30 October 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you wish to present a paper, please submit a proposal (maximum 300 words) by the due date to the conference organizers: <a href=\"mailto:mailto:sarah.hackett-1@sunderland.ac.uk\">Dr. Sarah Hackett<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:geoff.nash@sunderland.ac.uk\">Dr. Geoff Nash<\/a>, Faculty of Education, University of Sunderland, UK.<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naps-online.org\/?cat=17\">information<\/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=\"10\" name=\"10\"><\/a>University of Avignon:<\/h5>\n<h1>&#8220;Cultural Minorities: Expressions and Territories&#8221;<\/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\">10-12 June, 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>Place:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">University of Avignon, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>On 10-12 June 2010, the University of Avignon will be hosting a multidisciplinary colloquium on &#8220;Cultural Minorities: Expressions and Territories&#8221;, focusing on cultural minorities and their manifestations in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Cultural minorities are groups that explicitly set themselves apart from the dominant majority culture, thanks to their attitudes, their modes of action and expression and the way they choose to present themselves publicly. The question is whether they fall within the scope of larger international movements. To what extent can they be considered as specifically Canadian? What are their links with similar groups in Europe and the United States, for example? Are they nourished by elements from traditional\/indigenous cultures, and, if so, can they give them a new lease of life? Do they give rise to specific stances on identity? Minorities express themselves through different art forms, notably through music and the visual arts, but also through literature and theatre, the latter being a particular focus of the conference.<\/p>\n<p>What are the different languages in which they express themselves, what are their codes, their distinguishing features, their affiliations? What is the history of such groups and what are their claims? How are they seen by the dominant culture through the media and within public space? Are they tolerated, encouraged, recuperated? Are they subject to limitations imposed on them? Are they confined to certain territories, connected to certain social spaces or even to specific ethnic groups? Papers may be given in English or in French.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline for submission of abstracts (150 words maximum) is <strong>31 October 2009<\/strong>.<br \/>\nPlease send enquiries and proposals for papers to <a href=\"mailto:patrice.brasseur@univ-avignon.fr\">patrice.brasseur@univ-avignon.fr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.bdp3.com\/appels-com-f23\/appel-minorits-culturelles-au-canada-\">information<\/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 Papers:<\/h5>\n<h1>Megacities \/ Urban Subjects: Geographies of Knowledge and Spatial Forms in the Global South<\/h1>\n<p>The Center for Back Diaspora (DePaul U.) and WISER &#8211; Wits Institute for<br \/>\nSocial and Economic Research (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)<\/p>\n<p>This year marks the 15th year of the publication of Robert Kaplan&#8217;s<br \/>\ninfluential essay &#8220;The Coming Anarchy&#8221; in the Atlantic Monthly (1994)<br \/>\nwhich provided a terrifying portrait of megacities in Africa, Asia and<br \/>\nLatin America where chaos has become the order of the day. Borrowing an<br \/>\nimage from Thomas Fraser Homer-Dixon, Kaplan positioned his Western<br \/>\nreaders as passengers in a comfortable limousine cruising the streets of<br \/>\nthe megacities of the South filled with the wretched poor and violent<br \/>\ncriminals resembling the Victorian cities of the 19th century. In his<br \/>\nview, these allegedly dangerous classes pose a serious threat not only<br \/>\nto those who are inside the limousine, but also to the millions of<br \/>\nmiddle and upper classes in North America, Europe and pacific Rim.<br \/>\nKaplan warned his readers that &#8220;. a rundown and overcrowded planet of<br \/>\nskinhead Cossacks and juju warriors, influenced by the worst refuse of<br \/>\nwestern pop culture and ancient tribal hatreds&#8221; are going to destroy<br \/>\nWestern civilization. This dystopian vision of the &#8220;Coming Anarchy&#8221; is<br \/>\nrepeated by other writers who claimed that the dawn of a new post- cold<br \/>\nwar era was leading to &#8220;Clash of Civilizations&#8221; (Samuel Huntington,<br \/>\n1993) and the &#8220;End of History&#8221; (Francis Fukuyama 1992). In this<br \/>\narrestingly simplistic and nightmarish vision, the social, environmental<br \/>\nand political crises facing the globe in the new millennium will gestate<br \/>\nand mature in the megacities of the South (Mike Davis 2004).<\/p>\n<p>In the contemporary context of global neoliberalism, the megacities of<br \/>\nthe South face new challenges characterized by stymied urban economic<br \/>\ndevelopment, unprecedented urban poverty, crumbling infrastructure,<br \/>\nmassive rural to urban migration, environmental degradation and bitter<br \/>\nsocial and ethnic strife of varying intensity and state violence<br \/>\ndirected to control massive social movements struggling for the &#8220;right<br \/>\nto the city&#8221;(UN 2002). They also face a range of problems associated<br \/>\nwith externally imposed schemes of structural adjustment programs,<br \/>\nprivatization of state-owned industries, rising urban unemployment, and<br \/>\nwithdrawal of the state from already limited and circumscribed social<br \/>\nwelfare functions and provisions of basic infrastructure and services.<br \/>\nDespite the proliferation of a considerable number of descriptive<br \/>\naccounts and dystopian narratives of megacities of the South, they<br \/>\nremain under theorized.<\/p>\n<p>We are interested in papers that address the following topics and themes:<\/p>\n<p>. Floating Lives and Urban livelihoods<\/p>\n<p>The phenomenon of informal urbanization has been the single most<br \/>\npervasive element in the production of megacities of the South. Large<br \/>\nscale migration fueled by rural poverty, economic insecurities, agrarian<br \/>\ncrisis, draught, war and political conflicts, and the physical violence<br \/>\nof the state have swelled the ranks of already over burdened<br \/>\npostcolonial cities. Unable to find shelter, work and livelihood, many<br \/>\nof the new migrants join millions of squatter settlers and the urban<br \/>\npoor in the informal settlements to fashion a social and material world<br \/>\nbeyond the logics of the postcolonial city. The imposition of neoliberal<br \/>\npolicies through the state has led to a proliferation of ingenious local<br \/>\nresponses of survival strategies among a wide section of the urban<br \/>\npopulation. We invite papers that examine the floating lives of the<br \/>\nurban poor and urban livelihoods in the informal settlements of<br \/>\nmegacities of the South which are connected to political upheavals,<br \/>\neconomic deregulations and migratory movements.<\/p>\n<p>. Spaces of Consumption and Exclusion<\/p>\n<p>In the last three decades, megacities in the South have witnessed major<br \/>\na transformation as a result of their further integration into the<br \/>\nglobal economy through neoliberalism, resulting in a new form of<br \/>\nurbanism characterized both by spatial fragmentation and disaggregation<br \/>\ninto separate &#8220;micro-worlds&#8221; where hyper-consumption, crime, segregation<br \/>\nand social exclusion are recasting the urban cultural fabric and<br \/>\nreordering everyday life. We invite papers which focus on the city as a<br \/>\nsite for the intersection of global networks, hyper-consumption<br \/>\npractices and social exclusion.<\/p>\n<p>. Urban Restructuring<\/p>\n<p>In recent decades, megacities of the South have played a crucial role in<br \/>\nthe rescaling of the state and the decentralization of government<br \/>\napparatuses under the direction of the World Bank and IMF as part of the<br \/>\nbroader strategy to rejuvenate the productive capacity of the market and<br \/>\nreduce the role of the state. New set of rules were imposed across a<br \/>\nbroad range of megacities to remove institutional constraints, legal<br \/>\nbarriers, state control apparatuses as a condition to make the market<br \/>\nfunction efficiently through deregulation, privatization,<br \/>\ndecentralization and increase urban productivity and efficiency. We<br \/>\ninvite papers that examine the role of the state and its various agents<br \/>\nin the spatial restructuring of megacities ostensibly and the recasting<br \/>\nof the state-civic society relations.<\/p>\n<p>. Contesting the City<\/p>\n<p>The imposition of neoliberalism has given rise to a multitude of urban<br \/>\nsocial movements in the megacities of the South, challenging the &#8220;rule<br \/>\nof law&#8221; regarding private property by squatters, poor peoples&#8217; movements<br \/>\nand others. We invite papers that explore the multitude of ways in which<br \/>\npopular groups contest the city.<\/p>\n<p>Abstracts should be 400-500 words in length. Authors should send their<br \/>\nmaterial with the abstract attached as a Word document. Please be sure<br \/>\nto include the following: full name, university affiliation, and the<br \/>\ntitle of your abstract.<\/p>\n<p>Abstracts and quires should be sent to <a href=\"mailto:fdemissi@depaul.edu\">Fassil Demissie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deadlines: submission of abstracts: <strong>October 30, 2009.<\/strong><br \/>\nAuthors of accepted proposals will be asked to submit articles in final form by April 30, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Papers will be published in <a href=\"http:\/\/intl-jds.sagepub.com\/\">Journal of Developing Societies<\/a> (March 2011)<\/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 PAPERS:<\/h5>\n<h1>&#8220;The Enigma of the Homeland&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p>Editors Catherine Gomes &amp; Olivia Guntarik from RMIT University, Australia invites contributions for an edited collection of reflective essays, creative writings and poems that reflect on the meaning of home.<\/p>\n<p>The notion of \u2018the homeland\u2019 connotes soothing images of a place deeply rooted in the past. It can refer to the nation as a \u2018home\u2019 or a domestic space through the use of familial tropes. The homeland is inextricably tied to the discourse of diaspora and exile \u2013 and to ideas of loss, longing and nostalgia. The homeland is one\u2019s birthplace, one that you were uprooted from and perhaps still desired, but could never truly return. Salman Rushdie writes about the idea of \u2018imaginary homelands\u2019 to evoke the concept of home in terms of displacement and its instability. Homeland also implies a complex historical connection, a shared memory of the past tied to the land itself. Indigenous cultural knowledge, for instance, often emphasizes a relationship with place and the ancestral beings that created it.<\/p>\n<p>The homeland is an enigma and has become a fluid concept which is not necessarily exclusively associated with country of birth due to the transnational movements of people. Such movements of individuals occur for a variety of reasons that include work, business, lifestyle, study, family, trauma, humanitarian and human rights. Both permanent and temporary migrants have been subject to a wealth of experience that confuses the concept of \u2018home\u2019. The fluidity of the concept of home usually lies with the experiences of the migrant both in the home and host country. Some migrants are forced to leave their birth countries because of personal or national trauma (eg. human rights violations, politics, war and natural disasters), while others leave out of choice and for less traumatic reasons (eg. lifestyle, work, study and family). While some migrants settle in their host countries with minimal discomfort, others encounter challenges in settlement such as hostility and suspicion. Some migrants more easily integrate into their host society by perhaps assimilating into already established ethnic or cultural communities. Others find assimilation more difficult because of the lack of community support. However, joining an established ethnic or cultural community can also result in less assimilation into the wider community, therefore creating a dissonance in the concept of home for the migrant.<\/p>\n<p>These different notions of home and homeland constitute salient and evocative spatial metaphors, illustrating the ways our lexicon can produce a range of meanings, interpretations and political uses around these concepts. While such ideas and tropes remain pertinent, the extent to which the homeland provokes counter discourses around deterritorialisation, displacement, dispossession, travel, migration and mobility, remain less certain. Such uncertainty invites an urgent call to re-evaluate the meanings attached to the concept of the homeland or what constitutes \u2018home\u2019 for people today.<\/p>\n<p>This collection aims to highlight the often ignored intersections between issues of home and host country, the foreign and the familiar, and imaginary and concrete homelands. State-centred views of what constitutes the homeland continue to dominate, but what is apparent is that these limit our perspectives to understanding the connections between home, citizenship, displacement, migration, belonging and identity.<\/p>\n<p>We invite reflective essays, which may address questions such as the following in order to develop new perspectives on concepts of home and homeland:<\/p>\n<p>* What are the cultural connotations and semantic implications of the word \u2018homeland\u2019?<br \/>\n*In what ways is the concept of \u2018the homeland\u2019 an enigma?<br \/>\n*What does it mean to think of our respective nations\/countries of citizenship or birthplaces in the current context of mobility and flux?<br \/>\n* What does it mean to desire a lost homeland?<br \/>\n* In what ways does homeland embody a sense of nostalgia?<br \/>\n*In what ways does the homeland provide a new paradigm of national identity?<br \/>\n*What does homeland mean when it is threatened or destroyed by military occupation, invasion, war, genocide, terrorism or natural disaster?<br \/>\n*In what ways has travel shaped new ideas about \u2018self\u2019 and \u2018home\u2019?<br \/>\n*If dispossessed people share pasts that are fragmented, is a classical notion of \u2018home\u2019 necessary to sustain who they are?<br \/>\n*Where is there room for migrants in the space of the homeland as a site of indigenous origins or ethnic homogeneity?<br \/>\n*How do migrants find inclusion in the homeland? How are they excluded from the discourses of homeland?<br \/>\n*How do migrants and their families identify with their adopted homeland, even if they relocate their homelands elsewhere?<br \/>\n*What does it mean to go back and forth between two homes?<br \/>\n*How have indigenous, migrant, refugee or settler communities conceptualised the notion of homeland?<\/p>\n<p>We also encourage a variety of types of contributions, including creative submissions, such as storytelling, poems and other alternative formats. Creative submissions may include reflections on the above or following questions:<\/p>\n<p>*What is the meaning of home?<br \/>\n*Is home associated with the birth country or is it associated with the place of settlement?<br \/>\n*What does it mean to return home?<br \/>\n*What does it mean to live in exile?<br \/>\n*What are your experiences when you return home?<br \/>\n*What does it mean to be connected to different cultural spaces?<br \/>\n*What are the experiences that you face in terms of identity and belonging when you return to your birth country?<br \/>\n*Can you identify with the culture of the place that you left upon returning?<br \/>\n*Why leave or choose not to leave home?<br \/>\n*Why return or choose not to return home?<\/p>\n<p>A 300-word abstract for academic papers, along with a short biography, should be sent by 30 November 2009 to <a href=\"mailto:catherine.gomes@rmit.edu.au\">Catherine Gomes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please send all completed submissions by 1 June 2010.<\/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>Publications:<\/h5>\n<p><strong>*Betts, Alexander<\/strong>(2009)<i>Forced Migration and Global Politics <\/i>.Wiley-Blackwell<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/eu.wiley.com\/WileyCDA\/WileyTitle\/productCd-1405180323.html\">information<\/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<p><strong>*Davies, John <\/strong> (2009) <i>&#8216;My Name Is Not Natasha&#8217; How Albanian Women in France Use Trafficking to Overcome Social Exclusion (1998-2001)<\/i>, Amsterdam University Press.<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aup.nl\/do.php?a=show_visitor_book&amp;isbn=9789053567074\">information<\/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<p><strong>*Gellner, David<\/strong>(2009)<i>Ethnic Activism and Civil Society in South Asia (Governance, Conflict and Civic Action) <\/i>Sage Publications.<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sagepub.com\/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book234201&amp;\">information <\/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<p>*<strong>Grillo, R., R. Ballard, A. Ferrari, A.J. Hoekema, M. Maussen &amp; P. Shah <\/strong> (eds.) (2009) <i>Legal Practice and Cultural Diversity.<\/i> Aldershot: Ashgate.<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashgate.com\/default.aspx?page=637&amp;calcTitle=1&amp;title_id=10303&amp;edition_id=11754\">information<\/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<p><strong>*Hinz, Bronwyn <\/strong>(2009) <em>Many Hopes, One Dream: The Story of the Ethnic Communities&#8217; Council of Victoria<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Many Hopes, One Dream: The Story of the Ethnic Communities&#8217; Council of Victoria by Bronwyn Hinz is the first book to be written on the united ethnic movement in Australia. It traces the untold story of Australian multiculturalism &#8211; how it was shaped from the ground up by ethnic communities through their peak organisations.<br \/>\nIt is published by Australian Scholarly Publishing and was launched this week by former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and the Victorian Minister for Multicultural Affairs, James Merlino to a crowd of over 300.<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bronwynhinz.com\/\">information<\/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<p>*<strong>Kartal, Filiz<\/strong> (2009): <i>Changing concepts and practises of citizenship: experiences and perceptions of second-generation turkish-germans <\/i>. VDM Verlag<\/p>\n<p>This book has two dimensions: first it is concerned with the changing concept of citizenship in the liberal polities with respect to increasing diversity within these societies -with special reference to the impact of immigration on diversity. Second, it tries to explore the impact of immigration on the conceptualization of citizenship from the standpoint of individuals. The purpose is to explore the challenges of immigration on the modern concept of citizenship by interpreting the perceptions of individuals. It tries to reveal the ways in which citizenship practices and conceptualizations of second-generation Turkish-Germans support and\/or diverge from the theoretical approaches that attempt to explicate the immigration\/citizenship problem.<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/CHANGING-CONCEPTS-PRACTICES-CITIZENSHIP-TURKISH-GERMANS\/dp\/3639168488\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1250076620&amp;sr=8-1\">information<\/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<p><strong>Liempt, Ilse van<\/strong>(2009)<i>Ethics of Migration Research Methodology: Dealing with Vulnerable Immigrants<\/i>. Sussex Academic Press.<\/p>\n<p>The recent increased attention given to qualitative research, and<br \/>\nespecially research involving vulnerable persons, has not yet been<br \/>\nadequately translated into corresponding research on the methodological<br \/>\nand ethical challenges researchers face. The relative scarcity of such<br \/>\nscholarship reflects the dilemma of the multidisciplinary nature of the<br \/>\nstudy of migration. The aim of this book is to present the difficulties<br \/>\nthat researchers working with migrants in precarious situations have to<br \/>\ncontend with, and to contribute to the development of methodological and<br \/>\nethical discussions relevant to the topic of migration as an<br \/>\ninterdisciplinary field of research. The contributors to the volume do<br \/>\nthis through a threefold approach: discussion of methods and ethics in<br \/>\ninstitutional settings; a rethinking of basic research methods; and,<br \/>\ndefining the role of the researcher. Earlier research &#8211; focusing on<br \/>\ndocument analysis (police files and court cases), expert interviews and<br \/>\nnarrative interviews with smuggled migrants &#8211; indicated that there is a<br \/>\nstrong need for a deepened debate on methodology when researching human<br \/>\nsmuggling, trafficking and other forms of irregularity. Subsequent<br \/>\nworkshops (in Geneva and Toronto) on the topic of interviewing<br \/>\nvulnerable migrants confirmed the necessity of finding solutions for the<br \/>\nmethodological challenges encountered. This book is essential reading<br \/>\nfor all persons and organisations dealing with vulnerable migrants.<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsoshop.co.uk\/bookstore.asp?Action=Book&amp;ProductId=9781845193317\">information<\/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<p>*<strong>Renteln, A.D. &amp; M.-C. Foblets <\/strong>(eds.) (2009) <i>Multicultural Jurisprudence: Comparative Perspectives on the Cultural Defense.<\/i> Oxford: Hart Publishing.<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hartpub.co.uk\/books\/details.asp?isbn=9781841138961\">information<\/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<p><strong>*Tsuda, Takeyuki<\/strong>(2009) <i>Diasporic Homecomings: Ethnic Return Migration in Comparative Perspective <\/i>. Stanford University Press.<\/p>\n<p>In recent decades, increasing numbers of diasporic peoples have returned to their ethnic homelands, whether because of economic pressures, a desire to rediscover ancestral roots, or the homeland government&#8217;s preferential immigration and nationality policies. Although the returnees may initially be welcomed back, their homecomings often prove to be ambivalent or negative experiences. Despite their ethnic affinity to the host populace, they are frequently excluded as cultural foreigners and relegated to low-status jobs shunned by the host society&#8217;s populace. Diasporic Homecomings, the first book to provide a comparative overview of the major ethnic return groups in Europe and East Asia, reveals how the sociocultural characteristics and national origins of the migrants influence their levels of marginalization in their ethnic homelands, forcing many of them to redefine the meanings of home and homeland.<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sup.org\/book.cgi?id=16309\">information<\/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<p>*<strong>Watson, Scott D.<\/strong>(2009) <i>The Securitization of Humanitarian Migration: Digging Moats and Sinking Boats<\/i> (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics)<\/p>\n<p>This book examines how western liberal states are progressively restricting access to refugees and asylum seekers, even though these states have signed international agreements obliging them to offer protection to those fleeing persecution and to advocate the spread of human rights and humanitarian principles. Watson examines how refugees and asylum seekers have come to be treated so poorly by these states through the use of policies such as visa requirements, mandatory detention and prevention\/return policies. Providing extensive documentary analysis of debates on &#8216;restrictive&#8217; refugee policies in Canada and Australia, the author addresses the relationship between security and migration, an issue of increased importance in the aftermath of 9\/11 and the war on terror. He then examines hotly-contested policies such as detention and the forceful return of asylum seekers to demonstrate how attempts to securitise these issues have been resisted in the media and by political opposition. Given the importance of providing refuge for persecuted populations, not only to ensure the survival of targeted individuals, but also to maintain international peace and security, the erosion of protective measures is of great importance today. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of international security, international relations, migration and human rights<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.routledge.com\/books\/The-Securitization-of-Humanitarian-Migration-isbn9780415496902\">information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, October 1, 2009 Content: Lansering av nytt nettsted: www.migrasjonsforskning.no Call for proposals: &#8220;Beyond Citizenship: Feminism and the Transformation of Belonging&#8221; Invitation: &#8220;Beyond Identity Politics? 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