Everyone is welcome!
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Cities & Migration Research Seminars at VUB
Members of the Cities & Migration Group of the UAB Urban Studies Network present their research once a month on Thursdays from 12-2 pm.
Everyone is welcome!
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Everyone is welcome!
Click on the image below to see the full programme
IES lunchtime policy forum: Culture & Migration
IES will be holding a lunchtime Policy Forum on April 14th (provisional date) on Culture and Migration. Guests will include Virginie Guiraudon (Lille 2) and Marco Martiniello (ULG). We will keep you informed.
Thursday, 14 January 2010
'Liquid Migration in European Societies' - Public lecture by Godfried Engbersen, VUB 28/01/2010
'Liquid Migration in European Societies' - Public lecture by Godfried Engbersen, VUB, 28/01/2010
All welcome
The VUB "Cities & Migration Group" is very pleased to invite you for the public lecture on "Liquid Migration in European Societies" by Professor Godfried Engbersen (Erasmus University Rotterdam), that will take place at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on Thursday January 28th from 4-5 pm in room D0.02, and will be followed by a reception.
Godfried Engbersen (1958) is Professor of Sociology at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. He has worked at the Universities of Leiden, Amsterdam, Utrecht and of California, Berkeley. He has written extensively on various issues relating to migration and integration and the city by applying a broad inter-disciplinary perspective. His expertise stretches into aspects of social inequality, urban marginality, migration and integration policies, and the positions of ethnic minorities and illegal immigrants. He is the author of numerous books, including Spheres of Integration: Towards a Differentiated Ethnic Minorities Policy (with R. Gabriels). Recent publications include two books on the illegal migration question: De ongekende stad: Inbedding en uitsluiting van illegale vreemdelingen (The Unknown City: Embeddedness and Exclusion of Illegal Immigrants, Amsterdam: Boom 1999). In 2010 a new book on EU enlargement and labour migration from Central and Eastern Europe, edited by Godfried Engbersen and others, will appear with AUP.
When? Thursday January 28th 2010, 4-5 pm
Where? Room D0.02, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Campus Etterbeek, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel
How to get there? http://www.vub.ac.be/english/infoabout/campuses/index.html
All welcome
The VUB "Cities & Migration Group" is very pleased to invite you for the public lecture on "Liquid Migration in European Societies" by Professor Godfried Engbersen (Erasmus University Rotterdam), that will take place at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on Thursday January 28th from 4-5 pm in room D0.02, and will be followed by a reception.
Godfried Engbersen (1958) is Professor of Sociology at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. He has worked at the Universities of Leiden, Amsterdam, Utrecht and of California, Berkeley. He has written extensively on various issues relating to migration and integration and the city by applying a broad inter-disciplinary perspective. His expertise stretches into aspects of social inequality, urban marginality, migration and integration policies, and the positions of ethnic minorities and illegal immigrants. He is the author of numerous books, including Spheres of Integration: Towards a Differentiated Ethnic Minorities Policy (with R. Gabriels). Recent publications include two books on the illegal migration question: De ongekende stad: Inbedding en uitsluiting van illegale vreemdelingen (The Unknown City: Embeddedness and Exclusion of Illegal Immigrants, Amsterdam: Boom 1999). In 2010 a new book on EU enlargement and labour migration from Central and Eastern Europe, edited by Godfried Engbersen and others, will appear with AUP.
When? Thursday January 28th 2010, 4-5 pm
Where? Room D0.02, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Campus Etterbeek, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel
How to get there? http://www.vub.ac.be/english/infoabout/campuses/index.html
Friday, 18 December 2009
CFP: Reflections on religion in politics and the civil society
9de Belgisch-Nederlands Politicologenetmaal, Leuven, 27-28 mei 2010
Chairs
Botterman Sarah - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Van Tienen Marike - Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (the Netherlands)
Ersanilli Evelyn - Social Science Research Centre Berlin (Germany)
Kortmann Matthias - Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany)
Keywords
Church-state relations, secularisation, common values, diversity, social capital, civil society, ...
Language
This workshop will be conducted in English.
Session proposal
Despite a process of secularization, religion continues to play an important role in European countries. On the one hand, secularised societies are challenged by the inflow of immigrants with different religious backgrounds. On the other hand, (the Christian) religion has not lost its relevance for European natives either, Christian parties are still an influential political power in many countries, and the church and its rituals continue to play an important role in the life of many Europeans. The last years have seen a revived research interest in religion and its societal role
In this session we want to explore what role religion plays within civil society, thus what impact it has on social phenomena like social capital, social cohesion, and immigrant integration.
We invite papers addressing one of the following topics:
1. How have states responded to claims of non-Christian immigrants and what role do their models of Church-State relations play?
2. What impact do particular national systems of religious governance have on integration processes of migrants? Have immigrants been able to integrate through activities in religious organizations or are such organizations a barrier to integration?
3. What is the importance of religion in modern highly secularised societies? Are there still vital religious communities in more and more diverse cities? Does religion create common identities or common values in a society or in local communities? How can we understand the continuing relevance of Christian-Democratic parties in times of secularization?
4. What is the relation between religion and social capital? To what extent do religious beliefs shape forms of participation, trust and social networks? To what extent does religion create common identities or common values in a society or in local communities?
We welcome both quantitative and qualitative papers from a range of disciplines. Papers that employ a comparative perspective are especially welcomed.
Chairs
Botterman Sarah - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Van Tienen Marike - Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (the Netherlands)
Ersanilli Evelyn - Social Science Research Centre Berlin (Germany)
Kortmann Matthias - Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany)
Keywords
Church-state relations, secularisation, common values, diversity, social capital, civil society, ...
Language
This workshop will be conducted in English.
Session proposal
Despite a process of secularization, religion continues to play an important role in European countries. On the one hand, secularised societies are challenged by the inflow of immigrants with different religious backgrounds. On the other hand, (the Christian) religion has not lost its relevance for European natives either, Christian parties are still an influential political power in many countries, and the church and its rituals continue to play an important role in the life of many Europeans. The last years have seen a revived research interest in religion and its societal role
In this session we want to explore what role religion plays within civil society, thus what impact it has on social phenomena like social capital, social cohesion, and immigrant integration.
We invite papers addressing one of the following topics:
1. How have states responded to claims of non-Christian immigrants and what role do their models of Church-State relations play?
2. What impact do particular national systems of religious governance have on integration processes of migrants? Have immigrants been able to integrate through activities in religious organizations or are such organizations a barrier to integration?
3. What is the importance of religion in modern highly secularised societies? Are there still vital religious communities in more and more diverse cities? Does religion create common identities or common values in a society or in local communities? How can we understand the continuing relevance of Christian-Democratic parties in times of secularization?
4. What is the relation between religion and social capital? To what extent do religious beliefs shape forms of participation, trust and social networks? To what extent does religion create common identities or common values in a society or in local communities?
We welcome both quantitative and qualitative papers from a range of disciplines. Papers that employ a comparative perspective are especially welcomed.
CFP: Burgerschap en Nationaliteit in Europees Vergelijkend Perspectief
CFP: Burgerschap en Nationaliteit in Europees Vergelijkend Perspectief
9de Belgisch-Nederlands Politicologenetmaal, Leuven, 27-28 mei 2010
Dr. Saskia Bonjour, (Université Libre de Bruxelles), saskia.bonjour@ulb.ac.be
Dr. Willem Maas (York University), maas@yorku.ca
Dr. Maarten Vink (Universiteit Maastricht), m.vink@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Burgerschap en nationaliteit staan de afgelopen jaren hoog op de politieke agenda. Vraagstukken met betrekking tot multiculturaliteit en integratie zijn zowel in West-, Zuid- en Midden- en Oost-Europa niet meer weg te denken uit het maatschappelijke debat. Hoewel op het niveau van de Europese Unie een coherente gemeenschappelijke aanpak nog ontbreekt, zien we tegelijk dat landen (en daarbinnen regio's en steden) nog steeds te maken hebben met dezelfde problemen en uitdagingen en soms ook met vergelijkbare 'oplossingen' komen. Tegelijkertijd blijven integratiebeleid en nationaliteitswetgeving wel beleidsterreinen die sterk gekleurd worden door nationale tradities en ideeën over burgerschap. Vaak worden verklaringen voor deze verschillen gezocht in ideaaltypische karakteriseringen, en worden bijvoorbeeld 'civiele' landen afgezet tegen 'etnische' landen, 'multiculturele' tegen 'assimilationistische' landen, of Zuid-Europese tegenover West-Europese landen. Zowel de conceptuele consistentie als de empirische houdbaarheid van dit soort stereotypische verklaringen staan echter sterk ter discussie.
In deze workshop willen wij nationaliteitswetgeving en integratiebeleid bestuderen in een Europees vergelijkend perspectief. Wij nodigen politicologen, bestuurskundigen en sociologen uit om voorstellen in te dienen voor papers die ingaan op de centrale vraag hoe verschillen in wetgeving en beleid verklaard kunnen worden tussen landen, maar ook tussen regio's en steden. Ook papers uit aangrenzende disciplines as sociale geografie en antropologie worden verwelkomd. Papers kunnen zowel meer theoretisch of meer empirisch van aard zijn, en kunnen zich richten op één, twee of drie, of meerdere cases, maar moeten in elk geval een expliciet vergelijkend perspectief hanteren.
De workshop voorzitters verwelkomen uw paper voorstel!
Meer informatie op http://www.politologischinstituut.be/ en www.politicologie.nl
9de Belgisch-Nederlands Politicologenetmaal, Leuven, 27-28 mei 2010
Dr. Saskia Bonjour, (Université Libre de Bruxelles), saskia.bonjour@ulb.ac.be
Dr. Willem Maas (York University), maas@yorku.ca
Dr. Maarten Vink (Universiteit Maastricht), m.vink@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Burgerschap en nationaliteit staan de afgelopen jaren hoog op de politieke agenda. Vraagstukken met betrekking tot multiculturaliteit en integratie zijn zowel in West-, Zuid- en Midden- en Oost-Europa niet meer weg te denken uit het maatschappelijke debat. Hoewel op het niveau van de Europese Unie een coherente gemeenschappelijke aanpak nog ontbreekt, zien we tegelijk dat landen (en daarbinnen regio's en steden) nog steeds te maken hebben met dezelfde problemen en uitdagingen en soms ook met vergelijkbare 'oplossingen' komen. Tegelijkertijd blijven integratiebeleid en nationaliteitswetgeving wel beleidsterreinen die sterk gekleurd worden door nationale tradities en ideeën over burgerschap. Vaak worden verklaringen voor deze verschillen gezocht in ideaaltypische karakteriseringen, en worden bijvoorbeeld 'civiele' landen afgezet tegen 'etnische' landen, 'multiculturele' tegen 'assimilationistische' landen, of Zuid-Europese tegenover West-Europese landen. Zowel de conceptuele consistentie als de empirische houdbaarheid van dit soort stereotypische verklaringen staan echter sterk ter discussie.
In deze workshop willen wij nationaliteitswetgeving en integratiebeleid bestuderen in een Europees vergelijkend perspectief. Wij nodigen politicologen, bestuurskundigen en sociologen uit om voorstellen in te dienen voor papers die ingaan op de centrale vraag hoe verschillen in wetgeving en beleid verklaard kunnen worden tussen landen, maar ook tussen regio's en steden. Ook papers uit aangrenzende disciplines as sociale geografie en antropologie worden verwelkomd. Papers kunnen zowel meer theoretisch of meer empirisch van aard zijn, en kunnen zich richten op één, twee of drie, of meerdere cases, maar moeten in elk geval een expliciet vergelijkend perspectief hanteren.
De workshop voorzitters verwelkomen uw paper voorstel!
Meer informatie op http://www.politologischinstituut.be/ en www.politicologie.nl
Friday, 11 December 2009
Cfp: panel "Migration and migrants in Europe: prospects and challenges" at the UACES 2010 Conference
(posted on H-Net Migration on December 10th 2009)
Dear colleagues,
I am preparing a panel for the UACES Annual Conference "Exchanging Ideas
on Europe" that will take place at the College of Europe in Bruges
(Belgium) on 6-
8 September 2010
(http://www.uaces.org/events/conferences/bruges/).
The topic of the session is "Migration and migrants in Europe: prospects
and challenges". This session will aim at exploring the broader
implications of migration for European societies. Papers in this session
might address questions such as: how does the increasing migration
affect labour markets in both receiving and sending countries? What
"new" kinds of migration such as return or trans-national movements can
be observed? What new migration destinations have emerged in Europe
recently? How have responses in terms of regulatory policies been
adjusted? How do migrants build and get involved in social networks
within and across receiving countries as well as between sending and
receiving countries? How has the dynamics of dominant motivations for
migration (work, study, family) been developing? The papers comparing
different categories of migrants and/or different countries are
especially welcome.
If some of you are interested in attending this conference and
presenting theoretical considerations and/or case studies related to
this theme, please contact me as soon as possible. An abstract of up to
200 words would be needed from each presenter, until 15 January 2009 at
the latest.
Sincerely
Demyan Belyaev
E-Mail: demyan.belyaev@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
The University Association for Contemporary European Studies can be
found at http://www.uaces.org/
Dear colleagues,
I am preparing a panel for the UACES Annual Conference "Exchanging Ideas
on Europe" that will take place at the College of Europe in Bruges
(Belgium) on 6-
8 September 2010
(http://www.uaces.org/events/conferences/bruges/).
The topic of the session is "Migration and migrants in Europe: prospects
and challenges". This session will aim at exploring the broader
implications of migration for European societies. Papers in this session
might address questions such as: how does the increasing migration
affect labour markets in both receiving and sending countries? What
"new" kinds of migration such as return or trans-national movements can
be observed? What new migration destinations have emerged in Europe
recently? How have responses in terms of regulatory policies been
adjusted? How do migrants build and get involved in social networks
within and across receiving countries as well as between sending and
receiving countries? How has the dynamics of dominant motivations for
migration (work, study, family) been developing? The papers comparing
different categories of migrants and/or different countries are
especially welcome.
If some of you are interested in attending this conference and
presenting theoretical considerations and/or case studies related to
this theme, please contact me as soon as possible. An abstract of up to
200 words would be needed from each presenter, until 15 January 2009 at
the latest.
Sincerely
Demyan Belyaev
E-Mail: demyan.belyaev@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
The University Association for Contemporary European Studies can be
found at http://www.uaces.org/
Thursday, 3 December 2009
The language of difference: mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion of migrants 1945-2005, January 14 and 15 2010, Leiden University
The language of difference: mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion of
migrants 1945-2005, January 14 and 15 2010, Leiden University, The
Netherlands.
If you want to participate or want more information about the
conference, please send a message to Marlou Schrover
M.L.J.C.Schrover@hum.leidenuniv.nl with as subject 'Leiden conference
2010'.
Costs: 80 euro for two days, or 40 for one.
Programme
Thursday January 14 2010
9.00-9.30 Willem Schinkel, Introduction
9.30-13.00 Session 1: Unauthorised, irregular or undocumented migrants:
constructions of illegality
commentator: Willem Schinkel
Corrie van Eijl, 'Deportability' and the construction of migrant
illegality in the post-war decades in the Netherlands
Nicolas Fischer, Thresholds of Exclusion. Legal and Medical Experts, and
the Management of Illegality in a French Immigration Detention Centre
Nicholas De Genova, Spectacles of migrant "illegality": The scene of
exclusion, the obscene of inclusion
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-17.30 Session 2: Defining the refugee
commentator: Nicholas De Genova
Tycho Walaardt, Quietly giving in. Inclusion tactics in the 1970s by and
for Portuguese and Turkish asylum seekers
Baldwin Van Gorp, Images and words as framing devices to represent the
asylum seeker, the refugee, and the undocumented immigrant
Leah Bassel, The Moral Grammar of Refugee Women's Claim-making
17.30 Drinks and conference diner
Friday January 15 2010
9.00-13.00 Session 3: (Trans)nationalities and loyalties
commentator: Leo Lucassen
Nadia Bouras, Constructing contacts with the country of origin. Moroccan
immigrants and their accessibility to 'transnational' practices
Patricia Ehrkamp, Migrant transnationalism and the politics of
citizenship
Mark I. Choate, Emigration as "economic development," immigration as
"foreign aid": Representations of transnational citizenship,
remittances, and trade
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-17.30 Session 4: Repatriates or migrants? Postcolonial migrants in
Western-Europe
commentator: Mark I. Choate
Charlotte Laarman, Strangers returning home
Bernd Reiter, Framing Non-Whites and Producing Second-Class Citizens in
France and Portugal
Guno Jones, Dutch politicians and the dynamics of citizenship in a
'postcolonial' context, 1945-2008
Madeleine Dobie, Immigration, Integration and the Politics of the
Literary Field
17.30-18.00 Marlou Schrover, concluding remarks
18.00 Diner
migrants 1945-2005, January 14 and 15 2010, Leiden University, The
Netherlands.
If you want to participate or want more information about the
conference, please send a message to Marlou Schrover
M.L.J.C.Schrover@hum.leidenuniv.nl with as subject 'Leiden conference
2010'.
Costs: 80 euro for two days, or 40 for one.
Programme
Thursday January 14 2010
9.00-9.30 Willem Schinkel, Introduction
9.30-13.00 Session 1: Unauthorised, irregular or undocumented migrants:
constructions of illegality
commentator: Willem Schinkel
Corrie van Eijl, 'Deportability' and the construction of migrant
illegality in the post-war decades in the Netherlands
Nicolas Fischer, Thresholds of Exclusion. Legal and Medical Experts, and
the Management of Illegality in a French Immigration Detention Centre
Nicholas De Genova, Spectacles of migrant "illegality": The scene of
exclusion, the obscene of inclusion
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-17.30 Session 2: Defining the refugee
commentator: Nicholas De Genova
Tycho Walaardt, Quietly giving in. Inclusion tactics in the 1970s by and
for Portuguese and Turkish asylum seekers
Baldwin Van Gorp, Images and words as framing devices to represent the
asylum seeker, the refugee, and the undocumented immigrant
Leah Bassel, The Moral Grammar of Refugee Women's Claim-making
17.30 Drinks and conference diner
Friday January 15 2010
9.00-13.00 Session 3: (Trans)nationalities and loyalties
commentator: Leo Lucassen
Nadia Bouras, Constructing contacts with the country of origin. Moroccan
immigrants and their accessibility to 'transnational' practices
Patricia Ehrkamp, Migrant transnationalism and the politics of
citizenship
Mark I. Choate, Emigration as "economic development," immigration as
"foreign aid": Representations of transnational citizenship,
remittances, and trade
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-17.30 Session 4: Repatriates or migrants? Postcolonial migrants in
Western-Europe
commentator: Mark I. Choate
Charlotte Laarman, Strangers returning home
Bernd Reiter, Framing Non-Whites and Producing Second-Class Citizens in
France and Portugal
Guno Jones, Dutch politicians and the dynamics of citizenship in a
'postcolonial' context, 1945-2008
Madeleine Dobie, Immigration, Integration and the Politics of the
Literary Field
17.30-18.00 Marlou Schrover, concluding remarks
18.00 Diner
Monday, 16 November 2009
DEBATAVOND Welke toekomst voor allochtone jongeren in Vlaanderen:
Het debat zal deskundig begeleid worden door Patrick Martens. Graag stellen wij jou ons panel voor: Nadia Fadil (cultuursociologe KUL), Bilal Benyaich (studiedienst SERV), Jef Gabriëls (voorzitter VVSG en burgemeester stad Genk), Mathieu Verjans (voorzitter ACV-Limburg)
Wij voorzien voor iedereen een lekker hapje en drankje. Om de nodige voorbereidingen te
kunnen treffen én omdat de plaatsen beperkt zijn, vragen wij je om voor 30 november 2009 in te schrijven. Je kan dit doen door een mail sturen
aan fouad.gandoul@acv-csc.be.
Vrijdag 4 december 2009 om 19.30 uur
Waar: Marokkaanse Moskee in Winterslag(de zaal ligt onder de Moskee - Noordlaan 123/3 in Winterslag)
Meer info en contact: ACV-GenkFouad Gandoul - Dieplaan 19 3600 Genk
Wij voorzien voor iedereen een lekker hapje en drankje. Om de nodige voorbereidingen te
kunnen treffen én omdat de plaatsen beperkt zijn, vragen wij je om voor 30 november 2009 in te schrijven. Je kan dit doen door een mail sturen
aan fouad.gandoul@acv-csc.be.
Vrijdag 4 december 2009 om 19.30 uur
Waar: Marokkaanse Moskee in Winterslag(de zaal ligt onder de Moskee - Noordlaan 123/3 in Winterslag)
Meer info en contact: ACV-GenkFouad Gandoul - Dieplaan 19 3600 Genk
IES Lecture: "Migration, religion and secularism"
Lecture in the framework of the Autumn Lecture Series: Europe under threat? Security, Migration and Integration.
This Wednesday 18 November 2010, the Institute for European Studies (IES) is glad to welcome Laila Bokhari from Norwegian Institute for International Affairs and Jorgen Nielsen from University of Copenhagen as the keynote speaker on this interesting topic. The talks are followed by a discussion with the audience.
If you have not yet registered, you can do so on the IES website: http://www.ies.be/ , where you can also find the complete programme of the lecture series.
The venue takes place at the Free University of Brussels (VUB), room E.0.04 from 18.00 - 20.00We hope to welcome you on this lecture for a vivid discussion around the subject.
This Wednesday 18 November 2010, the Institute for European Studies (IES) is glad to welcome Laila Bokhari from Norwegian Institute for International Affairs and Jorgen Nielsen from University of Copenhagen as the keynote speaker on this interesting topic. The talks are followed by a discussion with the audience.
If you have not yet registered, you can do so on the IES website: http://www.ies.be/ , where you can also find the complete programme of the lecture series.
The venue takes place at the Free University of Brussels (VUB), room E.0.04 from 18.00 - 20.00We hope to welcome you on this lecture for a vivid discussion around the subject.
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Filmfestival ‘globalisering en migratie’: 16-23-30 november 2009
Het filmfestival 'globalisering en migratie' is een initiatief van BEELdbRAAK vzw i.s.m. Filmplateau & Bevrijdingsfilms vzw en gaat door in Gent op 16-23-30 november.
Meer info: http://beeldbraak.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/filmfest-filmplateau-gent-16-23-30-november-2009/
Meer info: http://beeldbraak.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/filmfest-filmplateau-gent-16-23-30-november-2009/
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Call for Abstracts - Masterclass w/ Godfried Engbersen
Submission Deadline: 1 December 2009
On 28 January 2010 Prof. Dr. Godfried Engbersen will give an interdisciplinary master class and public lecture at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Godfried Engbersen is Professor of Sociology at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and has published widely on various issues relating to migration and integration, and endorses a broad inter-disciplinary perspective. His expertise stretches into aspects of social inequality, urban marginality, migration and integration policies, and the positions of ethnic minorities and illegal immigrants.
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Seminar: Global Governance in Migration Issues (28/11/09)
This one-day seminar focuses on the impact of the European Union on migration issues. It examines, amongst others, the activities of the European Commission, recent legal and policy developments at the European Union level, and the Europeanization of migration and immigrant integration policies. Moreover, the seminar looks at the collaboration between the EU and other international organisations (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organisation for Migration) on migration topics.
More information: http://www.ies.be/training/global
More information: http://www.ies.be/training/global