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Conference Announcement Theme: Immigrants and Civil Society Type: 16th Nordic Migration Research Conference and 9th ETMU Days Institution: Nordic Migration Research (NMR) Society for the Study of Ethnic Relations and International Migration (ETMU) University of Turku Location: Turku (Finland) Date: 13.–15.8.2012 __________________________________________________ The focus of much research of immigrants in the Nordic countries has been on the economic circumstances and state policies regarding migration and integration. Far less attention has been devoted to the role of the institutions of civil society in facilitating or impeding the incorporation of newcomers into Nordic societies. The theme of this conference is intended to be a response to that imbalance in research priorities. The conference seeks to discuss issues related to the incorporation of newcomers into receiving societies in the developed world, with special emphasis on the Nordic countries, and on issues related to fair means of inclusion. These topics are broad and will be approached from a variety of thematic and methodological perspectives. Furthermore, the conference is also open to the discussion of questions within the broader field of ethnic and migration studies. The conference language is English. Workshops - Immigrant integration in Finland – Practice and policy - Changing family formation practices among ethnic minorities in the Nordic countries - Childhood and migration in a Nordic context - Counting immigrant religions - Cultural diversity and education - Democracy, resistance, civil society – New platforms and strategies for democratic transformation - Differential inclusions in the Nordic societies? Feminist postcolonial and critical migration studies perspectives on immigration - Gender, migration and social change - Housing and residential segregation of immigrants - Immigration and the duty of civility - International students and civil society - Intersections of gender, race and ethnicity: Categorisations and lived experiences - Migrants and ethnic minorities in Nordic labour markets - Migration, religion, social dynamics - Refugees in the Nordic countries - policy and practice - The role of immigrant organizations in the integration process: Historical perspectives - Transnationalism and diasporas in a Nordic context Keynote speakers - Professor Jeffrey Alexander, Yale University, USA: “Constructing solidarity and difference: The backlash against multiculturalism in Europe” - Dr. Phillip Connor, Pew Research Institute, USA: “Bridge and barrier – Contextualizing religion and immigrant integration” (co-authored with Matthias Koenig, University of Gottingen) - Professor Leo Lucassen, Leiden University, The Netherlands: “The strange death of Dutch multiculturalism in comparative perspective” - Professor, Director Carl-Ulrik Schierup, Linköping University, Sweden: “The global migrant precariat: labour, citizenship, civil society” - Dr. Marja Tiilikainen, University of Helsinki, Finland: “Civil society in making – challenges of the Somali diaspora organizations” - Dr. Salla Tuori, University of Helsinki, Finland: “Enabling and disabling spaces of action within multicultural projects” For further information please visit the conference website: http://www.etmu.fi/etmudays/nmrc2012/ Contact: Johanna Leinonen Congress Office Turku Institute for Advanced Studies University of Turku Phone: +358 40 5340078 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.etmu.fi/etmudays/nmrc2012/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
