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Conference Announcement Theme: Children on the Move Subtitle: Philosophy and Child Migration Type: International Workshop Institution: Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research (CEPR), University of Salzburg Location: Salzburg (Austria) Date: 9.–10.5.2019 __________________________________________________ The Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research (CEPR) of the University of Salzburg will host a workshop on child migration, which will take place on 9 & 10 May 2019. This workshop is organized by Gottfried Schweiger (Salzburg) and Johannes Drerup (Koblenz-Landau). The so-called “refugee crisis” made migration the No. 1 political topic in many countries across the globe. This is mirrored by an unprecedented height in scholarly attention, also in philosophy (to name a few of the latest: Miller 2016; Parekh 2017; Fine and Ypi 2016; Sager 2016; Mendoza 2017; Duarte et al. 2018). Surprisingly children are largely absent in the philosophical debate – a few exceptions exist (for example Lister 2018) – and also the brand new “Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Childhood and Children” (Gheaus, Calder, and De Wispelaere 2018) includes no chapter on migration. Although it could be argued that some arguments and thoughts in the philosophical literature concerned with migration in general are also applicable to children, this is a significant gap in the current research because of the particular nature and (political, moral, social, legal) status of children. This lacuna in philosophy is surprising for at least three reasons: Firstly, outside of philosophy the situation of child migration receives significant attention (for example: Sedmak, Sauer, and Gornik 2018; Sonnert and Holton 2010; Ensor and Goździak 2016; Hunner-Kreisel and Bohne 2016; Kanics et al. 2010). Secondly, children receive as much attention as never before in philosophy, in particular in political philosophy (Bagattini and Macleod 2014; Gheaus, Calder, and De Wispelaere 2018). Thirdly, the moral and political status of migrating children appears to be of obvious interest both to many areas of philosophy – since it involves among others question of justice, rights and citizenship – and to the wider public (cf. the debate about the treatment of children at the borders of the states of the European Union or between the United States and Mexico). This workshop aims to investigate a few of the most pressing philosophical questions surrounding child migration, in relation and contrast to adult migration. Papers: - Christine Straehle (Ottawa and Hamburg): Children and Refuge – a vulnerability-based analysis - John Wall (Rutgers): Transsensus: Global Ethics in Light of Child Migration - Anna Malavisi (Western Connecticut State University): Integrity as an ethical and legal principle to address child migration - Mladjo Ivanovic (Grand Valley State University): Humanity at a Crossroad: Children Refugees Between Political Rights and Humanitarian Charity - Jonathan Josefsson (Linköping): Children, anti-deportation campaigns and the politics of a-legality - Edward H Spence & Feliciana Tafuri (Charles Sturts University): Universal Positive Rights for Migrant Children: a Philosophical and Legal Approach - Eilidh Beaton (Pennsylvania): Justifying the Right to Family Reunification for Refugee Children and Adults - Ayse Dursun & Birgit Sauer (Vienna): Politicizing child migration: A structural analysis of unaccompanied minors' precarious social positions If you want to attend the workshop please send an e-mail to: [email protected] Attendance is free but places are limited. The program including all abstracts can be found here: https://www.povertyresearch.org/children-on-the-move.html __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
