Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights – Special Issue on Migration and Refugees
Call for papers
In recent years, the countries of the Mediterranean have seen significant influxes in migration. Countries in the region have responded in ways that reveal regional tensions and fault-lines, such as that between the countries of the Northern and Southern [...]
What makes a refugee?
Manchester UK 19th-21st June 2008
An international conference during Refugee Week 2008 bringing together Human Rights and Refugee Practitioners, Researching Academics, Policy Makers and Activists from the different parts of the world to explore, advance and share understanding about the range of factors that can explain why, where and how refugees exist.
Contact for [...]
Starting on the Refugee Week 2007, we are coming to a city close to you to deliver training on “Working with young refugees, their rights and entitlement”.
Target audiences:
Social workers, youth workers, teachers, LEA staff and anyone working or wanting to work with refugee children in voluntary and private sector
Trainer:
Zuhra Bahman has worked on children’s rights [...]
To mark Refugee Week here in London, seize the chance to visit 19 Princelet Street and explore issues of immigration, inclusion and identity in one of Europe’s most extraordinary spaces.
An international historic site of civic engagement, the only one of its kind in Europe, 19 Princelet Street in London’s Spitalfields will open FREE every day [...]
A Two-Day Interdisciplinary Conference at the School of Humanities,
University of Southampton, UK.
Saturday November 17th-Sunday November 18th, 2007
Contemporary anxieties about terrorism in the mainstream media and politics have clearly articulated the war against terrorism and the struggle for global security to the control of immigration, as well as the criminalisation of Islam. As A. Sivanandan has [...]
For those of you who are just joining us, here’s a sampling of some of the ‘vox populi‘ submissions we have received since we went live a few short weeks ago:
Sadza and Muriwo
Habits and Hijabs
Placeless People
And if you are interested in submitting something yourself, have a look at our Current CFP.
A hint about our next [...]
A Look at Moroccan Immigration in Spain from a Literary Perspective
by Nasima Akaloo (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
This paper approaches Moroccan immigration in Spain using a hybrid, border/ frontier literature as explained by Homi Bhabha and Nieves García Benito respectively. It maps Spain’s reaction towards this migrant population taking into account the long and [...]
Call to advanced graduate students to participate in a workshop ”Jewish Consumption and Material Culture in the Early Modern Period”
Location: Connecticut, United States
Advanced Graduate students are invited to apply to participate in the fourth annual Early Modern Workshop in Jewish History, tentatively entitled “Jewish Consumption and Material Culture in the Early Modern Period,” which will take place at the University of Maryland [...]
6th MESEA Conference
June 25–28, 2008, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Call for Papers
The Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the America
MIGRATION MATTERS: IMMIGRATION, HOMELANDS, AND BORDER CROSSINGS IN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS
Largely driven by economics, migration today is a global and globalizing phenomenon that renders , national borders obsolete and calls into question the viability of nation states and [...]
21 June 2007, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
An full day of discussion, debate, and performances organised by Exiled Writers Ink! in association with English Pen and Amnesty International.
For a detailed programme and registration see www.exiledwriters.co.uk
