This conference organised by Swansea University will provide an opportunity for postgraduate students researching migration and the experiences of migrants to explore the seminar themes in more detail and to showcase their work.
Additionally, but by no means less important, the conference will contribute to broader academic and policy discussions, increasing awareness and understanding of the migrant experience and its importance in policy making and political debates.
Papers on all aspects of the migrant experience are invited from postgraduate students at all stages of their research and across all academic disciplines. Interdisciplinary contributions are particularly welcome. The conference themes are:
The deadline for abstracts is 30th April 2012. Proposals should be in the form of a Word document and should include the title of your proposed paper and full contact details. Please send your proposal to migration@swansea.ac.uk
Further information about the conference is available from Bozena Sojka at b.i.sojkakoirala595224@swansea.ac.uk, telephone +44 7890735317 or + 357 99717019
Additionally, but by no means less important, the conference will contribute to broader academic and policy discussions, increasing awareness and understanding of the migrant experience and its importance in policy making and political debates.
Papers on all aspects of the migrant experience are invited from postgraduate students at all stages of their research and across all academic disciplines. Interdisciplinary contributions are particularly welcome. The conference themes are:
- What is the ‘migrant experience’? Theorising the concept
- Methodological issues in researching the migrant experience
- The role of gender, age, class and race in shaping ‘the migrant experience’
- The arts as a tool for understanding the experience of migrants
- The politics of representation
- How the migrant experience can inform the policy making process
- Different aspects of migrant experience, for example, the journey, immigration processes, detention, integration
The deadline for abstracts is 30th April 2012. Proposals should be in the form of a Word document and should include the title of your proposed paper and full contact details. Please send your proposal to migration@swansea.ac.uk
Further information about the conference is available from Bozena Sojka at b.i.sojkakoirala595224@swansea.ac.uk, telephone +44 7890735317 or + 357 99717019
Bron: http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/news/2012/call-papers-swansea-conference-understanding-migrant-experience
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