Call for papers for Swansea conference on ‘Understanding the migrant experience’
March 23, 2012 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: 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...