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SUMMARY:Kurdish Migration Conference 2017: Globalisation\, Diaspora and Transnational Belonging
DESCRIPTION:June 15-16\, 2017\, Middlesex University\, London\, UK \nCall for Papers is now closed. Registrations are open [click here to register] \n\nConference Aims and Objectives: \nFollowing the success of the first international Kurdish migration conference (KMC) held in 2016 at Middlesex University (London) and the strong interest and participation by the international scholarly community\, the 2nd KMC will be held at Middlesex University on 15 and 16 June 2017. \nDisplacement and forced migration have a distinct meaning and significance in the history of the Middle East. In recent years\, the political and economic instability of the area\, together with the repressive and coercive policies of most regional states and their international allies\, the marginalisation of minority groups and the rise of fundamentalist movements\, continue causing permanent crises\, fuelling displacements and forced migrations. Millions of people have lost their homes and livelihood and were forced to seek a safe haven either in the neighbouring countries or taking a long and dangerous journey to Europe. The images of drowned three-year-old Kurdish boy Alan Kurdi in the Aegean Sea\, mass killing of Yazidis and Syrian nationals\, displacements of religious and ethnic minorities made global headlines without any effect. \nSimilarly to its neighbouring countries\, today the Kurdistan Region in Iraq hosts some 1.8 million refugees from Syria and internally displaced persons. A considerable number of refugees and displaced people are also hosted by the Kurdish Cantons in Rojava (Kurdish region in Syria) and by municipalities in the Kurdish Region of Turkey. \nFar away from the homeland\, the over 2 million Kurds living in Europe\, the USA\, Canada\, Former Soviet republics and other countries are following with great concern the events in the Middle East. Since the 1980s\, the Kurdish diaspora in the Western has played an important role\, recreating new Kurdish diasporic spaces in settlement countries while simultaneously reconnecting to their home country and making the question of Kurdistan a transnational political issue through their political engagement\, media and cultural production and activism. However\, what is the relationship of the Kurdish diaspora with the contemporary challenges and conflicts in and around Kurdistan? What kind of exchanges and interactions are taking place? How do Kurds relate with new refugees and displaced people living in Kurdistan\, the Middle East and Europe? Moreover\, what are the experiences of the Kurdish diaspora in countries where hostility and  discrimination towards immigrants are alarmingly on the rise? \nThe Kurdish Migration Conference 2017 aims to bring together researchers from a range of disciplines working on Kurdish migration to discuss these and other relevant questions and to exchange their views and findings about all aspects of migration from\, through and into Kurdistan\, as well as about the experiences of diasporic communities and second generations abroad. \n\nKeynote speakers: \n\nProfessor Joshua Castellino (Middlesex University\, London)\nDr Osten Wahlbeck (University of Helsinki\, Finland)\n\nThe full programme will be published here in the coming days. \nHow to register \nRegistration fee:  £ 50\nDiscount fee for students (undergraduate\, postgraduate or doctoral): £ 25 \nTo register for the conference visit Middlesex University online shop – click here. \nN.B. All speakers will be required to register and pay the registration fee ahead of the conference. You will be sent information on how to register upon acceptance of your paper. \nContacts:\nFor more information\, please contact the conference organisers:\n– Dr Janroj Yilmaz Keles: J.Keles@mdx.ac.uk\n– ‎Dr Alessio D’Angelo: A.Dangelo@mdx.a.uk \nThis conference is organised by the Business School and the Social Policy Research Centre at Middlesex University. \nWebsite: https://mdxmigration.wordpress.com/kmc2017/
URL:https://iasfm.org/adfm/event/kurdish-migration-conference-2017-globalisation-diaspora-transnational-belonging/
LOCATION:Middlesex University\, London\, NW4 4BT\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Belonging in a post-Brexit-vote Britain: researching race\, ethnicity and migration in a changing landscape
DESCRIPTION:A BSA Early Career Forum Regional Event\nUniversity of Sheffield\, Sheffield\, UK\n  \nA one-day conference hosted by the Department of Sociological Studies (in collaboration with the British Sociological Association and the University’s Migration Research Network) will be held at The University of Sheffield on the 9 May 2017. \nThis event seeks to bring together early career and established academics\, to share knowledge and experiences in the unique research environment resulting from the UK electorate’s decision to leave the EU. According to the UN\, campaigns advocating a leave vote presented a ‘divisive\, anti-immigrant and xenophobic rhetoric’ (Stone\, 2016) and in the three weeks following the vote there was a 20% increase in reported race related hate crime in the UK (BBC\, 2016). As Brexit campaigners stated that leaving the EU would make ‘Britain Great Again’\, anti-migrant and xenophobic narratives conflated\, implying that migration threatens Britishness. Sociologically\, in this context\, the boundary between historically distinct fields (migration research and race and ethnicity research) becomes blurred. This event provides a timely opportunity to examine the interface between these fields and consider directions for future research. \nPlenary speakers: \n\nProfessor Sarah Neal\, The University of Sheffield\nDr Jon Fox\, University of Bristol\nProfessor Louise Ryan\, The University of Sheffield\n\nRegistration for the event is now open and can be completed via the following link: https://portal.britsoc.co.uk/public/event/eventBooking.aspx?id=EVT10629 \nHow to find us: \nUniversity of Sheffield\nDepartment of Sociological Studies\nElmfield\, Northumberland Road\nSheffield S10 2TU \nFind us on the map: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/?q=53.382368\,-1.496075&ll=53.382368\,-1.496075&z=18 \nFor further information visit conference website: https://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa-events/belonging-in-a-post-brexit-vote-britain-researching-race-ethnicity-and-migration-in-a-changing-landscape
URL:https://iasfm.org/adfm/event/belonging-post-brexit-vote-britain-researching-race-ethnicity-migration-changing-landscape/
LOCATION:University of Sheffield\, Department of Sociological Studies\, Elmfield\, Northumberland Road\, Sheffield\, S10 2TU\, United Kingdom
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