Immigrants and Civil Society
Turku, Finland | University of Turku
- Professor Jeffrey Alexander, Yale University, USA
- Dr. Phillip Connor, Pew Research Institute, USA
- Professor Leo Lucassen, Leiden University, the Netherlands
- Professor Carl-Ulrik Schierup, Linköping University, Sweden
- Dr. Marja Tiilikainen, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Dr. Salla Tuori, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Paper submission:
The workshops listed below have been accepted in the conference program. The organizers are now soliciting papers for these workshops. The abstracts describing the contents of each workshop can be found here.
- Changing family formation practices among ethnic minorities in the Nordic countries
- Childhood and migration in a Nordic context
- Counting immigrant religions
- Cultural diversity and education
- Democracy, resistance, civil society – New platforms and strategies for democratic transformation
- Differential inclusions in the Nordic societies? Feminist postcolonial and critical migration studies perspectives on immigration
- Gender, migration and social change
- Housing and residential segregation of immigrants
- Immigrants’ access to mass media and civil society: Perspectives from the Nordic countries
- Immigration and the duty of civility
- Integration in the intersection of public school and institutions of civil society: A workshop about migrant children’s integration processes
- International students and civil society
- Intersections of gender, race and ethnicity: Categorisations and lived experiences
- Migrants and ethnic minorities in Nordic labour markets
- Migration, religion, social dynamics
- Multiculturalism and civic culture
- Newcomers’ communities in the history of the Nordic region
- Nurturing human capital: The role of higher education institutions redefined
- Refugees in the Nordic countries - policy and practice
- The role of immigrant organizations in the integration process: Historical perspectives
- Transnationalism and diasporas in a Nordic context
- What attitudes to scholars from abroad in Nordic Higher Education?
Please submit your paper abstract using the online submission form.
Please note than in the submission form you can either select one of the abovementioned workshops or suggest your own workshop idea. In case no workshop is selected or suggested, the organizers will group presentations that fit together thematically.
Abstract guidelines:
- Save the abstract file in RTF or DOC format, using your last name as the file name.
- Do not use accented characters like ä, å or ö, etc. in the filename; replace them with a, o, or equivalent.
- Abstracts should be written and presented in English.
- The maximum number of words is 150-200 (body text) plus title and affiliations.
- The maximum size of the uploaded abstract is 1400 kilobytes.
- In case you have difficulties deciding on the workshop, please choose the option “other” on the workshop session list.
The abstracts will be published in the Conference Programme and Abstracts Book.
Deadlines:
The closing date for paper proposals is 4 May 2012. Acceptances of workshop proposals will be announced on 10 May 2012.
Contact:
For more information, please contact Dr. Johanna Leinonen at johlei[at]utu.fi. For any questions regarding registration, payments, or accommodation, please contact the Congress Office at congress[at]utu.fi.
Conference organizers and partners:
ALPO - Developing Integration in Finland (European Social Fund - Ministry of the Interior)
European Migration Network (Finland)
FiDiPro Project Multiculturalism as a New Pathway to Incorporation (University of Turku)
Institute of Migration (Turku)
Network for Research on Multiculturalism and Societal Interaction (MCNet, University of Turku)
Nordic Migration Research (NMR)
Post-Secular Culture and a Changing Religious Landscape (PCCR, Åbo Akademi)
Society for the Study of Ethnic Relations and International Migration (ETMU)