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The GRITIM-UPF Newsletter aims to disseminate selected information on Immigration that contributes to the European approach in the fields of Borders, Diversity, and methodological tools, as well as all GRITIM-UPF activities and news.
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Number 4 - March 2010



 
Borders and Diversity News

GRITIM-UPF News

Received Books

Selected Studies in International Migration and Immigrant Incorporation. Marco Martiniello and Jan Rath (eds.) Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. (more)

Beyond a Border: The Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Immigration Peter J. Kivisto and Thomas Faist. Pine Forge Press: Newbury Park (more)

Selected Journal Articles

(last issues appeared)

A French Approach to Minority Islam? A Study in Normative Confusion Françoise Lorcerie, Journal of International Migration and Integration, 11:1, 59-72

Contexts of immigrant receptivity and immigrant religious outcomes: the case of Muslims in Western Europe Phillip Connor, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 33:3, 376 - 403 

Transnational Lives, Travelling Emotions and Idioms of Distress Among Bolivian Migrants in Spain, Xavier Escandell and Maria Tapias, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36:3, 407 - 423 



Reports

Labour Markets Performance and Migration Flows in Arab Mediterranean Countries. A Regional Perspective Iván Martín - Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute. Florence - Italy

Mediterranean Migration 2008-2009 Report. CARIM (Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration) EUI Florence - Italy

 

Calls and Conferences

Workshop: Active inclusion of immigrants Challenges, tools and solutions. Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) and Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn. University of Amsterdam.

Conference: The 2010 International Metropolis Conference. The Hague, Netherlands.

Conference:Home, Migration and the City: New Narratives, New Methodologies. ESF - European Science Foundation. Linköping, Sweden

Conference: Anna Lindh Forum 2010. Anna Lindh Foundation and IEMed (European Institute of the Mediterranean) Barcelona, Spain.

Call for papers: Disciplining Global Movements. Migration Management and its Discontents. IMIS - Institute for Migration and Intercultural Studies. Osnabrück, Germany.

Call for papers: A Borderless Europe? University of Southern Denmark and University of Copenhaguen. Sonderborg, Denmark

Other

Postdoctoral fellowship. CRIEC - Chaire de Recherche en Immigration, Ethnicité et Citoyenneté - Université du Québec à Montréal. Canada

Project EDUMIGROM. Update and new publications.

Publications

La inmigración latinoamericana en España. Gemma Pinyol (GRITIM-UPF PhD Researcher) and Anna Ayuso. Barcelona: Edicions Bellaterra (more)

"¡Mezquita no!" The origins of mosque opposition in Spain Avi Astor. GRITIM-UPF Working Paper Series. 3, Winter 2009

Seminars

11th March - 18:00 In the framework of the Master in Immigration Management. IEMed (European Institute of the Mediterranean):
Migration
and development in the African context
Bruno Schoumaker
Professor
Institute of Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies (IACCHOS)
Université Catholique de Louvain

16th March - 13:30 GRITIM-UPF Seminar Series:
The Externalisation of the Asylum Function in the European Union
Sílvia Morgades
Professor
Department of Law and International
Universitat Pompeu Fabra

18th March - 18:00 In the framework of the Master in Immigration Management. Sala Maragall. CIDOB Foundation (Barcelona Center for International Studies):
Policies of Integration: Europe and the US
Martin Schain
Professor
University of New York

25th March - 17:00 In the framework of he Master in Immigration Management. Sala Albert Calsamiglia, UPF.
The dynamics of the State Administration - Autonomous Communities
Carles Campuzano
CiU deputy at the Spanish Parliament
Consol Prados
PSC deputy at the Catalan Parliament

26th March - 09:00 In the framework of the project Immigrant integration in Federations. Palau Centelles, Barcelona.
Integration policy in the State of Autonomies
Forum of Federations
GRITIM-UPF
Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics.
Check the GRITIM-UPF Seminars Calendar

Projects

ACCEPT: Tolerance, Pluralism and Social Cohesion: Responding to the Challenges of the 21st Century in Europe. Abstract of the project now available (more)

Other informations

New incorporation: GRITIM-UPF postdoc research fellow, Blanca Garcés Mascareñas (more)

Master in Immigration Management: Application period now open. (more)

Call for papers: Border policies and human movement in the Euro Mediterranean area. WOCMES 2010. Organised by Xavier Aragall (IEMed) and Ricard Zapata-Barrero (GRITIM-UPF). IEMed. Barcelona.

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