GRITIM-UPF weekly news  

February 16, 2018 

GRITIM-UPF news: 

Prof. Ricard Zapata will deliver a key-lecture in Jawaharlal Nehru University in India on February 20th, 2018. The lecture is entitled "Immigration, Diversity and the Future of Europe" and is part of the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union, promoted by UPF, and Jean Monnet Network NEAR Project. More info here.

Lorenzo Gabrielli will participate in the Conference ''And yet it moves', A multidisciplinary debate on the movement of persons in and from West Africa, Central Africa and Maghreb'', that will take place in Madrid, on February 21st, 2018. The conference is organised by Oxfam Intermón and the group of African Studies of the UAM. More info here.

Calls: 

Call for application: 8th Berlin Summer School in Social Science: Linking Theory and Empirical Research. The program will take place in Berlin, from July 16 – 26, 2018. The deadline for applications is March 31, 2018. More info. 

Call for application: Dr. Antoine Bilodeau and Dr. Mireille Paquet are seeking one (1) postdoctoral fellow to contribute to a new project on the social, political, cultural and economic participation of immigrants and minorities in Quebec. Application packages accepted until April 1, 2018. More info.

Call for papers: Conference "Leaving Europe: Alternative Routes of Out/Upward Mobility", co-organized by the CEDEM (ULiège), the IMMRC (KULeuven) and AISSR (University of Amsterdam). The conference will take place in Leuven, the 13th and 14th of September 2018, and the deadline for submissions is March 1st, 2018. More info.

Recommended readings: 

Czaika, M. (ed.). 2018. High-Skilled Migration. Drivers and Policies. Oxford University Press. 

Triandafyllidou, A. (ed.). 2018. Multicultural Governance in a Mobile World. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.