GRITIM-UPF weekly news

April 13, 2018

GRITIM-UPF news:

The third application period for the Master in Migration Studies is open until April 19th, 2018. Admissions will be notified on May 28th, and the place in case admitted needs to be reserved from May 29th to June 4th, 2018. More info.

Ricard Zapata Barrero will be giving a seminar at El Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) on April 19. More info.

Xavier Ferrer-Gallardo and Lorenzo Gabrielli (GRITIM-UPF), presented their edited book, Estados de excepción en la excepción del Estado. Ceuta y Melilla, in Barcelona on April 12. The Sindicato Popular de vendedores ambulantes de Barcelona will also participate in the event. See the poster.

The Vakeripen project directed by GRITIM-UPF participated in organizing the celebration of the International Roma day on Friday April 6th, with one of our collaborating organizations Lacho Bají Calí. See the poster.

GRITIM-UPF event:

Next GRITIM-UPF seminar by Marc Helbling (University of Bamberg, Germany):

Date: 18th April 2018

Time: 18:00

Place: UPF - Campus Ciutadella (Roger de Llùria Building, Room 40:213).

Title: “Explaining Islamophobia with Survey Experiments: Liberal Values, Religiosity and Policies”

More info.

Other calls:

Call for applications: MiReKoc International Summer School 2018 at Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey. 19-30 June 2018. Prospects for Good Governance of Refugee Situations: The Local – Global Nexus. Apply by April 27. More info.

Call for IMISCOE Standing Committee Coordinators on Migration, Citizenship and Political Participation (MIGCITPOL). Apply by May 15. More info.

Recommended reading:

Schiller, Maria, and Sarah Hackett. 2018. “Continuity and Change in Local Immigrant Policies in Times of Austerity.” Comparative Migration Studies 6 (February): 2.