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| Speakers include Anna Lindley and Nick Van Hear, Centre for Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford and Jill Rutter, Institute for Public Policy Research.
For further information and to book a place, please contact Jill Rutter, Migration and Equalities Team j.rutter@ippr.org or 0207 470 6121 14/02/2008 BARCELONA: VISUAL CULTURES, SPACE AND POWER - Conference
14/02/2008 International Summer School in Forced Migration
Migration, to be held at Wadham College, Oxford. Apply by 1 March (bursary applicants), 1 May (self-/employer-funded applicants). Now in its 19th year, the course offers an intensive, interdisciplinary and participative approach to the study of forced migration. It aims to enable people working with refugees and other forced migrants to reflect critically on the forces and institutions that dominate the world of the displaced.
migrants. Graduate researchers specialising in the study of forced migration. For further information, please click on: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/index.html?teaching_summer 13/02/2008 Geography of Leisure and Tourism Research Group (GLTRG) - Undergraduate Dissertation Prize
the best Undergraduate Dissertation in Leisure/Tourism/Sports Geography, submitted as part of a BA, BSc or Bed degree in a geographical subject.
students, and a note of the dissertation credit rating and mark awarded. Please also include a (post-September) contact address for the student. A department should not normally submit more than one entry. Closing date: 18 July 2008 Further details please contact Dr. Jacky Tivers, Chair of GLTRG (jacky.tivers@ntu.ac.uk)
12/02/2008 Invitation to submit to a Special Issue of Gender and Education
11/02/2008 HEALTH IN TOURISM AND LEISURE - Final call for papers
10/02/2008 Sex and the sexual in the leisure environment: Overcoming the moral straightjacket - Call for papers
In addition to being studied in a limited manner, sex, in the leisure environment, has tended to be viewed by researchers in a way that does not do full justice to its diversity and complexity. Consequently, a further call is made for analysis of sex in the leisure environment that goes beyond just physical intercourse and encompasses all of the senses and diversity of the sexual instead. Therefore, the papers in this session will explore the position of sex and the sexual in the leisure environment and how it aids construction of and is facilitated and influenced by the leisure environment in a constantly evolving manner that is potentially affected by issues of morality though not necessarily entirely bound by them. Potential themes for presentations include, but are not limited to: * The acceptance of public displays of sex and the sexual in the leisure environment *Issues of ethics, perversion and sex research * The construction of places within the leisure environment through sex and the sexual * The presence, portrayal, and facilitation of non-heterosexual sexual desires and acts within the leisure environment * The balance between freedom, morality, and safety of the self and the other within the context of sex in the leisure environment Abstracts (200 words maximum) should be sent to Dr Neil Carr, University of Otago, New Zealand (ncarr@business.otago.ac.nz) by Tuesday, 12 February 2008
05/02/2008 UNHCR's Policy Development and Evaluation Service (PDES) is undertaking a review of the way in which key stakeholders, including states, UNHCR, other international agencies, NGOs, human rights organizations and legal practitioners are making use of the Executive Committee's Conclusions on International Protection in their efforts to strengthen the protection of refugees and other persons of concern. PDES invites all subscribers to the Forced Migration Listserve who have experience in the use of Excom Conclusions to send their observations on this matter, ideally focusing on the key questions listed below. Submissions should be sent to: dowd@unhcr.org with 'Excom Conclusions' in the subject line. 1. To what extent are Excom Conclusions known, understood and appreciated by states, UNHCR, NGOs and other stakeholders? 2. To what extent have the different types of Excom Conclusion been used by various stakeholders (a) in the formulation of policy, official positions and legal guidance (b) in the drafting of national, regional and international legislation (c) as a input to judicial and asylum proceedings, (d) as an advocacy tool, and (e) in any other ways? 3. What are the key variables (e.g. subject matter, timing, specificity, length, dissemination) that determine whether an Excom conclusion is actively used by states and other stakeholders? 4. Is there any evidence to suggest that recent Excom Conclusions have been used to a greater or to a lesser extent than in earlier periods, and if so, what accounts for the trend? 5. Can specific examples of effective and ineffective practice be identified in relation to the use of Excom Conclusions?
4/02/2008 Mise en ligne du numéro 4 de la revue en ligne "L'autre voie"
31/01/2008 'Commodities in evolution: historical change in different ages ofglobalisation, 1800-2000' - First Call for Papers The 2nd Annual Workshop of the Commodities of Empire project Council Room, the British Academy, London11 - 12 September 2008 Please submit an abstract of 300 words by 14 March 2008 to: Dr Jonathan Curry-Machado, Coordinator, Commodities of Empire project: j.currymachado@londonmet.ac.uk The workshop will explore the long-term evolution of commodities in the modern era, particularly from the perspectives of regions subjected to colonial rule in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. While commodity chains were a major factor in promoting interrelations between different parts of the world, this focus on the world outside Europe and North America is designed to question dominant periodisations of 'globalisation'. Even when not identified purely with near contemporary processes, many accounts still tend to privilege late nineteenth century economic convergence between the nation states of the North Atlantic as the most significant benchmark of a 'globalising' world. That modes and areas of production as well as patterns and places of consumption of commodities such as tea, coffee, tobacco, sugar and cochineal underwent radical transformation during this period is not indoubt. However, few accounts have focused on these changes over the longue duree, which would open up exciting possibilities of identifying, comparing and assessing the various mechanisms, both local and international, that historically produced the major shifts. This may also offer the promise of a more refined periodisation of 'globalisation', even though we need perhaps to bear in mind that commodities, like other interconnecting forces, were always uneven andlimited in their 'globalising' capacities and that they generated resistance, conflicts and inequalities as well as convergence. The workshop will critically explore the following propositions:* How significant were changes in political regimes (e.g. from colonialto postcolonial) in the evolution of commodity chains between 1800 and2000?* How far did the movement of commodities help bring about changes inthe technological and infrastructural environment?* What was the ecological and social impact (e.g. in terms of thedistribution of wealth) of export crops over the long term?* What factors promoted changes in the perception of, and demand for,particular commodities?* What promoted and how significant were changes in labour regimes?* Can local experiences and changing histories of commodities help ustowards a more refined periodisation of 'globalisation'? A British Academy Research Project, Commodities of Empire is a collaboration between the Caribbean Studies Centre at London Metropolitan University and the Ferguson Centre for African and AsianStudies at the Open University. Further details can be found on theproject website, at www.open.ac.uk/Arts/ferguson-centre/commodities-of-empire. 31/01/2008 La política árabe y mediterránea de España
Lugar: Sala Clara Campoamor, Congreso de los Diputados, Madrid Organiza: Fundación CIDOB, con la colaboración del Congreso de los Diputados y de Casa Árabe Información: Asistencia libre. 30/01/2008 Mémoire et patrimoine à l’ère de la globalisation Cultures de / dans la déterritorialisation - Appel à communication du GT 14 « Institutions du patrimoine » de l’AISLF
André Micoud : andre.micoud@univ-st-etienne.fr // Jean-Louis Tornatore : tornatore@univ-metz.fr ou jl.tornatore@free.fr 30/01/2008 5th Postgraduate Conference on Forced Migration The 5th Forced Migration Student Conference
29/01/2008 COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL: TOURISME ET PAUVRETE - Appel à communications
Du 9 au 11 juin 2008 tourisme.pauvrete 'at' yahoo.fr 29/01/2008 Migration and Citizenship - conference
* International student mobility The Leverhulme Programme on Migration and Citizenship at the University of Bristol and University College London (2003-08) consists of eight projects on contemporary labour mobility, post-immigration ethnicity and challenges to British national identity. This is one of two conferences that will take place in 2008 as the Programme reaches its conclusion (the second to be held in November will focus on ethnicity, integration and national identity). Further details of the Programme can be found at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sociology/leverhulme Please send your abstract (no more than 250 words) to Sara Tonge (sara.tonge@bristol.ac.uk) Deadline for submissions: 14th February 2008 27/01/2008 Israel/Palestine: Is there a Solution? - seminar
26/01/2008 Encounters and Intersections: Religion, Diaspora and Ethnicities - extended Call for papers
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This conference takes encounter and intersection as its frame. It explores the nature of relations between different faith and ethnic groups, between diasporic and indigenous citizens and between convivial, and not so convivial, multicultures in current, complex, post colonial contexts. We are interested in patterns and trends in contemporary identity practices, the intersections between social identities and how intersection and multiplicity are experienced and lived. Encounters can be hostile, intimate, violent, anxious, celebratory, defensive, banal or historic. Participants can feel consumed, tolerated, included, marginalised or empowered. In policy terms, encounters can be read through the lens of 'community cohesion', the 'duty to integrate' or the 'clash of civilisations'. How do different forms of encounter organise (and how are they organised by) particular relational spaces? How do they create and reflect 'contact zones'? How do people negotiate multiple identities of faith, class, ethnicity, gender, nationality, place, etc? What are the social, political and ethical consequences? This conference is organised by the ESRC/AHRC Programme on Religion and Society (www.religionandsociety.org.uk), the AHRC Programme on Diasporas, Migration and Identities (www.diasporas.ac.uk) and the ESRC Programme on Identities and Social Action (www.identities.org.uk). It will show-case the interdisciplinary research taking place in the UK on these themes across the arts, social sciences and humanities. The conference includes a keynote address from Prof. Paul Gilroy (London School of Economics) and author of After Empire; The Black Atlantic and Ain't no Black in the Union Jack. There will be panels on Living Intersections - New British Identities and Encounters - Materials, Spaces and Performances highlighting the research being conducted in the three Programmes. The conference will include parallel sessions of paper presentations, photographic and poster exhibitions, a conference dinner, drinks receptions and many opportunities for discussion and networking with researchers from a wide range of disciplinary and intellectual perspectives. We welcome submissions to present papers (20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions) on the conference themes. Your paper might present some empirical findings, it might consist of a performance, a theoretical review, critique and new argument; it might consist of a textual analysis, raise provocative questions or analyse one case, site or context. Abstracts should be submitted to Katie Roche (k.a.roche@leeds.ac.uk) by the 28th of February, 2008 including full contact details for all authors. 24/01/2008 International Conference onEnvironment, Forced Migration and Social Vulnerability (EFMSV) - Call for Abstracts
23/01/2008 THE FORCED MIGRATION AND REFUGEE STUDIES PROGRAM Summer Short Courses 2008
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