[H-verkko] Turku, CFP: Immigrants and Civil Society, Turku, 13.-15.8.2012

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CFP: Immigrants and Civil Society, Turku, 13.-15.8.2012
Turku 13.08.2012  - 15.08.2012 

CFP: Immigrants and Civil Society - 16th Nordic Migration Research
Conference & 9th ETMU days

Turun yliopistossa pidetään 13.-15.8.2012 pohjoismainen
muuttoliiketutkimuksen konferenssi. Tapahtuman yhteydessä
järjestetään myös kaksi historia-aiheista työryhmää;
muuttoliiketutkimuksessa kun historiallinen perspektiivi on usein
jäänyt vähemmälle huomiolle. Järjestäjät etsivät nyt esitelmän
pitäjiä kyseisiin työryhmiin. Ohessa ryhmien kuvaukset sekä ohjeet
esitelmäehdotusten jättämiseen. Ehdotukset on jätettävä 15.4.2012
mennessä.


Workshop I: The role of immigrant organizations in the integration
process: Historical perspectives

The goal of this workshop is to examine the role that organizations
formed by immigrants have played in immigrants’ integration process
in different historical and societal contexts. It has been argued,
for example, that organizations may help immigrants integrate in
their countries of settlement, as they provide an important link
between the ‘old life’ and the ‘new life’. On the other hand, some
scholars have voiced concerns over organizations having the opposite
effect: that they may slow down the process of integration into the
new society. This workshop focuses on how political, religious, and
cultural organizations of immigrants have negotiated the dual goals
of preserving ethnic cultures and/or identities and of helping
immigrants’ incorporation process in different historical contexts,
e.g. in immigrant communities in the Nordic countries or in Nordic
emigrant communities in other parts of the world.

Workshop organizers:
Auvo Kostiainen, Department of General History, University of Turku,
Finland
Johanna Leinonen, Department of General History, University of Turku,
Finland

Workshop II: Newcomers’ communities in the history of the Nordic
region

The workshop deals with history of the newcomers' communities and
national minorities in the Nordic region. The Nordic region had areas
that were multicultural and polyethnic, so national minorities and
migrants either created own associations or entered the associations
previously formed by majority population. It is well-known that
nobles, merchants, peasants etc. had their estate associations and
some of them, for example, peasant communities were administrative
units, organised by state, and self-governed social structures. Some
communities were informal and had personal nature as social
connections. The workshop analyses interaction and cooperation inside
communities between different ethnic groups, among different
communities and between communities and society in multicultural
environment. The importance of professional and religious communities
such as guilds, trade unions, art circles and church congregations in
social integration of newcomers is also to be considered in the
workshop.

Workshop organizer:
Andrei Kalinitchev, Department of General History, University of
Turku, Finland

Submission of abstracts:

Please submit your paper abstract by 15.4.2012 using the online
submission form (http://congress.utu.fi/abyss/).

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.

Conference description:

The focus of much research of immigrants in the Nordic countries has
been on the economic circumstances and state policies regarding
migration and integration. Far less attention has been devoted to the
role of the institutions of civil society in facilitating or impeding
the incorporation of newcomers into Nordic societies. The theme of
this conference is intended to be a response to that imbalance in
research priorities.

The conference organizers are inviting papers that address issues
related to the incorporation of newcomers into receiving societies in
the developed world, with special emphasis on the Nordic countries,
and on issues related to fair means of inclusion. These topics are
broad and can be approached from a variety of thematic and
methodological perspectives. Furthermore, the conference also
welcomes all proposals within the broader field of ethnic and
migration studies. The conference language is English.

The preliminary conference program can be viewed at
http://www.etmu.fi/etmudays/nmrc2012/program.html.

Keynote speakers:

* 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
* Dr. Salla Tuori, Åbo Akademi University, Finland


This call can be viewed at 
http://www.etmu.fi/etmudays/nmrc2012/cfp.html.

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)

Contact:

For more information about the conference, 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.

Immigrants and Civil Society, University of Turku, 13.-15.8.2012 (
http://www.etmu.fi/etmudays/nmrc2012/ )

Tiedustelut:
Johanna Leinonen <johlei at utu.fi> puh. 0405340078 

Ilmoituksen lähetti:
 Johanna Leinonen <johlei at utu.fi> 
29.3.2012 09:51

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