Opportunities

Job announcements and calls for applications for scholars.  These opportunities are outside of The Zolberg Institute.

CALL FOR PAPERS:University of Minnesota International African Studies Conference “Fault Lines: Rethinking Temporal and Disciplinary Traditions in African Studies” University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Campus April 21-23, 2016

Call For Papers The inaugural University of Minnesota International African Studies Conference, “Fault Lines” will bring together graduate students, junior and senior scholars concerned with how existing systems of knowledge production have shaped the contours and limits of the varying disciplines that cohere around African Studies. This international conference aims to encourage dialogues and debates

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Managing Borders: An Interdisciplinary Conference on American Immigration – April 3 and 4 – Columbia

The Society of Fellows in the Humanities presents “Managing Borders: An Interdisciplinary Conference on American Immigration Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.” Presenters come from various disciplines for this two-day conference, including history, sociology, anthropology, literature, cultural studies, political science, and law, and from universities across the nation. The conference

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Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) Summer School – York University (Toronto, Canada)

Centre for Refugee Studies, York University Annual Summer Course on Refugees and Forced Migration May 4-8, 2015 EARLY BIRD DEADLINE: January 31, 2015 The 2015 Summer Course on Refugees and Forced Migration is an internationally acclaimed, non-credit course for academic and field-based practitioners working in the area of forced migration. It serves as a hub for

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Call for Applications – Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) – Two Vacant Research Positions

The London based Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has announced 2 research positions on migration. The open positions are (1) Senior Research Fellow: Migration and Integration and (2) Researcher: Migration and Communities. For more information on both positions and their application deadlines please visit their site here.

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Post-doc Offer on Return Migration to Senegal – Projet TEMPER

The Institut National d’Études Démographiques (INED) in France offers a post-doc position to work on a specific research project, Projet TEMPER. The post-doc will be in charge of doing an investigation on the return migration to Senegal. The position starts January 05, 2015 and lasts for 12 months. Interested candidates should submit the application by November 24,

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CfP: Indian Diaspora in Development of Home and Host Countries | 10-11 January 2015

The Organisation for Diaspora Initiatives (ODI) hosts an international conference on Indian Diaspora in Development of Home and Host Countries: A Comparative Perspective in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India January 10-11, 2015. Organizers welcome conference papers that focus on, but are not confined to, the following sub-themes: India and its Global diaspora: Historical Linkages and Modern migration Contribution of the Indian Diaspora

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Stony Brook University Panel Discussion – Children at the Border: U.S. Policies and the Making of an Immigration Crisis – Oct 21st @ 4pm

Stony Brook University is hosting a panel discussion on Tuesday October 21 at 4 pm on unaccompanied migrant children. It is called “Children at the Border: U.S. Policies and the Making of an Immigration Crisis.” under the moderation of Nancy Hiemstra (Assistant Professor of Migration Studies, SBU), the panel includes the follwoing discussants: Bryan Johnson (attorney, Amoachi and

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CfP – Blurring the Boundaries: Deporting Denizens in the 21st Century – April 17-18 2015

University of California at Merced will host a Spring 2015 conference, “Blurring the Border: Deporting Denizens in the 21st Century,” April 17 and 18, 2015. The conference aims to bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars engaged in cutting-edge research on deportation and citizenship. Paper topics of interest may include mass deportation and its consequences for migrants and their families

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Conference – Human Rights and Migrant Workers: Global Challenges and Promises – Oct 21st

The Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs hosts the conference “Human Rights and Migrant Workers: Global Challenges and Promises.” The event will begin with a keynote speech by UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, François Crépeau. The conference comprises three panels, focused on the politics of human

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