"Emptiness: Ways of Seeing" Conference 2021 - Roundtable 1: Emptiness, Space, Capital and the State |
Considering the contours of emptiness by examining the shifting relationships between people, place, capital and the state. |
Volodymyr Artiukh, Dace Dzenovska, Saskia Sassen, Johanna Bockman, Don Kalb, Martin Demant Frederiksen |
5 October, 2021 |
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"Emptiness: Ways of Seeing" Conference 2021. Roundtable 2: On the Edge: Life along the Russia-China border |
A book discussion with Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey |
Dominic Martin, Caroline Humphrey, Franck Billé, Madeleine Reeves, Allessandro Rippa, Natalia Ryzhova |
5 October, 2021 |
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Migrant subjectivities and crisis narratives in the Euro-Mediterranean region |
Michael Collyer, University of Sussex, gives a talk for the COMPAS Hilary 2016 term Seminar Series entitled: Open the Way: Understanding the Refugee Crisis on 4th February 2016. |
Michael Collyer |
22 February, 2016 |
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Unravelling the Mediterranean migration crisis: Reflections from the field |
Heaven Crawley, Coventry University, gives a talk for the COMPAS Hilary term 2016 seminar seires; 'Open the Way: Understanding the Refugee Crisis' on 21st January 2016. |
Heaven Crawley |
4 February, 2016 |
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The time of our lives: Migration and slow pain |
Yasmin Gunaratnam, Goldsmiths College, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series. |
Yasmin Gunaratnam |
27 January, 2016 |
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Love and Legality: questions of wellbeing for irregular migrants and their citizen partners |
Melanie Griffiths, University of Bristol, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series. |
Melanie Griffiths |
27 January, 2016 |
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Migrants, conditionality and welfare in the UK |
Peter Dwyer, University of York, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series. |
Peter Dwyer |
27 January, 2016 |
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Beyond the 'asylum-seeking market': spaces of responsibility and moments of care within the privatisation of asylum accommodation |
Jonathan Darling, University of Manchester, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series. |
Jonathan Dwyer |
27 January, 2016 |
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Migration and the health trajectories of immigrants and host country nationals |
Osea Giuntella, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series. |
Osea Giuntella |
27 January, 2016 |
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Intergenerational and inter-ethnic wellbeing of migrants: an analysis for the UK |
This paper uses a UK nationally representative data set to examine the extent to which family migration history helps explains inter-ethnic variations in subjective well-being. By Cinzia Rienzo, National Institute of Economic and Social Research [NIESR]. |
Cinzia Rienzo |
9 November, 2015 |
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Migration in the Media |
Rob McNeil, COMPAS, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Immigration and democracy in the UK COMPAS Seminar Series. |
Rob McNeil |
27 July, 2015 |
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The cage of freedom: Mobility and labour in contemporary Bangkok |
Claudio Sopranzetti, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Arrival Cities COMPAS Seminar Series. |
Claudio Sopranzetti |
27 July, 2015 |
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Immigration and the NHS |
Carlos Vargas Silva, COMPAS, University of Oxford, gives a talk for Immigration and democracy in the UK COMPAS Seminar Series. |
Carlos Vargas Silva |
27 July, 2015 |
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Damaged trust and a changing electorate?: Migration as a contemporary political issue in the UK |
Scott Blinder, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, gives a talk for the Immigration and democracy in the UK COMPAS Seminar Series. |
Scott Blinder |
27 July, 2015 |
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The border is everywhere: Refugee journeys in Europe |
Daniel Trilling, New Humanist Magazine, gives a talk for Shifting Powers, Shifting Mobilites COMPAS Seminar Series |
Daniel Trilling |
27 July, 2015 |
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The Urban Outlaw as Rights Broker |
Nicholas Simcik Arese, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Arrival Cities COMPAS Seminar Series. |
Nicholas Simcik Arese |
27 July, 2015 |
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How informalities and diversification make an arrival neighborhood: International migrants in Kumkapi, Istanbul |
Kristen Biehl, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Arrival Cities COMPAS Seminar Series. |
Kristen Biehl |
27 July, 2015 |
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Arrival cities under occupation? Political economies of urban consolidation and rural migration in the contemporary West Bank |
Kareem Rabie, CUNY Graduate Center, gives a talk for the Arrival Cities COMPAS Seminar Series. |
Kareem Rabie |
27 July, 2015 |
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The xenophobic city: Security, neoliberalisation and violence from the bottom of Aegean Sea to the centre of Athens |
Dimitris Dalakoglou, University of Sussex, gives a talk for the Arrival Cities COMPAS Seminar Series. |
Dimitris Dalakoglou |
27 July, 2015 |
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The scale and scope of citizenship in early modern Europe: Preliminary estimates |
Chris Minns, London School of Economics, gives a talk for the Arrival Cities COMPAS Seminar Series. |
Chris Minns |
27 July, 2015 |
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Safeguarding children from destitution: How do local authorities respond to families with ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’? |
Sarah Spencer and Jonathan Price, COMPAS, Oxford, give a talk for the COMPAS series. |
Sarah Spencer, Jonathan Price |
14 July, 2015 |
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What can the lived experiences of white working class communities tell us about social cohesion? |
This briefing explores the lived experiences and concerns of segments of the majority population in Higher Blackley, a ward in the north of Manchester. Part of the COMPAS Breakfast Breifing Series. |
Daniel Silver |
21 May, 2015 |
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Climate change and migration: how are they linked? |
Dina Ionesco International Organization for Migration and Alex Sutton UK Climate Change & Migration Coalition give a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Briefing series. |
Dina Ionesco, Alex Sutton |
18 December, 2014 |
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Why are westerners drawn to fight with IS in Syria and Iraq? And what can we do in response? |
Rachel Briggs (Institute for Strategic Dialogue) and Peter Neumann (International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation) give a presentation for the COMPAS Breakfast Brefiing Series. |
Rachel Briggs, Peter Neumann |
18 November, 2014 |
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How did the UK national press portray Bulgarians and Romanians prior to the lifting of transitional controls on 1 January 2014? |
William Allen, Migration Observatory, COMPAS, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Briefing series. |
William Allen |
27 October, 2014 |
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Decade of Migration, Session 4: How are changing patterns of globalisation manifested in shifts in global wealth and power? |
In the fourth panel of the Decade of Migration conference Nicholas Van Hear, Robin Cohen and John Burry look at geopolitical influences and global shifts in power and how it affects migrants. |
Nicholas Van Hear, Robin Cohen, John Burry |
24 September, 2014 |
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Decade of Migration, Session 3: Mobility and the global labour market: What can the past tell us about the future? |
In the third panel of the Decade of Migration conference Martin Ruhs, Monique Kremer, and Roger Waldinger gave different insights into mobility and the global labour market. |
Martin Ruhs, Monique Kremer, Roger Waldinger |
24 September, 2014 |
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Decade of Migration, Session 1: How does the growth of the world’s cities reframe our understanding of the social, the economic and the political? |
In the first panel of the Decade of Migration conference Ash Amin and Vicki Bell focus on cities. |
Ash Amin, Vicki Bell |
24 September, 2014 |
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Decade of Migration, Introduction |
Michael Keith, Paul Boyle, and Andrew Hamilton introduce the conference "Decade of Migration" and discuss the challenges and hopes for the topics and discussions. |
Michael Keith, Paul Boyle, Andrew Hamilton |
24 September, 2014 |
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"We're all excluded together": work-related conditionality and the welfare entitlements of UK, EEA and non-EEA citizens |
Based on a project conducted by LSE and COMPAS Isabel Shutes talk examines inclusion and exclusion with regards to welfare rights. |
Isabel Shutes |
29 July, 2014 |
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"The next day you are on the street": The tactics of time in managing welfare support to young people subject to immigration control as they make the transition to adulthood |
Part of the COMPAS Seminar Series Trinity 2014- Borders of the welfare state: Exploring the tensions between migration enforcement and welfare state entitlements |
Elaine Chase, Jenny Allsopp |
29 July, 2014 |
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Feeding a xenosceptic culture: legal and administrative penalties for being European |
Part of the COMPAS Seminar Series Trinity 2014- Borders of the welfare state: Exploring the tensions between migration enforcement and welfare state entitlements |
Charlotte O'Brien |
29 July, 2014 |
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Provision of welfare to irregular migrants: exploring the borders of the Norwegian welfare state |
Jacobsen, Bendixsen and Karlsen outline findings from the project PROVIR, examining the access to welfare and its limitations for irregular migrants in Norway. |
Christine M. Jacobsen, Synnøve Kristine Nepstad Bendixsen, Marry-Anne Karlsen |
29 July, 2014 |
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Becoming less illegal: Deservingness frames and undocumented migrant incorporation |
COMPAS Seminar Series Trinity 2014- Borders of the welfare state: Exploring the tensions between migration enforcement and welfare state entitlements |
Sébastien Chauvin |
29 July, 2014 |
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The fundamental social rights of irregular migrants under the European Social Charter: Central or marginal to their access to services in Europe? |
COMPAS Seminar Series Trinity 2014- Borders of the welfare state: Exploring the tensions between migration enforcement and welfare state entitlements |
Colm O’Cinneide |
29 July, 2014 |
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How to strike a balance between mainstream and targeted efforts for immigrant integration in Europe? |
Liz Collett and Milica Petrovic from the Migration Policy Institute give a talk |
Liz Collett, Milica Petrovic |
14 July, 2014 |
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What is the role of NGOs in the assisted voluntary returns of asylum seekers and irregular migrants? |
Derek McGhee and Claire Bennett, University of Southampton, give a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Breifing series |
Derek McGhee, Claire Bennett |
14 July, 2014 |
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What shapes migrant destitution and what can be done about it? |
Sue Lukes former member of the Housing and Migration Network and John Perry former member of the Housing and Migration Network and Policy Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Housing and manager of housing rights give a talk for the COMPAS Series |
Sue Lukes, John Perry |
14 July, 2014 |
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Migration and Human Rights: Trends and Priorities for Action |
This talk was hosted by COMPAS and the University of Oxford's Human Rights Hub. It was chaired by Dr. Sarah Spencer (COMPAS) and comments provided by Dr. Cathryn Costello (Director, Human Rights Hub). |
Nils Muiznieks |
3 June, 2014 |
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How can far-right extremism be tackled through policy? Lessons from 10 EU countries |
In recent years, many European countries have been grimly reminded of the threat from far-right violence motivated by hatred towards migrants and minorities. This talk explores how 10 European countires are attempting to address this. |
Vidhya Ramalingam, Nicola Perry, Sarah Pinnock |
14 April, 2014 |
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'We don't want to be sent back and forth all the time': Chagossian reflections on compulsion and choice in the context of forced displacement, onward migration, and prospective return |
This talk draws on a case study of forced displacement, onward migration, and prospective return within the living memory of one community, and explores questions of freedom and force ethnographically: |
Laura Jefferey |
14 April, 2014 |
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Forced marriage and immigration policies: understanding diversity or punishing difference? |
Geetanjali Gangoli, University of Bristol, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series on forced marriage and its implications on immigration and human rights |
Geetanjali Gangoli |
14 April, 2014 |
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Conceptualizing and Measuring Immigration Policies: The Immigration Policies in Comparison (IMPIC) Index |
This seminar discusses the Immigration Policies in Comparison (IMPIC) Index. This project builds a dataset on immigration policies in all OECD countries for the period 1980-2010. |
Marc Helbling |
14 April, 2014 |
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Roads of separation: infrastructure politics, "creeping migration" and de facto delimitation in rural Central Asia |
Part of the COMPAS Seminar Series Michaelmas 2013: Rebordering: reflections in relation to (post)socialism |
Madeleine Reeves |
11 March, 2014 |
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Everyday practices at the Russia - China - Mongolia border |
Part of the COMPAS Seminar Series Michaelmas 2013: Rebordering: reflections in relation to (post)socialism |
Caroline Humphrey |
11 March, 2014 |
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Postsocialist subject as a new other: global coloniality, border thinking and decolonial option |
Part of the COMPAS Seminar Series Michaelmas 2013: Rebordering: reflections in relation to (post)socialism |
Madina Tlostanova |
11 March, 2014 |
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Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement |
Alexander Betts, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series |
Alexander Betts |
3 March, 2014 |
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Precarious outcomes to the Pursuit of Happiness: Lifestyle migration and liminality |
Karen O'Reilly, University of Loughborough, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series |
Karen O'Reilly |
3 March, 2014 |
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A matter of convention? Drawing lines between slavery and freedom, and between forced and voluntary migration |
Julia O'Connell Davidson considers historical notions of slavery and how they can or cannot be applied to modern situations of forced migration. |
Julia O'Connell Davidson |
3 March, 2014 |
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The Political Economy of Tied Migrant Labour |
Martin Ruhs, COMPAS, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the COMPAS podcast series |
Martin Ruhs |
3 March, 2014 |
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Where does migration sit within the debate over the future of the UK and Scotland? |
Allan Findlay, David McCollum and Jakub Bijak give a talk on migration and Scotland |
Allan Findlay, David McCollum, Jakub Bijak |
3 March, 2014 |
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What choices and constraints do undocumented migrants experience in the labour market? |
Alice Bloch, University of Manchester, gives a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Breifing series |
Alice Bloch |
27 January, 2014 |
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More migrants, fewer rights?: How shall we balance openness and rights in labour immigration policy? |
Martin Ruhs, COMPAS, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Breifing series |
Martin Ruhs |
27 January, 2014 |
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What are the social and public service impacts of international migration at the local level? |
Jon Simmons, Home Office Migration and Border Analysis, gives a talk for the COMPAS Breaskfast Breifing series |
Jon Simmons |
27 January, 2014 |
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What are the consequences of changing policies for family migrants in the UK? |
Caroline Oliver and Juan Camilo give a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Briefing series. |
Caroline Oliver, Juan Camilo |
2 September, 2013 |
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Building Regionality into Immigration Policy: Does it Work? Evidence from Canada |
Professor Robert E Wright gives a talk for the Centre for Migration, Policy and Society. |
Robert E Wright |
2 September, 2013 |
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What does the 2011 census tell us about ethnic diversity and integration in England and Wales? |
Ludi Simpson and Stephen Jivraj give a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Briefing series. |
Ludi Simpson, Stephen Jivraj |
2 September, 2013 |
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Rethinking Migration: Joining the dots between migration, trade theory and business strategy |
Diane Coyle discusses labour migration movements across borders through firm's decision problems and strategic thinking. |
Diane Coyle |
2 September, 2013 |
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Feeling like a citizen, living as a denizen: deportees' sense of belonging |
In the United States, the right to territorial belonging is the only inalienable right U.S. citizens have, and this right is exclusive to U.S. citizens. |
Tanya Golash Boza |
29 May, 2013 |
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Lives in Limbo; Immigration, Schooling, and the and the Transition to Illegality |
The recent political debates in the United States have raised awareness of the untenable situation facing more than 2.1 million undocumented immigrant children and young adults who have lived in the U.S. since childhood. |
Roberto G Gonzales |
29 May, 2013 |
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Campzenship: rethinking the camp as a political space |
Nando Sigona, University of Birmingham, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series. |
Nando Sigona |
29 May, 2013 |
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Citizenship Shadow; Obscene Inclusion, Abject Belonging, or, the Regularities of Migrant Irregularity |
This talk introduces the proposition that citizenship and alienage (or migrant status) may be best understood as two key figures of a spectrum of bordered identities. |
Nicholas de Genova |
29 May, 2013 |
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Care, Markets and Migration in European Welfare States: Why the study of migration is important to social policy and vice versa |
Fiona Williams looks at different approaches taken by social policy to race, ethnicity, and migration, and proposes implications for social justice that emerge. |
Fiona Williams |
29 May, 2013 |
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Decades of Migration and 'Europe' in Question |
Nicholas de Genova examines what Europe is and means through the existence of migrants. |
Nicholas de Genova |
29 May, 2013 |
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Migration and inter-generational replacement in Britain and Europe |
Chris Wilson discusses replacement migration in Britain and Europe, from a demography perspective, explaining a newly developed system for looking replacement ratios. |
Chris Wilson |
29 May, 2013 |
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The Price of Rights. Labour immigration policy and the rights of migrant workers |
Martin Ruhs outlines the findings of his new book 'The Price of Rights', discussing the trade off between openness to migrants and access to rights. |
Martin Ruhs |
28 May, 2013 |
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Border Regimes and Human Rights |
David Miller examines the effects and results of border regimes on human rights, from a political philosophy perspective. He states that border regimes are damaging in terms of human rights. |
David Miller |
28 May, 2013 |
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Do Human Rights Treaties Help or Hurt Asylum-Seekers?: The U.K. Case |
Stephen Meili looks at how human rights treaties are applied in the UK court systems to applications by asylum seekers. |
Stephen Meili |
28 May, 2013 |
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Integrating the human rights of migrants into the global governance of migration: the 2013 High-Level Dialogue and beyond |
Oberoi discusses the process of migration being governed with a focus on human rights. |
Pia Oberoi |
28 May, 2013 |
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In Defense of the Migrant Workers Convention: Standard Setting for Contemporary Migration |
Bernard Ryan discusses the possibilities of the Migrant Workers Convention, the relevant committee and its work. |
Bernard Ryan |
28 May, 2013 |
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What are the migration pathways of UK graduates? |
It is often assumed that the pathway from home to university and onwards to the labour market is a linear upward trajectory, ultimately resulting in improved opportunities and social betterment. |
Joanna Sage |
20 May, 2013 |
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With a lot of help from my friends: How do migrants use social networks to access jobs? |
This briefing provides a descriptive analysis of the role of social networks in the labour market, comparing immigrant and native men in the UK. The speakers will explore the determinants of using social networks as a channel for looking for jobs. |
Jackie Wahba |
20 May, 2013 |
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Are potential supporters of the English Defence League economic losers, protestors, Islamophobes or xenophobes? |
n recent years several European states have seen the emergence of 'counter-Jihad' movements, which in contrast to the established populist radical right eschew electoral politics and put stronger emphasis on mobilizing opposition to Islam and Muslims. |
Matthew Goodwin |
20 May, 2013 |
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Researching migrant journeys: conceptual and methodological challenges |
Roger Zetter thinks about the nature and challenges of researching migrant (specifically refugee) journeys. |
Roger Zetter |
18 February, 2013 |
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Migration and multi-dimensional poverty in Moldovan communities: linking journeys and community development |
Melissa Siegel looks at migration and poverty at community level in Moldova and Georgia, in relation to a 2 year research project funded by the European Commission. |
Melissa Siegel |
18 February, 2013 |
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The smuggling of migrants and refugees into Europe: social and economic aspects |
Thanos Maroukis talks about the social processes at play behind the migrant smuggling business. Based on his recently published book Thanos talks the audience throughout he methodology, theoretical framework and findings. |
Thanos Maroukis |
18 February, 2013 |
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An arbitrary outcome: political and economic regulation of mobile labour |
Hannah Cross, University of Manchester, gives a talk for the COMPAS Seminar Series Michaelmas term 2012: Migration Journeys on 25th October 2012. |
Hannah Cross |
18 February, 2013 |
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What do highly skilled French migrants in London teach us about European talent migration? |
Drawing on qualitative data from an ESRC-funded project, this presentation will explore the nature and dynamics of intra-EU talent migration through a particular focus on the French highly-skilled working in London's financial and business sectors. |
Louise Ryan, Jon Mulholland |
18 February, 2013 |
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The injustices of high- versus low-skilled temporary labour migration programs: With evidence from Canada |
Among critics of temporary labour migration programs (TLMP), it is common to describe them as exploitative, rights-violating, and unfair. |
Patti Tamara Lenard |
29 January, 2013 |
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What is the evidence about migrant living conditions in the private rented sector and how could they be improved? |
Outlining a new report for the Housing and Migration Network UK, 'Migrants and the Private Rented Sector', published in February is the first national report to explore the needs and experience of new migrants who live in the private rented sector. |
Gill Green, Neil Coles |
27 November, 2012 |
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What is the latest picture from migration statistics? |
Jon Simmons, Home Office, gives a talk for the COMPAS breakfast briefing series. |
Jon Simmons |
9 November, 2012 |
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What works in integration? |
Vidhya Ramalingam, The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, gives a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Briefing series. |
Vidhya Ramalingam |
9 November, 2012 |
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Migrants and the state of long term care in England: opportunities and challenges |
Shereen Hussein talks about migrants and long term/social care. She looks at what is meant my international migrants and at what constitutes long term care in the labour market sector. She also looks at the relevant work force. |
Shereen Hussein |
6 September, 2012 |
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Migration and the resilience and vulnerability of place |
Talk based on a UK wide study of immigration an social cohesion, done between 2005-2008. Exploring the lived lives and practices of new immigrants as well as the long term settled population and through this consider social cohesion policies in the UK. |
Mary Hickman |
6 September, 2012 |
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Understanding the neighbourhood impacts of new immigration |
Looking at new migration and large scale migration since the early to mid 90's, reflecting on local impacts. He looks at neighbourhood effects of immigration, and local experiences of those arriving to and those already living in a particular place. |
David Robinson |
6 September, 2012 |
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Wage inequality and immigration in the US and the UK |
Cinizia Rienzo discusses wage inequality and immigration in the US and the UK. She assesses if there is a relationship between the increasing number of immigrants and the increasing levels of wage inequality seen in both countries. |
Cinizia Rienzo |
6 September, 2012 |
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How does diversity affect the British neighbourhood? Can it reinforce segregation? |
Looking at trust of one's own ethnic group and trust of other ethnic groups and how this is related to both contact and possible conflict in the neighbourhood setting. |
Neli Demireva |
6 September, 2012 |
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Crime and immigration |
Brian Bell looks at the relationship between crime and immigration in the UK. He considers the relevant literature, political motivations, and the particular group of immigrants that his research focuses on. |
Brian Bell |
6 September, 2012 |
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What is the relationship between new migration and community change? |
Migration is presumed to be a major driver of change at the neighborhood level. What is the evidence? This briefing explores current understanding and evidence about the neighborhood changes associated with new migration. |
David Robinson |
20 August, 2012 |
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Citizenship, and the Migrant Metropolis: Life Within and Against the Spaces of the Law |
Nicholas de Genoa discusses urbanisation, and how migration is remaking cities, the spatial practice of migrants and their experience and how this can reconceptualise emergent formations of social and political rights. |
Nicholas de Genoa |
14 August, 2012 |
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Land of Strangers: From a Politics of Social Ties to a Politics of the Commons |
Ash Amin discusses his new book, "Land of Strangers: From a Politics of Social Ties to a Politics of the Commons". |
Ash Amin |
6 August, 2012 |
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Homophily is not an explanation |
Talja Blokland discusses notions of ethnicity, community, integration and migration, using empirical data to make a theoretical argument. She uses the notion of homophiliy - the idea that people that are similar come together. |
Talja Blokland |
6 August, 2012 |
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Nostalgia and everyday multiculturalism: Anglo-Indian and Chinese Calcuttans in London and Toronto |
Jayani Bonnerjee looks at the connections between Anglo-Indian and Chinese communities in Calcutta through the space of neighbourhood and how the memory of neighbourhood carries over into diasporas. |
Jayani Bonnerjee |
6 August, 2012 |
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Faith and suburbia: secularisation, modernity and the changing geographies of religion in London suburbs |
David Gilbert considers the relationship between faith and suburbia with focus on migration. Part of the OMPAS Seminar Series Trinity 2012: Everyday multiculturalism. |
David Gilbert |
6 August, 2012 |
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Whiteness, Class and the Legacies of Empire: On Home Ground |
Katharine Tyler speaks about her new book, which explores what it means to be white modern post-colonial societies, drawing on her fieldwork in semi-rural, rural and urban spaces in Leicestershire. |
Katharine Tyler |
6 August, 2012 |
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New Geographies of Migration and Multiculture: Degrees of Intimacy between English Villagers and Eastern European Migrants in Rural Worcestershire |
Analysing the relationship between whiteness and Englishness, looking at processes of social inclusion and exclusion in the countryside, the migration of Eastern European workers to the countryside and rural discourses of community and multi-culture. |
Helen Moore |
6 August, 2012 |
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Crossing the Threshold: Identity, Integration and Multiculturalism in British and German Muslim Ethnic Minority Neighbourhoods |
Sarah Hackett explores the idea of the neighbourhood as a site where citizenship is practiced and negotiated, with particular focus on historical developments and settlements in Newcastle, UK and Bremen, Germany. |
Sarah Hackett |
6 August, 2012 |
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Negotiating urban citizenship: British Muslim encounters with new migrants |
Deborah Phillips explores the 'neighbourhood' as a site where citizenship is practices and negotiated. She focuses particularly on the experiences of British Muslims in Bradford in their encounters with new migrants. |
Deborah Phillips |
6 August, 2012 |
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Experiences at the sharp end: Practitioners' perspectives on inclusion and exclusion (Panel Discussion) |
Four experts discuss their practical experiences of migrants' access to services and exclusion from services. Part of the COMPAS Seminar Series: Migrants and welfare states: inclusion or exclusion? |
Fizza Qureshi, Ruthanna Barnett, Bill Bolloten, Nick Clark |
6 August, 2012 |
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Where's your bloody pigtail?: Liberalism, Empire, and the Chinese Labour Question |
Professor Glover outlined the moral panic around aliens and Chinese labour in the 1906 election, relating the debate to the 1905 Aliens Act and to Chinese indentured layout to South Africa. |
David Glover |
6 August, 2012 |
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