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Human Mobility and Borders. IMES Seminar

European nation states impose all kinds of borders and boundaries to control immigration flows. In addition they have tried to make these borders less impenetrable by formulating stricter immigration laws and increase the resources to enforce them, creating a ‘Fortress Europe’. In this IMES-seminar we want to discuss the actual practice of boundary making in Europe.

Thursday 14 June 2012, 9:00 - 17:00

The socio-cultural integration of Muslim migrants in Europe

From 2008 till 2012 a team based at six universities conducted extensive research on the social-cultural integration of different Muslim groups in Europe. This has resulted in the collection of unique data sets that give new insights into the interplay of policies, debates, and attitudes of, and, towards Muslim migrants.

Wednesday 20 June - Thursday, 21 June 2012

IMISCOE Annual Conference 2012

The Centre for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) will be the host of the ninth annual IMISCOE Conference. Under the title 'Mobility as the new paradigmatic perspective in the social sciences?', the conference plenary sessions aim to foster a dialogue across academic disciplines on the implications of this development for social scientific investigations in terms of research design and data analysis.

Tuesday 28 August - Wednesday, 29 August 2012

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Summer School: Cultures, Migrations, Borders

The University of the Aegean and the University of Amsterdam welcome applications for their multi-disciplinary Summer School ‘Cultures, Migrations, Borders’ that will take place on the island of Lesbos from June 28 to July 10, 2012.

Thursday 28 June - Tuesday, 10 July 2012

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