International Migration Conference

From the UC San Diego Center for Comparative Immigration Studies:

University of California International Migration Conference
 
Please note updated schedule

On March 12, 2010, CCIS will host a University of California-wide conference on international migration. If you are interested in attending the conference, please contact Ana Minvielle, aminvielle@ucsd.edu. The conference will be held in the Deutz Conference Room of the Institute of the Americas. For directions, please visit the IOA website.

Sponsored by CCIS, The Gifford Center for Population Studies at UC Davis, the Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy at UC Irvine, and the UCLA Migration Study Group

Introduction (8:30 – 8:45 AM)

David FitzGerald and John Skrentny, CCIS, UCSD

Panel 1. Ethnicity and the Politics of Immigration (8:45 – 10:30 AM)

Marisa Abrajano, Political Science, UCSD

Dina Okamoto, Sociology, UC Davis

Louis DeSipio, Political Science, UC Irvine

Natalia Molina, Ethnic Studies, UCSD

Chair and Discussant: Zoltan Hajnal, Political Science, UCSD

Break (10:30 – 11:00 AM)

Panel 2. Assimilation and Transnationalism (11:00 AM-12:45 PM)

Thomas Soehl, Sociology, UCLA

Kyeyoung Park, Anthropology, UCLA

Cinzia Solari, Sociology, UC Berkeley

Chair and Discussant: Erin Hamilton, Sociology, UC Davis

Panel 3. Immigration and the Welfare State (1:45-3:30 PM)

Shannon Gleeson, Latin American and Latino Studies, UC Santa Cruz

Frank Bean, Sociology, UC Irvine

Cybelle Fox, Sociology, UC Berkeley

Chair and Discussant: Micah Gell-Redman, Political Science, UCSD

Break (3:30-4:00 PM)

Panel 4. Immigration Law and Control (4:00-5:45 PM)

David FitzGerald, Sociology, UCSD

Kamal Sadiq, Political Science, UC Irvine

Jennifer Chacon, Law, UC Irvine

Chair and Discussant: David Kyle, Sociology, UC Davis

For directions to CCIS, visit our website. For further information, please contact Ana Minvielle at aminvielle@ucsd.edu or 858-822-4447.
 
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