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Call for Papers: Workshop "Second Generation Research Dialogues. Comparative Perspectives on Children of Immigrants"
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Berlin, 16-17 January 2009
Deadline for submitting abstacts: November 21, 2008
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Second Generation Research Dialogues
Comparative Perspectives on Children of Immigrants
Berlin, 16-17 January 2009
Within integration debates across Europe, focus has shifted from the
first to the so called second generation of immigrants in recent years.
Their performance in educational systems and on the job markets is tied
to success or failure of integration policies and scrutinized with
concern, as is their cultural, social and religious orientation. In many
places a very contested group, the second generation symbolizes
permanency of migration and growing diversity while raising questions
about the concept and mechanisms of "integration" today.
In this workshop, current work on second generation immigrants will be
discussed along two main themes:
. the second generation and the city
. the second generation in school Central questions and concerns include
. the impact of cities on processes of second generation identity
construction, self representation and negotiation between cultural spheres
. its role as arena for political participation, claim making and social
positioning
. its role as living and working environment and space of opportunity or
restraint
. as social space and place of belonging
. the educational participation of second generation immigrants in
comparative perspective
. inequalities within educational systems
. linkages between educational settings, policies and attainment
. the role of teachers, friends, families and other factors impacting
educational careers
The workshop offers internationally comparative perspectives on second
generation research in Europe and the US, featuring keynote
presentations by: Philip Kasinitz, Chair of Dept. of Sociology at CUNY, NYC, USA on the
New Second Generation in metropolitan New York;
Jens Schneider, Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES),
Amsterdam introducing the EU- research project TIES on the European
second generation covering fifteen cities in eight European countries
Workshop format:
The workshop aims at facilitating intense dialogue and exchange among
doctoral students and junior researchers involved in work on second
generation immigrants. This will be reflected in the amount of time in
the program allocated for discussion in a constructive, supportive setting.
We invite papers presenting theoretical and/or empirical contributions
from a variety of methodological perspectives and different disciplines
on second generation immigrants, regarding one of the central themes:
. the second generation and the city
. the second generation in school Papers should not exceed length of 7,000 words and include an abstract
(no more than 700 words). It is expected that collected papers will be
published in some form after the workshop.
Application Please submit your abstract and short CV with contact details to:
secondgeneration@metropolitanstudies.de no later than 21st November 2008.
For further details see
www.metropolitanstudies.de
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