Siirtolaisuus-Migration 4/2013 - Siirtolaisuusinstituutti

KONFERENSSITADVANCE NOTICE:Participation, Integration, and Recognition:Changing Pathways to Immigrant IncorporationConference to be held at the Institute of Migration and the University of Turku, FinlandMay 19–20, 2014The goal of this conference is to gather scholars to an interdisciplinary discussion about different ways of understandingimmigrant incorporation, both historically and in contemporary society.The conference maintains that it is important to examine critically what is exactly meant by the term “integration”.Who are targeted with integration policies and who are left out? In which domains of society (e.g. education, labormarket, families) is integration expected to take place and at what speed? How is integration structured by factorssuch as gender, class, and ethnicity?The event is a sister conference to the symposium “Finnish Immigration in Global and Historical Contexts” celebratingthe 150th anniversary of Finnish immigration to the Minnesota, to be held at the Immigration History ResearchCenter, University of Minnesota (USA) on October 29–31, 2014.The call for papers and workshop proposals will be released on December 16, 2013.Confirmed Keynote Speakers:• Dr. Peter Kivisto (Richard Swanson Professor of Social Thought and Chair of the Dept. ofSociology, Anthropology and Social Welfare, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, USA)• Dr. Tuuli Anna Mähönen (Postdoctoral Research, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Social Research,Univ. of Helsinki, Finland)• Dr. Teemu Ryymin (Professor, Dept. of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion,Univ. of Bergen, Norway)• Dr. Mari Vaattovaara (Professor in Urban Geography, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Helsinki,Finland)Preliminary Workshop Themes:• Memberships in diaspora – citizenship opportunities of Somali immigrants in different societalcontexts• Integration through education/schools• Linguistic integration• Integration policies – examples of good practices at the local level• Integration of special migrant groups• Integration experiences of Minnesota Finns in the past and present• “Race relations” and integrationOrganizers:• Department of General History, University of Turku• Institute of Migration, Turku• Network for Research on Multiculturalism and Societal Interaction, University of Turku• Academy of Finland project “Contexts of Diaspora Citizenship – Transnational Networks,Social Participation and Social Identifi cation of Somalis in Finland and in the U.S.”, Univ. ofEastern Finland and Mikkeli Univ. of Applied SciencesMore information, please contact:Johanna Leinonen, Ph.D. (johlei(at)utu.fi ), Adjunct Professor Elli Heikkilä (elli.heikkila(at)utu.fi )55