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MFJMCE Conference: Approaches to Migration, Asylum, and Race in Europe and Beyond
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Feb. 20-21, 2023:Two-day MFJMCE Conference
"Approaches to Migration, Asylum, and Race in Europe and Beyond"
This conference aims to address migration, asylum, and race in Europe from diverse perspectives, including theoretical and historical context, policy and legal development, and civil society responses from local and global perspectives.
Over the past two decades, there has been a growing debate about issues related to migrants and refugees across the borders of Europe. The so-called “refugee crisis” in 2015 and the massive number of Ukrainians who fled their country to Europe after the Russian invasion in 2022 have intensified the discussions and added layers of complexity to the situation. Diverse and contrasting forms of political and civil society mobilization arose partly because of the scale of migration and refugee movements across the “borders” of Europe but also because of political debates that linked migration and asylum to cultural identity, national culture, cultural diversity, and the integration of minority communities. In both political mobilization and debates, “race” is a critical intersection that more or less explicitly underpins discourses and actions.
Three questions guide the panels that make up the event.
- What elements of historical, socio-political, and economic contexts are at work when analyzing Migration, Asylum, and Race in Europe and beyond?
- What are the most relevant political and legal aspects that have been decided or should be addressed in the EU and beyond on migration, asylum, and race?
- How does Civil Society respond to the growing mobilization around migration, asylum, and race?
PROGRAMME
Monday, February 20 | 5:00 - 6:30 pm | Keynote Speaker
- 5:15 p.m.-6.30 p.m. Keynote Speaker
- 6.30-8pm: reception (by invitation only)
Tuesday, February 21 | 9:00 am - 3:45 pm |Conference
- 9:00 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
- 9:00 - 10:45 am Panel I: Contexts
- 11:00 am - 12:45 pm: Panel II: Politics & Legal Aspects
- 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm: Lunch (by invitation only)
- 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Panel III: Civil Society Responses
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► Detailed program, click here
► Bios Panelists, click here
► To view flyer, click here
► To view PPT, click on the following links:
- Panel 1: Dr. Cecilia Estrada Villasenor
- Panel 1: Dr. Andrea Pena-Vasquez
- Panel 2: Dr. Ieva Giedraitytė
- Panel 3: Dr Marcie Washington
► To watch videos, click on the following links:
- Keynote address' video on Feb. 20 , click here
- Panels 1, 2, 3 on Feb. 21, click here
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► This event is free and open to the public and all FIU Students.
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► To register and have more information, click here
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► For Driving Directions, Map and Parking Information, click here
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Sponsored and presented by the Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence
Co-sponsors : Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs • The Green School's Dorothea Green Lecture Series • Ruth K. and Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series • European & Eurasian Studies Program • Global Immigration and Migration Initiative (GIMI) • SIPA's Vaclav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy • Department of Politics and International Relations • Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs • #EUintheUS
Made possible through generous support from the European Commission.
