The Future of Multiculturalism: Structures, Integration Policies and Practices (Conference)

CRONEM 8th Annual Conference 2012
Joint international multidisciplinary conference with Migration Research Unit (MRU), University College London (UCL)
26 - 27 June 2012
University of Surrey

CALL FOR PAPERS: Multiculturalism as a policy approach to managing the cultural diversity of contemporary societies is once again under siege by national politicians and public commentators across Europe. Public concern about the impact of migration on social structures and cohesion has led to renewed calls for integration policies that are based greatly on ideas of assimilation rather than a desire for a genuine reciprocal integration. Furthermore, nationalist ideology or presuppositions frequently underpin the specific content of those policies.
The closing date for abstracts is 1 February 2012
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Generations: Current Findings on the Acculturation and Integration of Portuguese Immigrants and their Descendants

Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies
Rhode Island College
Friday, October 14, 2011 @ 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday, October 15, 2011 @ 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Contact: mfraley1@ric.edu

Generations: Current Findings on the Acculturation and Integration of Portuguese Immigrants and their Descendants

An interdisciplinary two day conference brings together scholars from Canada, Portugal and across the United States to discuss aspects of the acculturation and integration of Portuguese immigrants and their descendants in North American societies

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Portuguese Americans retain interest in their heritage – Interview

By Carolina Matos, Editor – “Luso-descendants are well-integrated into America, but they retain an active interest in their ethnicity and ancestral roots,” said Dr. Dulce Soares Scott in an interview for the Portuguese American Journal.

(...) "Part of my motivation to do the survey was related to the negativity surrounding Portuguese Americans in the United States, as if somehow there was something peculiarly wrong with them. I kept hearing individual stories of people who had achieved high levels of education, becoming doctors, lawyers, nurses, teachers, managers, and so on, but their parents were factory workers and had low levels of education. Those stories were incongruent with the common assumption that the Portuguese were not well-integrated in American society."

Complete interview

Integration and transnationalism: how are the two connected?

IMISCOE  Eighth Annual Conference
Warsaw, Poland, 9 September 2011

We invite papers for a session at th Eighth Annual IMISCOE Conference, ‘Dynamics of European Migration Space: Economy, Politics and Development’, entitled Integration and transnationalism:how are the two connected? Session organizers are Jørgen Carling and Marta Bivand Erdal, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). The deadline for abstracts is 15 June 2011.

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Index de Políticas de Integração de Migrantes

O MIPEX ou Migrant Integration Policy Index é um guia de referência e uma ferramenta interactiva para avaliar, comparar e melhorar as políticas de integração e que abrange 31 países . Este importante estudo, liderado pelo British Council e pelo Migrant Policy Group em parceria com 38 think tanks, ONGs, fundações, universidades, institutos de investigação e organismos para a igualdade de direitos nos 31 países envolvidos, será lançado em Bruxelas numa conferência de imprensa internacional, no dia 28 de Fevereiro.

A terceira edição do MIPEX será publicada em livro e estará disponível como ferramenta interactiva num sítio da internet que permitirá aos implementadores de políticas, aos académicos, aos jornalistas e ao público em geral, pesquisar mais aprofundadamente os dados do que anteriormente e produzir relatórios que irão ajudar na análise das migrações e debates sobre os direitos dos imigrantes. 

Países abrangidos: Áustria, Bélgica, Bulgária, Canadá, Chipre, República Checa, Dinamarca, Estónia, Finlândia, França, Alemanha, Grécia, Hungria, Irlanda, Itália, Letónia, Lituânia, Luxemburgo, Malta, Holanda, Noruega, Polónia, Portugal, Roménia, Eslováquia, Eslovénia, Espanha, Suécia, Suíça, Reino Unido, Estados Unidos da América.

Integration of Portuguese Immigrants and Their Descendants in the United States and Canada

Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies
Deadline for Abstract Submissions: February 1, 2011
October 14 & 15, 2011
Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island
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Throughout the three waves of immigration and to the present, the Portuguese have had a cultural, linguistic, demographic, and socioeconomic impact in the United States and Canada. How have the Portuguese populations of the United States and Canada integrated/assimilated into their respective adopted nations through the generations? What changes in education, occupation, political participation and use of the Portuguese language have taken place? What mark have the Portuguese made on their respective communities and how do they maintain their cultural boundaries?
This two-day conference will bring together a cadre of international scholars to address these questions and more. The conference organizers are seeking presentations from researchers of Portuguese ethnic studies, sociologists, linguists, educators, political scientists and others with expertise in the Portuguese language, culture, identity and socioeconomic integration in the United States and Canada.