Public Lecture Series Spring 2019

Enablers and Deterrents of Mobility

The Public Lectures take place on Thursdays from 18:15 to 19:45
University of Neuchâtel, Avenue du 1er-Mars 26, Room B32


Thursday 13 December 2018
Entanglements: Passports, Migrant Workers, and the Question of Gender
Prof. Nicole Constable, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
Discussant: Prof. Janine Dahinden, Laboratory for the Study of Social Processes, University of Neuchâtel
Different Location: University of Neuchâtel, Rue Abram-Louis-Breguet 2, Room R.113
Abstract (PDF)

Thursday 31 January 2019
Mobilization and Representation of the “Hidden Children” of Immigrant Workers in Switzerland (1970s-1990s)
Prof. Kristina Schulz, Institute of History, University of Neuchâtel
Discussant: Prof. Gianni D’Amato, University of Neuchâtel
Abstract (PDF)
Jointly organized with the History Institute, University of Neuchâtel

Thursday 28 March 2019
Academic Mobility and Transnational Knowledge Brokerage Through a Lens of Intersecting Social Inequalities
Prof. Kyoko Shinozaki, Department of Sociology, University of Salzburg
Discussant: Philip Balsiger, University of Neuchâtel
Abstract (PDF)

Thursday 11 April 2019
Immigrant Naturalization in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden: Origin, Destination and Life Course in Longitudinal Perspective (1994-2016)
Prof. Pieter Bevelander, Department of Global Political Studies, Malmö University
Discussant: Philippe Wanner, University of Geneva
Abstract (PDF)

Thursday 6 June 2019
Education in the Cosmopolis: Cosmopolitanism, Globalization and Post-Critical Perspectives
Prof. Michalis Kontopodis, School of Education, University of Leeds
Discussant: Laure Kloetzer, University of Neuchâtel
Abstract (PDF)

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