Appel à contributions : Consortium for Asian and African Studies (CAAS)

2nd Symposium and Workshop
At INALCO, Paris, November 25-26, 2010
Migration, Mobility and Globalization

The 1st CAAS Symposium and Workshop was held in Leiden on August 26-28, 2009 on the theme : “Religion, Identity and Conflict”. The second one will be held in Paris at INALCO (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures), on November 25-26, 2010 on the theme Migration, Mobility and Globalization”. The symposium and workshop will be hosted over two days by INALCO. It will include researchers representing different disciplines and interdisciplinary fields.

 Proposed Themes : "Migration, mobility and globalization" 
- Contemporary migrations : general trends and geography of the movements
- The migratory process and the new forms of mobility
- Labor migration within Asia and Africa and from the Asian and African regions
- Migration and development
- Immigration policies
- Integration : how immigrants become part of society
- Highly qualified migrants and students - brain drain : brain waste or brain gain ?
- International cooperation and governance
- Relationship between country of origin and diasporas
- Future perspectives for global migration and mobility
- Representation, perception and portrayal of migrants

The Symposium will focus predominantly on these issues in Asian and African contexts. But this focus is not exclusive. Proposals dealing with other areas will also be considered.
Session themes will be regrouped around area or other shared themes.

 Conference : 
The first day or the first morning will be held in plenary conference format with words of welcome and keynote speakers. Workshops will start immediately afterwards. Each session will last two hours and consist of three or four 20 minutes presentations followed by a discussion introduced by a discussant. The conference will be discussion focused.
Aiming to provide a forum for fruitful discussion on the role of migrations in modern societies and their impact on international relations, this symposium will bring together historians, political scientists, migration experts, anthropology, sociology, literature and political economy scholars to problematize the issue in a global and interdisciplinary context.
One of the important objectives of CAAS is to train younger researchers jointly. We highly hope that PHD and post-doc students and young researchers will participate to this Symposium and workshops.
Language : English.
INALCO invites speakers to send the text of their presentation by email before November 10.

 Application requirements : 
We invite interested scholars from all academic disciplines to send in their applications for consideration in this symposium. Applications consist of :

1) A current curriculum vitae with a short list of publications (2 pages maximum).

2 ) A one-page proposal i.e. description of the proposed presentation, intellectual approach and methodology of the research.
Symposium participants will be selected on the content of the submitted projects, the potential for useful exchanges among them, and the benefits of including a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches.
Applications should be sent by email attachment to claire.lega@inalco.fr.
By September 15, 2010, applicants will be informed on their project’s selection for the symposium.
CAAS invites applications from PHD and post-doc students and young researchers.

  Deadline for all submissions  :  September 1st, 2010. 
Travel and accommodation expenses of the participants will be covered by home institutions. Plan to subsidize PHD and post-doc students is under study.

For further information about the workshop, please contact claire.lega@inalco.fr

INALCO - http://www.inalco.fr/
Direction de la recherche et de l'école doctorale
49 bis avenue de la belle Gabrielle
75012 - Paris
Tél : 01 80 51 95 02
Fax : 01 80 51 95 49