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Τhe European research project Ge.M.IC organised a public discussion, titled “Autonomy and education”. Gigi Roggero talked on "Global University, Knowledge Production and the Common: The Permanent Crisis of the Cognitive Capitalism" and Zelia Gregoriou on "Intercultural education at the age of tolerance and melancholic racism".
http://www.gemic.eu/?p=852
Renata Pepicelli presented the paper, “Religious revivalisms among Muslim and Christian migrant women in Rome”, at the XVII ISA Congress.
http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2010/
Mila Mancheva and Evgina Troeva presented the paper, “Religious transformations among first generation immigrant Muslim women in Bulgaria”, at the XVII International Sociological Association Congress.
http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2010/
Georgeta Nazarska presented the paper, “Gender, Family and Migration: Oral Histories of Mixed and Transnational Marriages in Bulgaria (1990s-2010s)” at the XVI International Oral History Conference “Between Past and Future”, hosted by the International Oral History Association,
http://www.ioha2010prague.cz/
Nelli Kambouri presented the paper, "Gender and Migration in South Europe: Policies, Strategies, Problematizations" in the Conference on "Gender Mainstreaming in Migration Policies and Practices", organized by the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies - MIGS, at the Journalists House, Nicosia
http://www.medinstgenderstudies.org/news/gender-mainstreaming-in-migration-policies-and-practices/
Alexandra Zavos presented the paper, "Performative acts of citizenship and the challenges of gender and migration: Transnational and intersectional perspectives" in the Colloquim, ”Gender Studies of and for the Region of the Balkans" organised by the Regional Network for Gender and Women’s Studies in Southeastern Europe.
http://www.gendersee.org.mk/conference/index.asp?id=285&kat=6
The Italian research team organised the "Reconceptualizing migration" international workshop at the University of Bologna, Faculty of Political Sciences in the framework of the GeMIC project
http://eipcp.net/calendar/1272348510
Nelli Kambouri presented the paper, "Migration and Gender: Methodological Tools and Problematizations", in the conference "Women and Politics: Research on Gender in Greece", organised by the School of Social Sciences of the University of Crete
Alexandra Zavos presented the paper, "Doing activist research on gender and migration: A contradiction in terms?" at the Seminario Interdisciplinar de Methodologia de Investigation Feminista (SIMREF) organised by the University of Barcelona and the Universitat Roviro e Virgili, Catalunya.
http://www.simref.net/?q=es/node/33
Sandro Mezzadra presented the paper, «Capitalism, Migration and Social Struggles» at the international conference "La pensée et l’action dans le pouvoir", Université de Lausanne (UNIL).
http://www.lsdh.net/evenements/152-marche-mondiale-des-femmes
A lecture by Sandro Mezzadra, professor at the University of Bologna, on Movements and Struggles of Migration in a Postcolonial Europe
http://www.gemic.eu/?p=602
LSE professor emeritus, Peter Loizos, gave three lectures on the following topics: (a) Problems and opportunities in communication, understanding, and interpretation of social/cultural contexts (b) On inter-cultural understanding as an open ended project: lessons from Geertz and Herzfeld, and (c) Some problems of translation from one language to another. All sessions were introduced with the screening of short videos produced during GEMIC fieldwork in Cypriot schools. GEMIC Researchers also gave the following presentations: Costas Stylianou, “Research findings from groups of ‘alloglossoi’”; Emily Christodoulou, “Interviews with teachers from Technical School: Racist speech acts or Intimate Jokes?”; Zelia Gregoriou, “I would give my blood for you: Moslem students performativity of belongingness”.
A public lecture by Judith Butler co-organised by geMIC research project
http://www.gemic.eu/?p=543
A public lecture by Judith Butler co-organised by GeMIC research project,
http://www.gemic.eu/?p=543
Sandra Gil Araujo and Claudia Pedone presented their paper, “Family Transnationalism, Gender and Migration Policies”, at the XXVII Congress of the Latin-American Association of Sociology.
http://www.alas.fsoc.uba.ar/html/congreso/ejes_tematicos/convocatoria.html
Nelli Kambouri presented her paper, “Gender, migration and the nation: an intersectional approach to migration policies in
South Europe”, at the 7th European Feminist Research Conference,
http://www.genderstudies.nl/efrc/index.php?pageid=171
Workshop with migrant organizations and individuals for the production of on-line blogs and websites co-organised with the online journal Re-public.
http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=1049
Ana Mukoska presented her paper, “Research activities under the WP 8 of the Ge.M.IC project” at the International Conference “Ideology, Democracy and Social Change in Western Balkans” organized by Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP) by the University of Fribourg.
http://www.rrpp-westernbalkans.net/events_pr?phpMyAdmin=f72f1c3ac670ace9c6f45f52160020de
Maria Stratigaki presented the paper,
“EU policies on gender equality and migration: An 'impossible mission' at national level
(GEMIC)” during the Round Table Discussion: 'Current research on gender politics and in the European Union' at the 7th European Feminist Research Conference
http://www.genderstudies.nl/efrc/index.php?pageid=171
Maria Stratigaki presented the paper,
“EU policies on gender equality and migration: An 'impossible mission' at national level
(GEMIC)” during the Round Table Discussion: 'Current research on gender politics and in the European Union' at the 7th European Feminist Research Conference
http://www.genderstudies.nl/efrc/index.php?pageid=171
Maria Stratigaki chaired the “Researching Gender, migration & Intercultural Interactions in Southern Europe”, at the 7th European Feminist Research Conference, University of Utrecht
http://www.genderstudies.nl/efrc/index.php?pageid=171
Mariana Neagu presented her paper, “Hard News Reporting or How Objectivity Can Merge into Subjectivity” at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the English Department of the University of Bucharest.
http://www.google.gr/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CAYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uni-graz.at%2Faya%2Ffiles%2Fcfp_bucharest_durability.pdf&ei=B-kLS4zJBc-A4Qadl-yPBA&usg=AFQjCNECVDP5q27r9O5CPsaOt_1rudRFYQ&sig2=D42wxnRu3_qt9hfYG3sZ0g
Renata Pepicelli, presented her paper, “The G.eM.IC. project and the first findings of the research on gender, migration and religion in Italy”, at the workshop “European Citizenship and euro- Mediterranean integration”, University of Rome III.
Alexandra Zavos presented her paper “Mapping commonalities and differences in changing gender and migration relations in
Southern Europe”, at the 7th European Feminist Research Conference,
http://www.genderstudies.nl/efrc/index.php?pageid=171
Maria Startigaki at the General Assembly of the ATHENA European Thematic Network on Women’s Gender Studies, Working Group 3A at Utrecht, Netherlands.
http://www.athena3.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=22&Itemid=34
Renata Pepicelli, presented her paper, “Centocelle - East Rome - Migrations, Borders and Religion”, at the workshop “Enclaving Identity, Remaking Borders”, European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Fiesole, Florence. The paper presented the Ge.M.IC. project and the first findings of the research on gender, migration and religion in Italy.
http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean-Archive/Index.shtml
Helen Kambouri presented the paper, “Gendered inequalities and silences in the dominant discourse on migration in South Europe”, at the Conference “Gendered dimensions of migration in South Europe: Policies, Employment, Experiences” organized by the Committee on Gender and Equality.
http://newton.ee.auth.gr%2FgenderIssues%2Fimages%2Fdocs%2Fprogram_imeridas.pdf&ei=HNQLS_SpMM2w4QbevuSHBA&usg=AFQjCNGvIVrYx9MasWMOPN2B5l53FX2yUQ&sig2=_P1vWBgUGzbF_WdS3645jQ
Zelia Gregoriou presented her paper, “Racism and the Banalization of the other women’s accommodation in the Domestic Economy of Child Care: An Analysis of Children’s Discourses.” at the Symposium entitled "Questioning Migration Regimes: Exploring the Intersectionality of Gender and Race", organized by the Mediterranean Institute for Gender Studies, University of Nicosia.
Olga Lafazani presented her paper, “The Re-construction of Greek Borders: Migration Movements, Control Policies and Dominant
Discourse”, at the 2009 Joint Conference on “Migration, Border, and the Nation-State”.
http://english.ttu.edu/complit/2009/09-conference..htm
Sandro Mezzadra presented the paper, “Borderscapes of Differential Inclusion”, at the International Conference :«Reconceptualizing Migration: Economies, Societies and Bio-Politics», organised by the Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University.
http://www.cgt.columbia.edu/events/reconceptualizing_migration_economies_societies_and_bio_politics/
Alexandra Zavos presented her paper,“Gender, migration and education: Challenges for practicing multiculturalism”, at the International Conference “Gender: Regulation and Resistance in Education” of the Gender and Education Association London, Institute of Education. Zavos presented her preliminary research findings on Intercultural Education in Greece, including a critique of intercultural educational policies and their implementation in particular school contexts with large numbers of migrant students.
http://www.ioe.ac.uk/research/16193.html
Zelia Gregoriou participated in the Final Ministerial Conference on “Guidelines for the
Collection of Data on Trafficking in Human Beings, Including Comparable Indicators”, organized by the Austrian Ministry of the Interior and the International Organization for Migration in Vienna. During the discussion the participant raised questions on the effects of victim identification regularization on victim narratives.
http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/eventEU/cache/offonce?entryId=21821
During this workshop, elli Kambouri presented her paper, “Gender, migration and intercultural interactions: the findings of policy analysis in Greece”. Leading researchers in the filed of migration studies as well as representatives of migrant women’s organizations in Greece were invited to discuss and debate two papers summarizing policy analysis results in Greece
“Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach to Media Discourse: Three CDA Models”. Article
published by Mariana Neagu and Gabriela Iuliana Colipcă in the Annals of the “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galaţi. Fascicle XIII – Language and Literature, Vol. 20 (2008), Issue 20, Galaţi University Press, ISSN 1221-4647, pp. 60-74.
http://www.ann.ugal.ro/
“Sexing Borders”, a special issue co-organised with online journal Re-public, was edited by Helen Kambouri. The
issue includes interviews, with leading academics and practitioners on the topic of gender, migration and border crossings which was inspired by the theoretical preparation of GeM.IC and explores many themes developed during the implementation of WP2 and WP3.
http://www.re-public.gr/en/?cat=29
As an extra component of the 2nd steering committee meeting, GeMIC organised an open lecture by Ruba Salih on “Gender and Intersectionality”
http://www.gemic.eu/?p=119
Sandro Mezzadra presented the paper, “Banlieue, metrópolis poscoloniales y conflictos biopolíticos”, at the International Conference “Nuevas Gramáticas de lo Político”, at the Centro de Documentación y Estudios Avanzados de Arte Contemporáneo,
http://www.cendeac.net/actividades/index.php?e=209
Gabriela Iuliana Colipcă presented her paper, “Gender Issues in the Romanian Legislation. Some Terminological Considerations”, during the Conference "Lexic comun/ Lexic specializat" (General Lexicon/ Specialized Lexicon) organized by the research centre Theory and Practice of Discourse of the Department of Romanian Language, Literature and Journalism, Faculty of Letters, “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galaţi.
http://www.lit.ugal.ro/lcls/anunt%20conferinta1-call%20for%20papers1.htm
“Trafficking and the safeguarding national borders from migration”, Paper presented by Helen Kambouri in the International Studies Association (ISA) Conference.. Through this presentation, the findings of the discourse analysis of Greek official policy texts on trafficking (WP3 and WP8) were disseminated to academic audiences.
http://www.isa-sociology.org/barcelona_2008/
Nelli Kambouri presented the paper, “Theorizing neo-racism in international relations”, at the Second Global International Studies WISC Conference. The paper done for the preparation of the project and WP3 policy analysis elaborates a theoretical analysis of intercultural conflict and racism.
http://www.wiscnetwork.org/ljubljana2008/
Georgeta Nazarska and Mila Mancheva presented their paper, “Migration in and from Southeastern Europe,” in the Conference organized by CERMES - Centre for European Refugees, Migration and Ethnic Studies at New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria and Austrian Research and Liaison Office.
http://www.google.gr/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CAYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmapage.noos.fr%2Firiv.info%2FArticle%2520Sofia%2520TIPS%25202008.pdf&ei=xOALS9qmLYiF4QauibmTBA&usg=AFQjCNFBaGa9NXEPcboWoHJEltCZIRUYpQ&sig2=UBgWDMuKFzY392H_mg0peA
Georgeta Nazarska and
Mila Mancheva presented their paper, “Migrant Diasporas and Decentralized Development” at the IMISCOE A2 Conference held at the Erasmus University.
http://www.imiscoe.org/research/clusters/a2.html
Zelia Gregoriou presented heer paper, “Blinding Gaze of Intercultural Education: From the ‘culture of the other’ to the cultural
interpretation of othering in educational settings.” at the MESCE International Conference tilted "Intercultural dialogue through Education".
http://www.educ.um.edu.mt/mesce/
Workshop for migrant children. Ge.M.IC. has collaborated with online journal RE-public and the United African Womens Organization in the organization of a workshop for migrant children to learn about and experiment with laptops in the Greek Forum of Migrants.
http://www.re-public.gr/if/en/?p=24
Sandro Mezzadra presented the paper, “The Labor of Translation. Imagining the Politics of Translation: Beyond Communication and Articulation”, at the International Conference “Borders, Nations, Translations. The Political Limits of Cultural Trans-Nationalism”, WUK / Kunsthalle Exnergasse,
http://translate.eipcp.net/
A brief presentation of the Ge.M.IC. project (its structure and main objectives) was included in the proceedings volume of the international conference "Translation Studies: Retrospective and Prospective Views", 2nd edition , Galaţi, Romania, published at the beginning of 2008.
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