States and Emigrants

Seminar Series Trinity Term 2006 / Thursdays 14.00 - 15.30, Convened by Xiang Biao

Seminar Room, Pauling Centre, 58a Banbury Road, Oxford

27 April, 2006: Should labour migration be left to the market? Some lessons for origin states

Manolo Abella, Senior Research Fellow, COMPAS, Oxford; former Director of the International Migration Programme, International Labour Organization
11 May, 2006: Wooing political and financial support from Chinese migrant populations: The Chinese state as a strategic operator of migration

Dr Mette ThunØ, Associate Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen
11 May, 2006: Between courting and controlling: The Moroccan state and 'its' emigrants

Dr Hein de Haas, Research Officer, International Migration Institute, Oxford
18 May, 2006: Embracing the forgotten child? Changes in India 's diaspora policy

Dr Marie Lall, Chatham House and School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
25 May, 2006: Diasporas and development in the wake of war

Dr Nicholas Van Hear, Senior Researcher, COMPAS, Oxford
1 June, 2006: 'Diaspora' as a state category: The case of Croatia 'Diaspora' as a state category: The case of Croatia

Francesco Ragazzi , Phd Candidate, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, Fulbright visiting Scholar, Northwestern University
8 June, 2006: Brokering labour: The state, migrants and Philippine transnationalisms

Dr Robyn Magalit Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey