Worldwide Call for participants: Training about Migration in Germany: All costs covered: #Urgent
Third Annual Conference of the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS, Regensburg)
This conference aims at exploring a range of social, economic and cultural effects of migration on the countries of East and Southeast Europe. To facilitate a multi-disciplinary dialogue between scholars from history, economics, and cognate fields of the humanities and social sciences, presentations should concentrate on the period from the 19th century to the present. Specific topics include, but are not confined to:
- Determinants, patterns, and consequences of migration
- Expectations, risks and migrant strategies
- Labour market impact
- Education and skill levels
- Remittances, changes in living standards and well-being
- Transformation of values and attitudes, social capital and trust
- Policy responses and impact on political development
- Social networks and diasporas
- Return migration and re-integration of repatriates
- Long-term effects and path dependencies
Important dates:
January 18, 2015 Deadline for paper proposal submissions
February 14, 2015 Notification of acceptance
June 15, 2015 Deadline for full paper submissions
Submissions (in Word or PDF format) to AnnualConference@ios-regensburg.de should include:
- an abstract (max. 300 words)
- a short CV including your institutional affiliation and contact details
The conference language is English. IOS Regensburg will cover travel (up to 500 EUR) and accommodation costs of presenters.
Conveners: Edvin Pezo, Olga Popova
Contact: Institut für Ost und Südosteuropaforschung, Landshuter Straße 4, D-93047 Regensburg, Phone: (0941) 943 54 10, fax: (0941) 943 54 27, email: info@ios-regensburg.de, Internet: www.ios-regensburg.de
Category: Projects
