Call for Papers: Workshop on Diasporas and Challenges to Statehood in the Middle East and North Africa

Workshop on “Diasporas and Challenges to Statehood in the Middle East and North Africa” as part of the ERC project conference on 28-29 September, 2017 at Warwick University [gview file=”https://macimide.maastrichtuniversity.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/erc_diasporas_and_middle_east_workshop.pdf”]

Workshop: (CRRC) Comparative Research on Refugee ‘Crisis’

The Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Journalism and Political Communication Divisions of NeFCA are delighted to invite you to the “Workshop: (CRRC) Comparative Research on Refugee ‘Crisis’, targeting to debate the refugee crisis (and…

29/09/2017 CReAM/RWI Workshop on the Economics of Migration

On September 29-30, 2017, CReAM (Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration at University College London) and RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research organize a workshop on the ‘Economics of Migration’ in Essen, Germany. The aim of the workshop…

CfP: Transnational families and divorce: revisiting marital break-up in times of global (im)mobilities

Extended deadline Call for papers: International conference Transnational families and divorce: revisiting marital break-up in times of global (im)mobilities 27-29 September 2017, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands The ruptures affecting interpersonal relationships in ‘transnational families’ have received strong scholarly interest…

15/02/2017 TRANSMIC Workshop on the External Dimension of EU Social Security Coordination

The Law faculty of Maastricht University in cooperation with the University of Antwerp organises a workshop on the External Dimension of EU Social Security Coordination within the project Transnational Migration, Citizenship and the Circulation of Rights and Responsibilities (TRANSMIC), funded…

11-13/07/2016 First Youth Congress on Statelessness

First Youth Congress on Statelessness organised by ESN, with the support of MACIMIDE Few people wonder what life would be like without any nationality, or even know that it is possible to be stateless. This presents a challenge when trying to…

14/06/2016: Movie screening & Discussion “Mail-Order Brides in the European Union”

Movie screening & Discussion “Mail-Order Brides in the European Union” During the event, we will fist watch the documentary “Bride Trafficking Unveiled”. The documentary investigates the global bride trafficking industry, in which women become commodities for profit and sex. Travelling…

Successful PhD Workshop on Urban Ethnography

The PhD workshop on Urban Ethnography, organised by the Transnational Families research theme of MACIMIDE, was held at FASoS on 30th and 31st May 2016. Against all odds (transport strikes in Belgium and multiple railway works in the Netherlands during those days),…

17/06/2016: ITEM Workshop “Towards a Euregional market of transactions in immovable property and hypothecary financing”

ITEM Workshop Towards a Euregional market of transactions in immovable property and hypothecary financing On 17 June 2016, Maastricht University’s interdisciplinary Institute for Transnational and Euregional cooperation and Mobility / ITEM is organising a workshop on the Euregional market of…

30-31/05/2016: MACIMIDE PhD Workshop on Urban Ethnography

PhD Workshop on Urban Ethnography Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE), Research theme Transnational Families  Organisers: Joan van Geel and  Ester Serra Mingot During the two-day workshop, 12 PhD researchers from across The Netherlands will discuss ethical and methodological challenges encountered…