Call for Papers: Emerging Immigration Scholars Conference February 26 and 27, 2016 UCLA

This conference, organized by the UCLA Center for the Study of 
International Migration seeks to create an interdisciplinary space for 
junior immigration scholars to share drafts of their research and 
writing projects and get to know one another. It will be open to 
emerging immigration scholars, including post-doctoral fellows and 
tenure-track and non-tenure track faculty who have held professorial 
positions for eight years or fewer.   The conference seeks to attract 
presenters working in a broad range of social science disciplines, as 
well as ethnic studies, law, public health, urban planning, public 
policy, and social welfare. 

The conference will consist of workshops, with comments by leading 
immigration scholars, as well as two conference-wide panel sessions. 
Commentators and panelists include Matt Barreto, Rogers Brubaker, Jack 
Citrin, Louis DiSipio, Ingrid Eagly, Kelly Lytle Hernandez, Ruben 
Hernandez-Leon, Hiroshi Motomura, Marjorie Orellana, Carola 
Suarez-Orozco, David Sears, Roberto Suro, Roger Waldinger, Steven 
Wallace, and Andreas Wimmer 
The workshops are designed to allow for intensive discussion and 
constructive criticism of papers that may still be in the in-process 
stage.  Papers submitted for works-in-progress sessions should range 
from 25 to no more than 40 (double-spaced) pages in length. 
The conference will also be open to participants who may not have a 
paper to present.  However, the expectation in any workshop is that 
all participants will be expected to be able to comment on papers 
discussed in that session. 
Interested presenters are requested to submit a draft paper or a 5 
page prospectus, with c.v., which can be uploaded at this address: 
http://ucla.in/1NAXFDG.  The deadline for submissions is January 1, 
2016.  Decisions will be made by no later than January 15, 2016. 
Presenters will then be asked to register ten days following 
notification of acceptance. 
Presenters and participants will be charged a conference registration 
fee of $75.   For presenters traveling from beyond the LA region, the 
UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration will pay for up 
to two nights of accommodation at the UCLA guest house on either 
February 25 and 26 or February 26 and 27.   However, participants will 
need to pay for their own transportation. 
For more information, please contact Peter Catron, 
pcatron@ucla.edu<mailto:pcatron@ucla.edu> 
UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration 
http://www.international.ucla.edu/migration/