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International conference and inauguration of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1604
›Production of Migration: Figures, Infrastructures and Spaces‹
23-25 October 2024, Osnabrück University
The conference ›Production of Migration: Figures, Infrastructures and Spaces‹ inaugurates the new Collaborative Research Centre ›Production of Migration‹ (SFB 1604). Different panels will discuss the Research Centre’s agenda and conceptual approach. The conference will be the starting point for various collaborations within the research community and with the wider public.
The SFB ›Production of Migration‹ is an interdisciplinary consortium funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), that sets out to collectively develop a reflexive theory of the social production of migration over the next twelve years. Launched in April 2024, around 50 researchers from the fields of geography, history, psychology, linguistics, law and social sciences are investigating various forms, facets and consequences of the social negotiation of migration. Comprising 15 projects grouped in three project areas, the SFB is dedicated to explore what it considers to be central ›media‹ in the production of migration: figures, infrastructures and spaces.
The conference is an in-person event and registration is required. Livestreams of the opening event (in German) and the conference sessions (in English) will be available.
Venue: The opening event and the conference will be held in the main building (Castle) of Osnabrück University: Neuer Graben 29, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany: Map, Travelling information.
Registration is now open!
Please register for the conference by 31 August. Please note: Places are limited. We will send out confirmation e-mails from mid-August.
(Preliminary) Conference programme
Opening of the SFB 1604 | Wednesday, 23 October
18:00-20:00 | Opening adress by SUSANNE MENZEL-RIEDL (President of Osnabrück University), ANDREAS POTT (SFB 1604 Spokesperson) and HELEN SCHWENKEN (IMIS Director) | |
Panel discussion ›Migration research in times of social polarisation‹ with ANNA AMELINA (Cottbus), JANINE DAHINDEN (Neuchâtel), ARMIN NASSEHI (München) and ALADIN EL-MAFAALANI (SFB 1604) | ||
The opening event will be held in German, translation into English will be provided. | ||
20:00 | Reception |
International conference | Thursday, 24 October
PRODUCTION OF MIGRATION | ||
9.00-9.30 | Introduction into the SFB’s Research Programme: ANDREAS POTT (SFB 1604) | |
FIGURES | ||
9.30-11.00 | Keynotes by CATHERINE S. RAMÍREZ (Santa Cruz) and KAREN PHALET (Leuven) | |
[Coffee break] | ||
MIGRATION RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION | ||
11.30-13.00 | Round Table with ADRIAN FAVELL (Cork), MAURICE STIERL (SFB 1604), MARTINA TAZZIOLI (Bologna), N.N. | |
| [Lunch break] | |
INFRASTRUCTURES | ||
14.00-15.30 | Keynotes by THOMAS SPIJKERBOER (Amsterdam) and FEDERICA INFANTINO (Nice) | |
VIRTUAL PRODUCTIONS | ||
15.30-16.00 | Presentation ›Building Exhibitions, Changing Places‹ | |
| [Coffee break] | |
SPACES | ||
16.30-18.00 | Keynotes by PARVATI RHAGURAM (Open University) and HENK VAN HOUTUM (Nijmegen) | |
REFLECTION | ||
18.00-18.30 | Commentaries by CHRISTIANE REINECKE (SFB 1604) and BORIS NIESWAND (Tübingen) | |
18.30 | Get-together, food & drinks |
Project workshops | Friday, 25 October (9-14 hrs)
- Participation by invitation only -
List of contributers
Prof. Dr. Anna Amelina | Intercultural Studies, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg (GER) | |
Dr. Sebastián Cobarrubias | Geograpy, ARAID Research Foundation/University of Zaragoza (ESP) | |
Prof. Dr. Janine Dahinden | Transnational Studies, SFB 1604 Mercator Fellow, University of Neuchâtel (SUI) | |
Prof. Dr. Adrian Favell | Social and Political Theory, University College Cork (IRL) | |
Dr. Federia Infantino | Migration Studies, Université Côte d'Azur (F) | |
Prof. Dr. Armin Nassehi | Sociology, LMU München (GER) | |
Prof. Dr. Boris Nieswand | Sociology, University of Tübingen (GER) | |
Prof. Dr. Karen Phalet | Social and Cultural Psychology, KU Leuven (NL) | |
Prof. Dr. Parvati Raghuram | Geography, The Open University (UK) | |
Prof. Dr. Catherine S. Ramírez | Latin American and Latino Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz (USA) | |
Prof. Dr. Thomas Spijkerboer | Migration Law, VU Amsterdam (NL) | |
Prof. Dr. Martina Tazzioli | Geography, University of Bologna (I) | |
Prof. Dr. Henk van Houtum | Political Geography, Radboud University Nijmegen (NL) | |
Prof. Dr. Aladin El-Mafaalani | Sociology, SFB 1604 (projects A2 & T), TU Dortmund (GER) | |
Prof. Dr. Christine Lang | Social Geography, SFB 1604 (project C3 & IRTG), Osnabrück University (GER) | |
Prof. Dr. Isabella Löhr | History, SFB 1604 (project A5), FU Berlin & ZZF Potsdam (GER) | |
Prof. Dr. Andreas Pott | Social Geography, SFB 1604 (Spokesperson, projects C1 & C5), Osnabrück University (GER) | |
Prof. Dr. Christoph Rass | History, SFB 1604 (projects A3 & T), Osnabrück University (GER) | |
Prof. Dr. Christiane Reinecke | History, SFB 1604 (project C2), Europa-Universität Flensburg (GER) | |
Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheffer | Sociology, SFB 1604 (project C5), Goethe University Frankfurt (GER) | |
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schneckener | Political Science, SFB 1604 (project B2), Osnabrück University (GER) | |
Prof. Dr. Helen Schwenken | Sociology, SFB 1604 (Dep. Spokesperson, projects B3 & IRTG), Osnabrück University (GER) | |
Dr. Maurice Stierl | Political Sociology/Geography, SFB 1604 (project C4), Osnabrück University (GER) |