REMESO Graduate School in Migration, Ethnicity and Society

The REMESO Graduate School in Migration, Ethnicity and Society offers courses for Swedish and international postgraduate students (PhD or MA) that address a variety of theoretical, methodological and empirical perspectives on international migration. Courses are taught by REMESO staff and international guest lecturers.

The course program links current research on international migration and ethnic relations with studies on political economy, labour, citizenship, gender, culture and human rights. Individual courses address issues of asylum, documented and undocumented labour migration, social integration, urban segregation and racism and ethnic discrimination. Run by one of Sweden’s top research institutions in ethnic and migration research, the Graduate School provides an excellent opportunity for PhD students to develop their knowledge base research skills. For Master level students, REMESO courses offer knowledge valued by employers in the public and private sectors dealing with migrant integration, issues of social inclusion and public policy implementation.

Autumn 2012

Theories of Ethnicity and Nationalism: Contemporary and Historical Debates

10 September – 12 October, intensive week 24-28 September

Migration and Labour

22 October - 23 November, intensive week 5-9 November

More information and registration form will soon be posted here. For information contact Grad School Coordinator Tünde Puskas - tunde.puskas@liu.se

General information:

• The courses are offered to postgraduate students (PhD or MA).
• Courses comprise 5 weeks of full-time work for 7,5 ECTS. Students spend one intensive week at REMESO, at Linköping University, Campus Norrköping. Courses are usually examined by a paper assignment.
• There is no course fee. No grants are offered. Students are offered accommodation.

Spring 2012

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International Migration, Ethnicity and Gender: Intersectional Perspectives on Labour, Power and Citizenship

2 April – 4 May, 2012, Intensive on-campus week: 16-20 April
Deadline for applications: 2 March, 2012
Course directors: Anna Bredström, PhD, REMESO and Prof. Diana Mulinari, University of Lund.

Gästföreläsare är Prof. Gail Lewis, Open University, UK, Prof. Helma Lutz, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Ty., och Paula Mulinari, PhD, Malmö högskola.

This course draws on a variety of theoretical approaches to explore the centrality of gender at different levels of the migration process. It pursues an intersectional analysis of migration and focus on how articulations of class, ethnicity, gender/sexuality and generation shape the experiences of migrants across Europe. Questions concerning international migration, citizenship rights, gender relations and the global economy are discussed. Theories and concepts of migration, ethnicity, racism and multiculturalism will be critically examined from an intersectional perspective.

Syllabus

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Fall 2012

Application for these courses are accepted from April 15 and onward, forms will then be uploaded to the web page. 

Theories of Ethnicity and Nationalism – Historical and Contemporary Debates

Course directors: Peo Hansen, Tünde Puskás, Stefan Jonsson, Anna Bredström REMESO/LiU.

The course provides a survey of main ideas underlying debates on ethnicity and nationalism. Issues of national and ethnic identifications as well as theories on multiculturalism and ethnic and national mobilization will be tackled within five course themes. The course themes examine the key theoretical debates and critically assess the ways in which concepts are used in everyday discourse, politics and in the social and human sciences.

Migration and Labour in a Global Economy

Course directors: Professor of Labour Studies Charles Woolfson, Linköping University/REMESO; PhD, Guest Lecturer, Branka Likic-Brboric, Linköping University/REMESO and Dep. of Government, Uppsala University, Associate Professor Zoran Slavnic, Linköping University/REMESO.

This course aims to provide an understanding of the barriers to decent work and protected labour standards in the global and European economy. Empirically, it examines the wider political economy of neo-liberalism, especially in the context of post-communist societies. These broader changes are in turn linked to the issue of migration, as labour from Eastern Europe has migrated to the core European Union older member states bringing different experiences and assumptions regarding labour standards and industrial relations. Thus, the course examines labour relations, standard-setting and enforcement strategies by labour market actors such as trade unions, by regulatory bodies such as labour inpectorates and by supra-national governance bodies such as the International Labour Organisation and the European Union.

General information:

• The courses are offered to postgraduate students (PhD or MA).
• Courses comprise 5 weeks of full-time work for 7,5 ECTS. Students spend one intensive week at REMESO, at Linköping University, Campus Norrköping. Courses are usually examined by a paper assignment.
• There is no course fee. No grants are offered. Students are offered accommodation.