Seminars Spring 2012

REMESO seminara are held at 10-12 am om wednesdays in room B533 ("Bomull"), unless otherwise is noted. Others are also welcome to participate, contact us for information and texts. Associate Professor Alireza Behtoui ( alireza.behtoui@liu.se ) and Professor Stefan Jonsson (stefan.jonsson@liu.se ) are in charcge of the seminars.

2012-02-22

Book seminar on Craig Calhoun, the nation and the nation state

Seminar - REMESO - Department of Social and Welfare Studies
Peo Hansen, Associate professor at REMESO, introduces Craig Calhouns book ”Nations Matter: Culture, History and the Cosmopolitan Dream”.
10:00 - 12:00
Location: B533

2012-02-29

Dissertation seminar (20%): Nedzad Mesic

Seminar - REMESO - Department of Social and Welfare Studies
Nedzad Mesic (REMESO) presents his dissertation project.
10:00 - 12:00
Location: OBS! B43 Lärosal

2012-03-07

Book seminar on Susan Buck-Morss

Seminar - REMESO - Department of Social and Welfare Studies
Stefan Jonsson, Professor at REMESO, organizes a seminar on the book Hegel, Haiti and Universal History, written by Susan Buck-Morss.
10:15 - 12:00
Location: B250

2012-03-14

REMESO guest seminar: Shahram Khosravi, Stockholm University

Seminar - REMESO - Department of Social and Welfare Studies
Associate Professor Shahram Khosravi, Stockholm University, presents an ongoing project about the situation of undocumented migrants on the labour market.
10:15 - 12:00
Location: B533

2012-03-28

REMESO Guest Seminar: Judy Fudge, University of Victoria, Canada

Seminar - REMESO - Department of Social and Welfare Studies
10:00 - 12:00
Location: B533

2012-04-11

REMESO guest seminar: Patricia Lorenzoni, Gothenburg University

Seminar - REMESO - Department of Social and Welfare Studies
Patricia Lorenzoni, intellectual historian at the School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, presents research on nationhood, ethnicity and citizenship: 'Between "isolated" and "integrated": Indigenous minority legislation in Brazil and the classification of the Other'.
10:00 - 12:00
Location: B533

2012-04-18

REMESO Guest seminar: Professor Gail Lewis, Open University

Seminar - REMESO - Department of Social and Welfare Studies
Lecture by Professor Gail Lewis, dept of sociology, Open University. In collaboration with REMESO Graduate School.
10:15 - 12:00
Location: B43 Lärosal

2012-04-25

Dissertation seminar (pre-defense): Brigitte Suter

Seminar - REMESO - Department of Social and Welfare Studies
More information to be announced.
10:00 - 12:00
Location: B533

2012-05-15

Guest seminar, Professor Nira Yuval-Davis

Seminar - REMESO - Department of Social and Welfare Studies
presentation on her recent book on "The Piolitics of Belonging: Intersectional Contestations"
13:15 - 15:00
Location: B42

2012-05-16

REMESO seminar: Mattias Tydén, ISAK, Linköping University

Seminar - REMESO - Department of Social and Welfare Studies
Mattias Tydén, recently appointed Associate professor in history at Linköping University, and author of several important books on the history of immigration, racism, and eugenics in Sweden, presents his research.
10:00 - 12:00
Location: B533

2012-05-29

Dissertation seminar (20%): Indre Genelyte

Seminar - REMESO - Department of Social and Welfare Studies
Indre Genelyte (REMESO) presents her dissertation project.
10:15 - 12:00

2012-06-12

Dissertation seminar (pre-defense): Caroline Tovatt

Seminar - REMESO - Department of Social and Welfare Studies
More information to be announced.
10:00 - 12:00
Location: B533

2012-06-13

REMESO Seminar: Anna Gavanas, Stockholm University

Seminar - REMESO - Department of Social and Welfare Studies
Associate professor Anna Gavanas, visiting researcher at REMESO in the spring of 2012, and author of "Who Cleans the Welfare State? Migration, informalization, social exclusion and domestic services", presents new research. More information to be announced.
10:15 - 12:00