Programme
Plenary & Semi-plenary sessions
This opening plenary session will discuss the social processes through which (some) individuals on the move become socially transformed into migrants, how even some non-mobile individuals (descendants of migrants, for example) become categorized as...
The social construction of migration intersects other topics of social research such as gender, class, race and ethnicity, identity, and ideology. Building upon the intersectional character of migration research, this semi-plenary aim is to contribute...
Building on the ontological and conceptual reflections known as the reflexive turn in current migration research, this semi-plenary aims to discuss how a number of categories, distinctions and hierarchies between citizens and foreigners, nationals and...
This year the Jury of the IMISCOE Maria Ioannis Baganha Award organises a special session where some of the past winners of this prestigious award (Zanna Vathi, Alistair Hunter, and Apolostolos Andrikopoulos) can share the impact of this award to their...
The formation of nation-states was an uneven process, occurring as it did, at a time when the inequalities and inequities of colonialism and imperialism were played out through varieties of national and local bordering practices. In light of this, this...