UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration

19/11/2021

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK 2021

"The Ungrateful Refugee" : Dina Nayeri in conversation with Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi

Wed, Nov 17, 2021 | 9:30 a.m.– 10:45 a.m. PST
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04/06/2021

Our last event of the year happening right now! Join us :)

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Celebration of UCLA Migration Sociology. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

03/06/2021

Tomorrow, our LAST event of the academic year, we celebrate the publication of five books by recent graduates of the UCLA PhD program in Sociology.

Book Authors:
Laura Enriquez, Associate Professor, Department of Chicano/Latino Studies, University of California, Irvine, Of Love and Papers: How Immigration Policy Affects Romance and Family

Tahseen Shams, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Here, There, and Elsewhere
The Making of Immigrant Identities in a Globalized World

Rocío Rosales, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine, Fruteros: Street Vending, Illegality, and Ethnic Community in Los Angeles

David Trouille, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, James Madison University, Fútbol In The Park: Immigrants, Soccer, And The Creation Of Social Ties

Eli Wilson, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Front of the House, Back of the House: Race and Inequality in the Lives of Restaurant Workers

Discussant:
David FitzGerald is Professor, Gildred Chair in U.S.-Mexican Relations and Co-Director, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

Jaeeun Kim is Korea Foundation Endowed Associate Professor at the University of Michigan.

Register here:

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Celebration of UCLA Migration Sociology. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

03/06/2021

This is our last week of programming and we would love to hear your thoughts about possible topics and presenters for next year.

We also would like your input re: your preference for Zoom meetings vs. Zoom webinars.

Fill out this really quick survey here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=wUQc6jN2B0Oi-R8ZVsbkG2k1n4kJHw5JmIyWqclFyEVUNFU2VTBCTllNV0JENlJIMEREU0pXS0wwSC4u&fbclid=IwAR3zddax-f1r1onAcznDiVRcPVydvtzxsWIiau2AINc7a140UQV4SMGAQlA

Thank you!!

01/06/2021

This Friday we celebrate the publication of five books by recent graduates of the UCLA PhD program in Sociology.

Book Authors:
Laura Enriquez, Associate Professor, Department of Chicano/Latino Studies, University of California, Irvine, Of Love and Papers: How Immigration Policy Affects Romance and Family

Tahseen Shams, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Here, There, and Elsewhere
The Making of Immigrant Identities in a Globalized World

Rocío Rosales, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine, Fruteros: Street Vending, Illegality, and Ethnic Community in Los Angeles

David Trouille, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, James Madison University, Fútbol In The Park: Immigrants, Soccer, And The Creation Of Social Ties

Eli Wilson, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Front of the House, Back of the House: Race and Inequality in the Lives of Restaurant Workers

Discussant:
David FitzGerald is Professor, Gildred Chair in U.S.-Mexican Relations and Co-Director, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

Jaeeun Kim is Korea Foundation Endowed Associate Professor at the University of Michigan.

Register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uByjWQIIQFCbyx1DNjVTgA

27/05/2021

Tomorrow join us in a conversation with the book author of The Wealth of Refugees: How Displaced People Can Build Economies.

The Wealth of Refugees draws upon a decade of original qualitative and quantitative research to offer practical solutions.

Focusing on refugees in camps and cities in Africa, it identifies approaches that can be effective in improving the welfare of refugees, increasing social cohesion between refugees and host communities, and reducing the need for onward migration. The book argues that the key lies in unlocking the potential contributions of refugees themselves. They bring skills, talents, and aspirations and can be a benefit rather than a burden to receiving societies. Realizing this potential relies upon moving beyond a purely humanitarian focus to fully include refugees in host country economies, build economic opportunities in refugee-hosting regions, and navigate the ambiguous politics of refugee protection.

Book Author:
Alexander Betts is Director of Refugee Economies Programme at the University of Oxford.

Discussant:
Samuel Bazzi is an Associate Professor of Economics at Boston University.

https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Qu88gYtzQpCLhj3c4d-WnQ

24/05/2021

Please join us Friday for a conversation with the book author of The Wealth of Refugees: How Displaced People Can Build Economies.

The Wealth of Refugees draws upon a decade of original qualitative and quantitative research to offer practical solutions.

Focusing on refugees in camps and cities in Africa, it identifies approaches that can be effective in improving the welfare of refugees, increasing social cohesion between refugees and host communities, and reducing the need for onward migration. The book argues that the key lies in unlocking the potential contributions of refugees themselves. They bring skills, talents, and aspirations and can be a benefit rather than a burden to receiving societies. Realizing this potential relies upon moving beyond a purely humanitarian focus to fully include refugees in host country economies, build economic opportunities in refugee-hosting regions, and navigate the ambiguous politics of refugee protection.

Book Author:
Alexander Betts is Director of Refugee Economies Programme at the University of Oxford.

Discussant:
Samuel Bazzi is an Associate Professor of Economics at Boston University.

Register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Qu88gYtzQpCLhj3c4d-WnQ

21/05/2021

Don't forget to fill out our survey re: planning for the upcoming year.

Feel free to share who you want CSIM to possibly host or the topics related to migration you'd like us to cover.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=wUQc6jN2B0Oi-R8ZVsbkG2k1n4kJHw5JmIyWqclFyEVUNFU2VTBCTllNV0JENlJIMEREU0pXS0wwSC4u&fbclid=IwAR3wlz8VRPYpPspKGmnreFGnE8lCYf7H-OgOHm6rqby2D8LwJHuuQIjtS7I

20/05/2021

TOMORROW join UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration at 12PM (PST) for a conversation with the book author of Adventure Capital: and the Making of an Hub in .

In this groundbreaking work, Julie Kleinman chronicles how West Africans use the Gare du Nord to create economic opportunities, confront police harassment, and forge connections to people outside of their communities. Drawing on ten years of ethnographic research, including an internship at the French national railway company, Kleinman reveals how racial inequality is ingrained in the order of Parisian public space. She vividly describes the extraordinary ways that African migrants retool French transit infrastructure to build alternative pathways toward social and economic integration where state institutions have failed. In doing so, these adventurers defy boundaries—between migrant and citizen, center and periphery, neighbor and stranger—that have shaped urban planning and immigration policy. Adventure Capital offers a new understanding of contemporary migration and belonging, capturing the central role that West African migrants play in revitalizing French urban life.

Book Author:
Julie Kleinman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Fordham University.

Discussant:
Laurie Hart is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Register to attend here: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fNKLepNUT5Sl-AqBct7VFA

20/05/2021

Check out this event today by Zócalo Public Square as the celebrate Jia Lynn Yang for her prize winning book, "One Mighty and Irresistible Tide," examining America's immigration policies.

Has the United States ever been the nation of immigrants that it purports to be?

On May 20, Jia Lynn Yang will discuss her Zócalo Book Prize winning book, “One Mighty and Irresistible Tide,” a clear-eyed look at how America’s immigration policy came to be. Yang will be interviewed by Stanford University sociologist Tomás Jiménez. Register and join the live discussion: https://zps.la/3gurKLW

For a chance to win a free copy of Yang’s book, fill out this form and let us know what the American immigrant experience means to you: https://zps.la/3hFxmDF

17/05/2021

Join UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration this FRIDAY at 12PM (PST) for a conversation with the book author of Adventure Capital: and the Making of an Hub in .

In this groundbreaking work, Julie Kleinman chronicles how West Africans use the Gare du Nord to create economic opportunities, confront police harassment, and forge connections to people outside of their communities. Drawing on ten years of ethnographic research, including an internship at the French national railway company, Kleinman reveals how racial inequality is ingrained in the order of Parisian public space. She vividly describes the extraordinary ways that African migrants retool French transit infrastructure to build alternative pathways toward social and economic integration where state institutions have failed. In doing so, these adventurers defy boundaries—between migrant and citizen, center and periphery, neighbor and stranger—that have shaped urban planning and immigration policy. Adventure Capital offers a new understanding of contemporary migration and belonging, capturing the central role that West African migrants play in revitalizing French urban life.

Book Author:
Julie Kleinman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Fordham University.

Discussant:
Laurie Hart is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Register to attend here: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fNKLepNUT5Sl-AqBct7VFA