Comprehensive Immigration Reform: An Update May 14, 2013 New York, NY Last month, the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” senators introduced the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, outlining a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., establishing new border security and enforcement measures, and [...]
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Monday, May 6th: Alejandro Portes, “Latin American Institutions and Development: A Comparative Analysis”
The New School’s Global Studies program and the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy invite you to attend: Latin American Institutions and Development: A Comparative Analysis Register now! The New School’s Global Studies Program and the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) welcome Alejandro Portes, a prominent migration [...]
Work in Progress Session: Dani Kranz
Please join us this afternoon for our second ICMEC work in progress session (organized by Cristina Dragomir). Our presenter will be Dani Kranz from Erfurt University with a paper titled The social and legal situation of non-Jewish partners and spouses of Israeli Jews in Israel. Please RSVP at dragc200@newschool.edu. Friday, April 5, 4-5:30pm 6 E [...]
Work in Progress Session: Maria Antonia Carbonero Garmundí
We hope you will be able to join us for our first ICMEC work in progress session this semester. These sessions will be coordinated by Cristina Dragomir (PhD Politics) who has generously offered to help with ICMEC activities this semester. Please get in touch with her if you would like to present your work or [...]
Work in Progress Session: Maria Kaneti
Please join us for our next ICMEC Work in Progress Series presentation on Friday November 30, 3pm. Location: 6 E 16th St, 7th floor (room TBC). Presenter: Maria Kaneti (Politics) Title: “Metis and the migrant: interacting with the state beyond agonism and dissensus” Description: This paper seeks to theorize the interactions between undocumented migrants and [...]
The Economy vs. Immigration: What will unlock the Latino vote in 2012?
October 18, 2012, 6-8 p.m. 55 West 13th Street, Theresa Lang Center, Mezzanine As they did in 2008, Latino voters are again expected to play a pivotal role in the presidential election. But unlike 2008, when immigration reform was the dominant issue for many Latinos, this time it is less clear what will motivate them. [...]
The Rights of Noncitizens? Immigration, Boundaries, and Citizenship in Contemporary Democratic Politics
September 28-29, 2012 A workshop Co-sponsored by Politics & Society and by The International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship (ICMEC) In most accounts of democracy, rights and citizenship are closely linked. Yet actual democracies contain many people who are not full citizens in legal and political terms, and who are present for brief or [...]
A Country with No Exit? Migrations from Communist Countries
September 18, 2012, 6-8 p.m. Hirshorn Suite, 55 West 13th Street, Mezzanine Level Thanks to the Soviet-style system of police control and the revolutionary changes since 1989, international mobility from European communist states is probably the best documented social phenomenon of this kind and a unique experiment in the limits of state control. Dariusz Stola [...]
Race and Immigration Policy in the Americas
April 11, 2012, 6-8 p.m. Orientation Room, 2 West 13th Street (at Fifth Ave) Understandings of immigration policy have all too often been limited by national blinders that fail to understand the full weight of interactions across borders. Domestic class conflict is a necessary but insufficient explanation for patterns of ethnic selection. Policies often converged [...]
About ICMEC
The International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship (ICMEC) seeks to advance interdisciplinary research on various aspects of past and present patterns of international migration and immigrant integration in order to better understand their dynamics, the determinants of state policies in this sphere, and the development of global migration regimes. The center's aspiration is to foster the development of normatively desirable and progressive policies and practices.
