WLRI Lunchtime Seminar Series 2009
Migration, globalisation and class
These seminars are free and open to all but with limited space. So please register in advance by emailing or calling Max Watson so we can book refreshments: 020 7320 3010 / m.watson@londonmet.ac.uk
Please come to join the WLRI for lunch at 12.30, and the seminar will start promptly afterwards, at:
12.45 - 2.00pm
The Function Room (JS1-41)
London Metropolitan University
31 Jewry Street
London EC3N 2EY
See our contacts page for map and details.
If you miss any of the seminars, you can always download the introductions from our audio page.
February 11th
"Migration and Development: the case of Albania"
- Dr Juli Vullnetari, Research Fellow, Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR), University of Sussex and
- Dr. Nick Mai, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of European Transformations (ISET), London Metropolitan University
See here for more details.
March 4th
"Obama and the Politics of Hope"
- Prof. Les Back, Deputy Head of Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Click here for more details.
April 1st
"Labour Market Reform in EMU: what has the financial crisis taught us?"
- Dr. Vassilis Monastiriotis, Senior Lecturer, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science
More information on this seminar here.
May 6th
"The Process of National Apperception: A Case of the Proms"
- Dr Gordana Uzelac, Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied Social Sciences (DASS), London Metropolitan University
More information on this seminar here.
June 3rd
"Migration and Risk: theoretical framework"
- Prof. Allan Williams, Institute for the Study of European Transformations (ISET), London Metropolitan University
More information on this seminar here.
July and August - Summer recess
September 2nd
"Managing Race Relations in a Youth Offenders’ Institution"
- Marek Kazmierski, Ethnic Diversity Manager, Feltham Youth Offenders’ Institution
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October 7th
"The Changing Responses to Vulnerability: migrants, refugees, asylum seekers"
- Nick Scott-Flynn, Head of Refugee Services, British Red Cross
November 4th
"The Migration Industry and Civil Society: Poles in the UK"
- Dr Michal Garapich, Research Fellow, Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, Roehampton University
December 2nd
"Migrants in the UK Sex Industry: social mobility, immigration status and working conditions"
- Dr Nick Mai, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of European Transformations (ISET), London Metropolitan University
More information on this seminar here.
