The latest issue of the journal Cultures & Conflits (76) has just been published. Edited by IdentiNet participants Dider Bigo and Pierre Piazza, and featuring a contribution from IdentiNet participant Ilsen About, the issue explores ‘Fichage et Listing’, and contains French-language articles on the transnational traffic in personal data, the control of mobility, and the challenges of achieving a balance between public safety and civil liberties. Abstracts (free) and articles can be accessed online via the journal website.
Posts Tagged 'Migration'
Special Issue: Fichage et Listing
Published May 21, 2010 Member Activities , Publications Leave a CommentTags: Civil Liberties, Europe, France, Migration, Policy, Privacy, Registration, Security, technology
Workshop: Immigration and National Identity in British History
Published December 22, 2009 Conferences Leave a CommentTags: Britain, Empire, Europe, Globalisation, Migration, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
A one-day workshop on ‘Immigration and National Identity in British History: Europe, Empire, and Commonwealth’ will take place in the Dahrendorf Room of St Antony’s College, Oxford from 10am–5pm on Monday 18 January 2010. Sponsored by the Slavic Research Centre of Hokkaido University in Japan, in association with St Antony’s College, the workshop will feature six papers on experiences of migration and identity in British imperial and colonial contexts, and will conclude with a general discussion. There is no charge for attending the workshop (delegates can purchase their own lunch from the St Antony’s dining hall), but if you wish to attend – and for full programme details – please contact the organizer on hiromi.mizokami(at)sant.ox.ac.uk. Picture: Flickr/Northampton Museum (CC).
Summer School: Exploring the Newly Opened ITS Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Published April 7, 2009 Calls for Papers , Summer Schools Leave a CommentTags: Europe, Germany, Holocaust, Migration, Registration, Twentieth Century
The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (CAHS) of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is currently inviting applications to participate in an international research workshop for scholars, designed to explore the recently opened archival holdings of the International Tracing Service (ITS). The workshop will run at the USHMM in Washington DC from 3-14 August 2009, and will allow researchers to explore a wide variety of ITS identity documents including: concentration camp, deportation, ghetto, transport and arrest records; 3.2 million displaced person registration cards; and the Central Name Index (CNI). Graduate students and academics from all disciplines are encouraged to apply, and the deadline is April 27 2009; for further details and application instructions, see H-Net or the workshop website.
Cultures et Conflits: Issue Proposal
Published February 10, 2009 Calls for Papers , Member Activities , Publications Leave a CommentTags: Biometrics, Civil Liberties, Globalisation, Migration, Policing, Profiling, Registration, Surveillance
Posted by Didier Bigo
Numéro de Cultures et Conflits consacré à la thématique
« Conséquences humaines de l’échange transnational des données individuelles »
Didier Bigo et Pierre Piazza (dir.)
Depuis quelques années, on assiste à l’échelon transnational à une accélération et amplification du processus de partage et d’échange d’informations sur les personnes. Surtout légitimé comme un indispensable impératif de sécurité en vue de faire face efficacement à des risques et menaces susceptibles de saper les fondements de la démocratie (terrorisme, criminalité organisée, immigration illégale, fraudes, etc.), l’essor de ce processus prend forme à travers la mise en place d’une multitude de canaux et de dispositifs (via par exemple, dans le cadre de l’UE, la mise en avant des principes de disponibilité de l’information et d’interopérabilité des systèmes servant à la récolter) qui, rendant possible une massification de la circulation de ces informations, implique désormais un nombre croissant d’acteurs étatiques (services de renseignement, d’immigration, de contrôle des frontières, magistrats, etc.) et supranationaux (Interpol, Europol, Eurojust, etc.). Ces informations à caractère personnel dont le traitement autorise notamment l’accomplissement de pratiques policières sous-tendues par une logique proactive d’anticipation des comportements (data mining, profilage, etc.) concernent des individus stigmatisés comme dangereux enregistrés sur des « listes de suspects » mais aussi des catégories de personnes de plus en plus larges (systématisation du recours aux passengers name records, aux identifiants biométriques, etc.) sur lesquelles s’exercent à présent de nouveaux modes de contrôle et de surveillance.
Conference(s): National Identity in Eurasia
Published February 5, 2009 Conferences Leave a CommentTags: Central Asia, Globalisation, Migration, Passports, Russia
Two forthcoming conferences on the theme of ‘National Identity in Eurasia’ will cover topics relating to the documentation of identity. Organised by National Identity in Russia from 1961: Traditions and Deterritorialisation, a research group based in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Oxford, the first will explore Identities & Traditions (New College, Oxford, 22-24 March 2009) while the second will explore Migrancy & Diaspora (Wolfson College, Oxford, 10-12 July 2009). For programmes and booking, see the conferences webpage. Picture: stock.xchng
CFP: Migration and Border-Crossing
Published February 3, 2009 Calls for Papers , Conferences Leave a CommentTags: Globalisation, Migration, Passports
A conference on ‘Mapping the World: Migration and Border-Crossing’ will be held at the Centre for the Humanities at National Sun Yat-Sen University (Taiwan) on 17-18 October 2009. Papers are invited on the themes of migration and cityscapes; borders and border crossing; the politics of frontiers; cultural assimilation and the politics of language; transformations of languages and dialects; language and nationhood; representations of the (im)migrant in literature and media; (im)migration and diaspora; travel and exploration; maritime culture, literature, and the arts; and nationalism, post-nationalism, and the (im)migrant. The deadline for 200-word abstracts is February 25 2009; for further details and how to apply, see H-Net.
