Call for papers
Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration
OxMo, the student journal dedicated to protecting and advancing the human rights of forced migrants, is currently accepting submissions for their third edition, which will be published in spring 2012. For further details on how to submit, visit the website. Questions or concerns can be sent to the Co-Editors-in-Chief. Deadline for submissions is 6 February 2012.
Transnational migration and global development, 2012 PhD Conference, Bergen
The University of Bergen Summer Research School is hosting a PhD conference on ‘Transnational migration and global development’, from 20–22 June 2012. The conference will include a thematic area on ‘Segregated zones of living: Refugee camps, asylum centers, ghettos’. PhD scholars from all over the world are invited to send abstracts, up to 40 of which will be selected. Visit the website for more information. Deadline for submissions is 15 February 2012.
Narratives relating to refugees and forcibly displaced persons
The Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) Student Caucus’s Annual Student Conference will take place on 20–21 April 2012 at York University, Toronto, Canada. The conference theme is ‘Power, representation, and identity: Narratives by, about, and around refugees and forcibly displaced persons’, and it aims to explore the multiple contexts, motivations, and power relations inherent in the vast array of narratives by and about displaced persons. The organisers welcome proposals on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: life stories about refugees; the use of narratives in the Refugee Status Determination process; discourse analysis of different sources of refugee portrayal, i.e. government legislation, international agency funding appeals, media stories; and settlement challenges and services in the host society. Abstracts should be submitted by 28 February 2012. For further information, visit the website.
‘Is the 1951 Convention outdated?’
For its special issue on the 60th anniversary of the Refugee Convention, Refuge, Canada’s periodical on refugees, invites submissions that explore the debate surrounding the relevance of this historic treaty. For details, visit the website. Deadline: 30 March 2012.
Forced migration and displacement during the Arab Spring
The Journal of Internal Displacement (JID) is a scholarly and inter-disciplinary platform for raising the profile of internally displaced persons through discussions, critical dialogue, emerging themes, reflections and explorations on a wide range of topics and regions around the globe.
For its Volume 2, Number 2 issue, scheduled for release in July 2012, JID seeks to stimulate inclusive and discursive dialogue from a variety of interested scholars, practitioners and policy makers around the scope, nature and characteristics of forced migration and displacement during the Arab Spring. The journal invites original submissions on themes relevant to this topic in the format of articles, book reviews or commentaries, to be received by the 15 April 2012 deadline.
Authors are requested to submit a one‐page cover letter with their name, address, email, phone number and a 200-word bio to this email address. Further information can be found on the journal website.
Migration Studies Journal
Migration Studies is a new multi-disciplinary refereed journal from Oxford University Press which will publish work that significantly advances our understanding of the determinants, processes and outcomes of human migration in all its manifestations. Migration Studies invites papers that contribute substantively to a core scholarly discipline or sub-discipline, while engaging with migration research in other disciplines. Papers will be reviewed through a global editorial board. The editorial team also welcomes book reviews, special issue proposals, and ideas for presenting content in new ways. Please send expressions of interest to this email address, and request a style guide for your submission.
Understanding global refugee policy
The Refugee Studies Centre’s 30th Anniversary Conference on 6–7 December 2012 will focus on ‘Understanding global refugee policy’. The conference invites contributions that explore any aspect of the policy-making process: emergence, negotiation, development, implementation, and outcomes, examining global policy at the multilateral, regional, bilateral, or transnational levels. Abstracts of no more than 200 words can be submitted to Heidi El-Megrisi. For more information, visit the website. Deadline:1 July 2012.
