JISLAC State of the Art conference
Latin American Diasporas
hosted by the Institute for the Study of the Americas and Queen Mary University of London
11 –12 December 2008
Council Chamber, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
Convenor: Dr Cathy McIlwaine
To register, please contact Olga.Jimenez@sas.ac.uk. Attendance is free.
See also the conference poster and abstracts and biographies
PROGRAMME
DAY 1: RE-THINKING THE GLOBAL CONTRIBUTION OF LATIN AMERICAN DIASPORAS
9.30 Registration
10.00 Welcome
10.15-11.00 PLENARY:
Caroline Moser (and Jorge Ginieniewicz in absentia), University of Manchester
Latin American immigrants: a transnational asset accumulation framework
Chair: Cathy McIlwaine, Queen Mary, University of London
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-12.15
Adrian J. Bailey and Rosa Mas Giralt, University of LeedsGlobal life paths: institutions and new Latin American mobilities
12.15-1.00
Davide Però, University of NottinghamLatin Americans’ practices of citizenship in the UK
Chair: Katie Willis, Royal Holloway, University of London
1.00-2.00 Lunch
2.00-2.45
Gioconda Herrera, FLACSO, Quito, Ecuador
New configurations of gender and families in the experience of Andean migration to Europe
2.45-3.30
Angeles Escrivá, University of Huelva, Spain
Latin American domestic workers abroad: a comparative and policy-oriented approach
Chair: Kavita Datta, Queen Mary, University of London
3.30-4.00 Break
4.00-4.45 Keynote address
Alejandro Portes, Princeton University, US
Chair: Cathy McIlwaine, Queen Mary, University of London
5.00 Wine reception
DAY 2: LATIN AMERICAN MIGRATION TO THE UK
10.15-11.00
Cathy McIlwaine, Queen Mary, University of London
Legal livelihoods: negotiating irregular immigration status among Latin American migrants in London
See conference paper (PDF)
Chair: Caroline Moser, University of Manchester
11.00-11.30 Break
11.30-12.15
Juan Pimienta, Communities Together Programme, Metropolitan Police Service, New Scotland Yard
Latin Americans in the UK: the view from the Met
12.15-1.00
Katie Wright, University of Bath
Constructing migrant wellbeing: the case of Peruvian migrants in London
See conference paper (PDF)
Chair: Jasmine Gideon, Birkbeck, University of London
1.00-2.00 Lunch
2.00-2.45
Tania Bronstein, Latin American Women’s Rights Service
The status of Latin American women migrants in the UK
2.45-3.30
Juan Camilo Cock, Queen Mary, University of London
Transnational practices and ethnicity among Colombian/Latin American migrants in London
Chair: Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez, University of Manchester
3.30-4.00 Break
4.00-4.45
Rosa Mas Giralt, University of Leeds
4.45-5.30
Anastasia Bermudez Torres, Queen Mary, University of London
Political transnationalism and gender among Colombian migrants in London
See conference paper (PDF)
Chair: Cathy McIlwaine, Queen Mary, University of London
Co-organised by Queen Mary University of London,
and the Institute for the Study of the Americas
The convenor and the Institute for the Study of the Americas would like to thank the British Academy for funding the conference through the Joint Initiative for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean (JISLAC)
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