Background and objectives
By its very nature, migration entails a significant national as well as international dimension, and its forms and consequences are determined by interactions between the internationality of the phenomenon itself and the different ways it has been handled— by nation-states in terms of policies of integrating or excluding foreign nationals, by host populations in terms of their treatment and perceptions of newcomers, and by the immigrants themselves in terms of accommodating to new cultural, political and economic conditions and coping with relations to their countries of origin.

However, although in this sense migration has always been an international phenomenon, developments over the last couple of decades have made it apparent that the increasing transnationalization of the economy, the globalization of communication processes and the growth of political interdependence regimes have transformed the forms and implications of citizenship, participation, identity and organization as far as migrants and states are concerned. Not only does trans- and supranationality imply redefinitions of borders, sovereignties and democratic rights, but also new forms of networking across borders, new types of identity politics on the part of migrant communities and consequently a redefinition of civic participation, public spaces and cultural and political allegiances. Nation-states accordingly are compelled to review their options as sovereign actors in the light of transnational forces and, like the migrants themselves, to avail themselves, for regulatory purposes, of the means and resources that transnational organizations and international law, over and above direct inter-governmental agreements, put at their disposal.

Thus, citizenship at the national level now increasingly becomes co-determined by its ambiguous relations with dual or multi-nationality and the freedom of movement, and the entire migration domain turns into a field for contested interpretations of legitimate rights, pragmatic negotiations of inclusion and exclusion, and emotional definitions of home, belonging and identity. Relations between the global and the local, between societies and communities, between participation and marginalization, and between assimilating and othering—classical themes in the literature on migration—are consequently undergoing significant change.

This conference—the first hosted by the newly created Academy for Migration Studies in Denmark—will address important issues and questions attendant on these problematiques, both in the form of keynote lectures, roundtable panels, and workshop presentations. A number of different dimensions will be addressed, ranging from questions of immigrants’ participation in social processes, over integration on the labour market, to questions of gender, education and multiculturally constructed identity patterns. Particular attention will be given to the specific problems that multicultural citizenship poses for the integration or marginalization of ethnic minorities in the context of culturally homogeneous nation- and welfare-states like Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

The conference organizers have invited paper proposals within the following five sub-themes which are also the titles of the five workshops:

1. Multicultural Communities: Limits and Opportunities
2. Citizenship and Education
3. Integration, Gender and Ethnicity
4. Immigrants and Labour Market Integration Policies
5. Citizenship, Transnationalism, and Political Mobilization of Ethnic Minorities

I hope you will have a good conference. If you have any queries or require further information please do not hesitate to contact the conference staff or any member of the Conference Committee.

On behalf of the Conference Committee,

Ulf Hedetoft,
Director of AMID

Registration
The conference registration desk will be situated at Lecture Theatre (Auditorium) B, Kroghstræde, from 08:30 on Wednesday August 29. All delegates must register on arrival.

Registration for the conference best before August 1, 2001. However, we do allow late registration—even at the conference. Those who register later than Monday, August 27 may not be able to register for lunch and the conference dinner. For late registration please contact the registration desk.

Please remember to wear your conference badge at all time, since it is your entrence pass to all conference events.

Information on fees, payment, accommodation and transportation, please see below.

Campus Information
The contact telephone number for the conference office on campus is:
+45 9635 9133 and fax: +45 9815 1126.

Workshops and papers
The order of the workshop papers is subject to change.
Each paper presentation will last between 20 and 30 minutes depending on the number of papers to be presented in the session.

Papers should be and presentations must be in English.

The written papers (6.000 to 8.000 words) will be sold at the conference for the price of DKK 10 (about 1£ Stirling). Proceeds will be used to support future conference activities organized by AMID.

The five workshops run both conference days. Participants are free to decide at the conference which workshops to attend.

The workshop papers are in the following five sub-themes:

1. Multicultural Communities: Limits and Opportunities.
   Convenor: Kirsten Just Jeppesen
2. Citizenship and Education.
   Convenor: Hans Hummelgaard
3. Integration, Gender and Ethnicity.
   Convenor: Ruth Emerek
4. Immigrants and Labour-market Integration Policies.
   Convenor: Michael Rosholm
5. Citizenship, Transnationalism, and Political Mobilization of Ethnic Minorities.
   Convenor: Flemming Mikkelsen

Workshop 1. Multicultural Communities: Limits and Opportunities
Multiculturalism is not just an ideology of co-existing, diverse communities in late modern societies, nor is it just a specification of law codes, it is also a social process. Multicultural societies are equally modern societies, often characterized as socially fragmented societies. To what degree are multicultural societies constituted by a number of exclusive communities? To what degree and on which points are they interwoven communities forming an integrated, coherent society? The increasing ethnic and cultural heterogeneity of Western societies makes it imperative to scrutinize the processes that form and dissolve communities in multicultural societies. This includes identifying the symbols and discourses that both serve as mechanisms for inclusion and exclusion within and between social groups. Human rights and citizenship are pressing topics for this discussion, not least regarding the policies that regulate patterns of settlement and dwelling, the schooling of children, the organizing of ethnic minorities and expressions of religious commitments. This workshop is dedicated to a discussion of the limits of multicultural societies along these lines.
Convenor: Kirsten Just Jeppesen, AMID

Papers in Workshop 1
Discussants: Grete Brochmann, Connie Carøe, Bülent Diken
Venue: Fibigerstræde 16—room 1.101

Wednesday 14:00-16:00

Ralph Heiefort, CEFOS, University of Göteborg, Sweden:
‘Citizenship Versus Identity: an Unsoluble Dilemma?’
Discussant: Bülent Diken

Lucy Williams, Tizard Centre, University of Kent, UK:
‘Local and Transnational Social Networks’
Discussant: Connie Carøe

Ferruh Yilmaz, Dept. of Communication, University of California, USA: ‘The Irony of Danishness: Egalitarianism as the Obstacle for Ethnic Diversity’
Discusssant: Bülent Diken

Wolfgang Zank, The European Research Unit, Aalborg University, Denmark: ‘Multiculturality—When Does it Work and When Not?’
Discusssant: Connie Carøe

Thursday 13:00-15:00

Heather Field, School of Humanities, Griffith University, Australia: ‘Multicultural and Divided Communitities: from Ex-Yugoslavia to Australia’
Discusssant: Grete Brochmann

Morten Vester Graesborg, Dept. of Economics, Politics and Public Administration, Aalborg University, Denmark: ‘Authority and Community in Danish Integration Policies’
Discusssant: Grete Brochmann

Ulla Holm, Copenhagen Peace Research Institute, Denmark:
‘The Implication of the Notion of the French State-Nation for French Discourses on Migration’
Discusssant: Grete Brochmann

Marianne Skytte, Department of Social Studies and Organization, Aalborg University, Denmark: ‘Social Work and Multicultural Citizenship. The ‘Assimilative’ Adoptions of Ethnic Minority Children Placed Out Of Home Due to the Lack of Implementation of Minority Rights in Social Work’
Discusssant: Grete Brochmann

Workshop 2. Citizenship and Education
This workshop focuses on education. Especially, the focus is on the importance of education and other factors for immigrants’ integration and marginalization in relation to the labour market. To which extent do education and labour market experience from the home country, parents’ education, ethnic capital, neighbourhood characteristics and other factors play a role?
Convenor: Hans Hummelgaard, AMID

Papers in Workshop 2
Discussants: Anne Holmen, Bjoerg Colding
Venue: Fib. 16—room 1.201

Wednesday 14:00-16:00

Linda Andersen, Dept. of Educational Research, Roskilde University, Denmark: ‘The School as Cultural Meeting Places. Theoretical Fragments and Framing’
Discussant: Anne Holmen

Mette N. Duekilde, Local council of Kgs. Enghave, Denmark:
‘Barriers to Enter Language Class— Two Sides of the Story’
Discussant: Anne Holmen

Christian Horst, Inst. of Educational Anthropology, The Danish University of Education, Denmark: ‘Can the Concept of Multicultural Education be Incorporated in the National Concept of ‘Bildung’?’
Discussant: Anne Holmen

Ole Emil Rasmussen, Danish Institute for Upper Secondary Education, University of Southern Denmark: ‘When Does a Cultural Difference Make a Difference in Teaching and Counselling in Danish Upper Secondary Schools?
Discussant: Anne Holmen

Thursday 13:00-15:00

Anne Holmen, Dept. of Educational Anthropology, Danish University of Education, Denmark: ‘Linguistic Diversity in Danish Schools’
Discussant: Bjoerg Colding

Mads Nyholm Jacobsen, COWI, Denmark: ‘Refugees and Immigrants’ Own Perception of the Introduction Programme in Denmark’
Discussant: Bjoerg Colding

Juan Francisco Iborra Rubio, The Municipal Immigration Office, Spain: ‘Problems and Challenges in Multicultural Education. The Case of Roquetas de Mar (SPAIN)’
Discussant: Bjoerg Colding

Kirk Scott, Dept. of Economic History, Lund University, Sweden:
‘A Longitudinal Analysis of Post-Migration Education’
Discussant: Bjoerg Colding

Workshop 3. Integration, Gender and Ethnicity
The gender dimension is essential for the understanding of integration—or the lack of integration—of ethnic minorities in a society. In this workshop we will discuss the interaction of ethnicity and gender in a growing multicultural society according to topics like citizenship, labour-market participation, unemployment and employment, education, everyday life, family life, social inclusion and exclusion. The aim is to uncover problems in and various solutions to the integration of ethnic groups from different generations and countries of origin.
Convenor: Ruth Emerek, AMID

Papers in Workshop 3
Discussants: Charlotte Egeblad, Camilla Elg,
Vibeke Jakobsen, Anita Lange, Rashmi Singla
Venue: Fibigerstræde 16—room 1.111

Wednesday 14:00-16:00

Camilla Elg, AMID, Aalborg University, Denmark: ‘Cultural Identity and Style’
Discussant: Rashmi Singla

David May, AMID, Aalborg University, Denmark: ‘Gender Specific Differences in Individual Adaptation Strategies’
Discussant: Charlotte Egeblad

Thursday 13:00-15:00

Diana Madsen, The Danish National Research and Documentation Centre on Gender Equality, Denmark: ‘"Integrating Gender"—Gender and Ethnic Minorities in a Danish Context'.
Discusssant: Anita Lange

Lotte Boeggild Mortensen, Social Development Center, Denmark: ‘Social Inclusion—and Exclusion. The Case of Turkish Islamic Women in Denmark’
Discusssant: Charlotte Egeblad

Rashmi Singla, Dept. of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Theory, Roskilde University Center, Denmark: ‘Double Challenge: Youth Relationships and Ethnicity—a Social Perspective’
Discusssant: Camilla Elg

Workshop 4. Immigrants and Labour-market Integration Policies
Various policies have been implemented in different countries at different times in order to facilitate the integration of immigrants into the labour-market. Yet, in many countries in Europe, the failure of such policies is evident as can be seen by looking at statistics on immigrants’ excess unemployment rate. In this workshop we will discuss causes, consequences, and potential cures. In particular, we will focus on evidence on the effect of targeted schemes, such as job training and other active labour-market/integration policies.
Convenor: Michael Rosholm, AMID

Papers in Workshop 4
Discussants: Barry Chiswick, Eskil Wadensjö
Venue: Fibigerstræde 16—1.211

Wednesday 14:00-16:00

Leif Husted, AMID, The Institute of Local Government Studies (AKF), Denmark: ‘Intergenerational Transmissions and the School-to-Work Transition of 2nd Generation Immigrants’
Discussant: Barry Chiswick

Michael Rosholm, AMID, Denmark: 'The Times They Are A-Changin'; Organizational Change and Immigrant Employment Opportunities in Scandinavia'
Discussant: Barry Chiswick

Thursday 13:00-15:00

Bashir Ahmad, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark: ‘Bringing the Unemployed Immigrants and the Employment Facilitating System Closer to Each Other’
Discussant: Eskil Wadensjö

Anders Neergaard, National Inst. for Working Life, Sweden:
‘Understanding a Racialised Labour Market—the Issue of Recruitment Practices’
Discussant: Eskil Wadensjö

Dan-Olof Rooth, Dept. of Economics, Kalmar University College, Sweden: ‘Finding the First Jobs—The Effect of Economic Conditions at Arrival for Immigrants’
Discussant: Eskil Wadensjö

Workshop 5. Citizenship, Transnationalism, and Political Mobilization of Ethnic Minorities
How people organize and form political networks in order to safeguard their interests in the struggle and competition for resources, rights and ideals is an essential part of the process of integration. In this workshop we focus on the formal and informal methods and strategies of collective political participation applied by ethnic minorities in European countries. The research area covers the role of voluntary associations, such as social and cultural bodies, patriotic societies and religious organizations, besides political parties and movements as well as diverse protest groups. We also consider the functioning of advisory bodies and various state sponsored committees.

Pressure on immigrants and refugees launched by racist movements, the media, and established political parties is likewise important to the inclusion or exclusion of ethnic minorities. The political mobilization of ethnic minorities takes place within national boundaries, but fully to understand the process of mobilization we must consider the structure of opportunities internationally as well as the transnational flow of resources, primarily money, ideas and political entrepreneurship, as important preconditions for political participation.
Convenor: Flemming Mikkelsen, AMID

Papers in Workshop 5
Discussants: Jens Peter Hovelsø, Flemming Mikkelsen, Jon Jay Neufeld, Jonathan Schwartz
Venue: Fibigerstræde 15—room: ‘The Little Canteen’

Wednesday 14:00-16:00

Jeffrey Cohen, Dept. of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, USA: ‘Social Responses to Migration Among Mexican Ethnic Minorities: Outcomes in Sending and Receiving Communities’
Discussant: Jonathan Schwartz

Maja Povrzanovic Frykman, Dept. of European Ethnology, Lund University, Sweden: ‘In Search of Formal Bonds: Political Concerns and Actions of Croats in Sweden’
Discussant: Flemming Mikkelsen

Jonathan Schwartz, Inst. of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: ‘Co-Citizenship: Beyond Integration Policy and Identity Politics?’
Discussant: Jon Jay Neufeld

Thursday 13:00-15:00

Laerke K. Holm, AMID, Aalborg University, Denmark: ‘Political and Media Discourse on Immigration in Denmark: A Case Study of a Bill on Refugees’
Discussant: Jens Peter Hovelsø

Jens Peter Hovelsoe, Dept. of Languages and Intercultural Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark: ‘Exercises in Democracy for the ‘Cultural Alien’: The Mediatization of Immigrants in Connection with Elections for Integration Councils in Denmark’
Discussant: Jon Jay Neufeld

David Jeffrey, Dept. of Political Science, Tulane University, USA: ‘Immigrant Political Participation and the Failure of Political Partnership in Sweden’
Discussant: Flemming Mikkelsen

Jon Jay Neufeld, COS, University of Copenhagen, Denmark:
‘Political Identity Among Ethnic Minorities in Denmark’
Discussant: Flemming Mikkelsen

Speakers and Convenors

Grete Brochmann, Research Director, Institute for Social Research, Oslo, Norway
Barry Chiswick, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
Bülent Diken, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, England
Tomas Hammar, Professor Dr., Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations (CEIFO), Stockholm, Sweden
Ulf Hedetoft, AMID, Professor Dr., Aalborg University, Denmark
Hans Hummelgaard, AMID, Research Director, The Institute of Local Government Studies (AKF), Copenhagen, Denmark
Lis Hoejgaard, Chair of AMID's Board of Directors, Associate Professor, Institute of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Ruth Emerek, AMID, Associate Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark
Kirsten Just Jeppesen, AMID, Research Manager, The Danish National Institute for Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark
Yngve Lithman, Professor Dr., IMER, Bergen, Norway
Flemming Mikkelsen, Senior Researcher, Dr.scient.pol., AMID, Aalborg University, Denmark
Bashy Quraishy, Minority Consultant and Vice Chairman—POEM (Federation of Ethnic Minority Organisations), Copenhagen, Denmark
Hans Kornoe Rasmussen, Journalist and Lecturer, PhD, The Copenhagen School of Business, Denmark
Michael Rosholm, AMID, Associate Professor, Centre for Research in Social Integration and Marginalization at The Aarhus School of Business, Denmark & Department of Economics, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Nina Smith, Professor Dr., Centre for Research in Social Integration and Marginalization, The Aarhus School of Business, Denmark

Acknowledgements
AMID is funded mainly by the Danish Research Councils for both the Humanities and the Social Sciences and supported by the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Social Sciences, Aalborg University as well as the consortium partners’ home institutions.

Fees
The conference will run for two days, starting Wednesday, August 29, and finishing Thursday, August 30. The fees for the two days are as follows:

Alternative 1:

DKK 700.-
The fee covers participation in the conference including coffee and lunch Wednesday and Thursday.
(Please note that the fee does not cover conference dinner)

Alternative 2:

DKK 1100.-
The fee covers participation in the conference including coffee and lunch Wednesday and Thursday. It also covers conference dinner Wednesday.

Reduced student fee:

DKK 400.-
The fee covers participation in the conference including coffee and lunch Wednesday and Thursday. (Please notice that the fee does not cover conference dinner)

DKK 800.-
The fee covers participation in the conference including coffee and lunch Wednesday and Thursday. It also covers conference dinner Wednesday.

Accommodation
If you need to make arrangements for accommodation we can recommend the following hotels in Aalborg:

*Helnan Phoenix International, located in downtown Aalborg:
http://www.netby.dk/Vest/Vimmersvej/Phoenix/Index.htm

*Radisson SAS Limfjord Hotel, located in downtown Aalborg: http://www.radisson.com

A more inexpensive alternative to Helnan Phoenix and Limfjord Hotel is:
*Aalborg Youth Hostel: http://www.danhostelnord.dk/aalborg/engelsk/index.htm

For further information about accommodation please check out the home page of Aalborg City at the following address: http://www.aalborg-tourist.dk

Please notice that responsibility for accommodation and travel is your own.

Transportation to Aalborg University
In order to get to Aalborg you may need to fly via Copenhagen. There are regular flights between Copenhagen and Aalborg (about 10 a day). Your travel agent should be able to book your flight all the way to Aalborg.

There is also a direct train connection from Copenhagen Airport to Aalborg with one departure every hour.

There are regular airport bus departures from Aalborg Airport to the City of Aalborg and vice versa. Busses to the airport depart from the Main Bus Station (Rutebilstationen) and from downtown Aalborg. A taxi from Aalborg Airport to downtown Aalborg will amount to app. DKK 100, or $15 USD.

Bus number 2 and 9 will take you to Aalborg University. They leave from Nytorv in downtown Aalborg. Bus no. 2 stops at Niels Bohrs Vej just outside the university buildings at Fibigerstraede 1-2. Bus no. 9 stops right in front of the lecture theatre B (Auditorium B) between Kroghstraede and Fibigerstraede 15-16.

In the conference packs (on registration) you will find information about local bus transportation

Payment
Payment can be made by transferring the money to the following account including the following conference details for reference:

Sparekassen Nordjylland
Hadsundvej 20
9000 Aalborg
Denmark
Account number: 9190 23657 45 695
Swift code: spnodk22
Beneficiary: Aalborg University
Reference details: Proj326701

or by sending an international cheque drawn on a Danish bank, or money orders to the following address:

AMID
Fibigerstraede 2,
DK-9220 Aalborg East
Denmark
Attn.: Helle Weiergang
E-mail address: weier@humsamf.auc.dk

Please contact us at the above address