Call for Papers
International Workshop on «Post-Soviet* Diaspora(s) in Western Europe, 1991-2017»
Dates: 14-16 December 2017
Venues: IGOT - Universidade de Lisboa and Espaço-Memória dos Exílios, Estoril (Portugal)
Organization: Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território - Universidade de Lisboa (IGOT-UL), with the generous support of Fundação Dom Luís (Cascais)
Convenors: Elena Bulakh – elenabulakh@campus.ul.pt - and António Eduardo Mendonça – antonioeduardo@campus.ul.pt (IGOT - UL)
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, millions of former Soviet citizens crossed the national borders in search of better lives in new countries, in what was the biggest migration tide since the end of World War II.
These Post-Soviet migrants were diverse in origins, strategies, and expectations. They often represented a challenge to the orthodox views of migration processes, since in most cases these flows could not be easily described and analyzed following commonly accepted theoretical frameworks. Everybody seemed to be on the move: labor migrants, political refugees, cross-border traders, “tourists” planning to forget their return, ... and in a short period, they spread all over Western Europe.
We hope the debates of our workshop will actually help to frame a better perception of the post-soviet Diasporas and will add to the general knowledge on East-West migrations in our continent.
* We are aware of the issues raised by the concept of «Post-Soviet»; here, we understand it in its geographical and historical dimensions – referring to the territory of the former Soviet Union and to the historical period beginning in 1991.
We invite contributions from anthropologists, sociologists, geographers, historians, demographers and others on these issues; we welcome papers both from senior researchers and from scholars who are completing their dissertation or have just received their Ph.D. There is a limited number of places.
The working language is English; there will be a session in Portuguese.
Abstracts of up to 300 words and a short bio (50 words) should be sent to elenabulakh@campus.ul.pt AND antonioeduardo@campus.ul.pt by 15 October 2017. Decisions will be made by 20 October. We expect all speakers to submit their revised papers for publication in an edited collection or special journal issue(s) by 31 May 2018.
Speakers will be offered accommodation by the organization in Estoril (two nights, double room). Unfortunately, we are not able to provide any support with travel expenses.
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