New Europeans under scrutiny.
Workshop on state-of-the-art research on Polish migration to the UK.
Organised by
The History and Governance Research Institute, University of Wolverhampton and Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, University of Surrey.
Friday, 2nd of February 2007
The Council Room, University of Wolverhampton
Unsurprisingly the influx of migrants from Accession States and particularly Poland has been followed by an influx of academic scrutiny into the subject. But as migration from Poland to UK isn’t a new phenomenon, why is it that scholars study something only because it became visible due to liberalization of immigration law? Is legal visibility determining scientific one in such a powerful way? And are we really seeing something qualitatively different now? What particular questions related to identity construction, new migration patterns and pan-EU transnational life strategies can be put in front of that dynamic and largely unexplored area of social and cultural development in Britain? This workshop shall bring together most up-to-date research undertaken in UK and in answering these questions will attempt to develop new concepts and ideas much needed in order to contribute to wider debates about British multiculturalism, immigration and European identity.
PROGRAMME:
0945-1015 coffee
1015-1030 opening
1030-1115
Kathy Burrell
(School of English, Performance and Historical Studies,De Montfort University)
Putting 2004 in Context: Polish Migration to Britain before and after EU Accession.
1115-1200
Bill Jordan
(School of Applied Psychosocial Studies, University of Plymouth)
tba
1200-1245
Louise Ryan, Rosemary Sales, Mary Tilki and Bernadetta Siara
(School of Health and Social Sciences, Middlesex University)
The Experiences of Recent Polish Migrants in London: employment, housing and getting along with the neighbours
1245-1345 lunch
1345-1430
Michał P. Garapich
(Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, University of Surrey)
The builder, the fighter and the conman. Class, shame and identity among Polish migrants in London.
1430-1515
Dorota Osipovic
(School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London)
Household structure of recent Polish migrants in the UK. What it reveals about the dynamics of settlement process?
1515-1545 coffee
1545-1630
Maruška Svašek
(School of History and Anthropology, Queens University Belfast)
Shared histories? Polish migrants and members of other communities in South Belfast.
1630-1715
Małgorzata Fabiszak
(School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan)
Migration as schooling, migration as holidays.
1715-1800 discussion
DISCUSSANTS:
John Eade
(Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, Univerity of Surrey)
Dariusz Galasinski
(The History and Governance Research Institute, University of Wolverhampton)
1800 informal drinks/dinner
If you would like to participate, please contact:
Aleksandra Galasinska, History and Governance Research Institute, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, WV1 1SB, UK
or
Fee £15, please send a cheque payable to University of Wolverhampton (HAGRI) to A. Galasinska by 10th of January 2007.
Venue:
The Council Room, MA Building, University of Wolverhampton, City Campus, Wulfruna Street, WV1 1SB
Directions:
Please refer to: http://www.wlv.ac.uk/Default.aspx?page=6856