A Transatlantic Dialogue on Migration

An international conference co-organized by Syracuse University in Florence and New York University with European University Institute and the Facolta’ di Legge and Scienze Politiche of the Universita’ di Firenze.

The two-day conference will take place on March 23-24, 2009, at NYU’s Villa La Pietra and the Salone de’ Dugento at Palazzo Vecchio respectively.

In recent decades both sides of the Atlantic have seen an increase in immigration and growing public controversy surrounding government initiatives to address it. This exceptional partnership between European and American academic institutions in Florence brings prominent European and American scholars, policy makers and practitioners together to discuss critical issues surrounding immigration, its impact on public policy, the complex inter-relationship between national policy and local practice, and reflections on immigrants' rights, cultural diversity and national identity, which have stirred such passions on both sides of the Atlantic.

For more information: info@syr.fi.it

 



Complete program

Biographies: Migration
in Europe

Biographies: The Immigrant and the City
     


Abstracts

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