[OPE-L] Conference on "Flows of People and Money across the World-System"

[GERALD LEVY <gerald_a_levy@xxxxxxx>]

> V. ASA Political Economy of the World-System Section
> > Annual Conferences
> > A) Call for Papers
> > The XXXII Political Economy of the World-System
> > (PEWS)
> > Conference will take place 24-26 April, 2008, at
> > Fairfield University, in Fairfield, CT. The organizers
> > of the PEWS Conference invite papers relating to the
> > theme, "Flows of People and Money across the
> > World-System."
> > Keynote Speakers: I. Wallerstein (Yale U.) (April
> > 24, 2008), and Ramón Grosfoguel (UC Berkeley) (April 25,
> > 2008).
> > A focus on the migration of people attempts to
> > address the migration literature and invites people who
> > study the multiple experiences of migrants across different
> > zones of the world -system to enter into a dialogue
> > with worldsystems analysis. The central goal of this
>> conference is to
> > create multiple spaces for conversations about the
> > movement of people across the world -system and, in
> > symbiosis, the money flows that create the
> > structural conditions in which the migration process occurs.
> > The four sub-themes to be addressed in four different
> > panels are: flows of people; flows of money; the
> > incorporation of immigrants and immigrant
> > experiences; and the intersection between migration
>> studies and studies of  global finance.
> > The Conference organizers invite abstracts on these
> > four sub-themes as part of the overall theme
> > elaborated above. Paper topics could include any of the
> > following:
> > 1. Flows of people
> > - What are the past and current dynamics of mass
> > migration?
> > - How are different regions dealing with various
> > migration pressures?
> > - What are the current theoretical and
> > methodological
> > issues that allow those in the field of migration
> > studies to  understand present dynamics in the
>> world -system?
> > - To what extent do past migration flows explain
> > current trends?
> > 2. Flows of money
> > - What is the significance of remittances of various
> > migrants from the core to the periphery?
> > - What are the consequences of Foreign Direct
> > Investment and Portfolio Investment in the Triad as
> > well as in
> > the Periphery?
> > 4
> > - What are the implications of the recent
> > deregulations of financial markets across the
> > world-system, and the
> > link with migration flows in the world-system?
> > - What are the challenges related to the
> > Dollarization
> > in parts of the Periphery, the emergence of the
> > Euro, financial speculation in World Cities, or the future
> > of Petrodollars?
> > -What relationships exist between the liquidity
> > roles of banks, financial fragility and economic growth in
> > the long run?
> > - How will foreign capital penetration impact future
> > standards of living in the periphery?
> > - What is the relation between foreign direct
> > investments and mass migration in the world system?
> > -How does NAFTA create a context for differential
> > treatment of skilled migrants, goods and flows of
> > money on
> > the one hand and unskilled migrants on the other
> > hand?
> > 3. The Incorporation of Immigrants
> > We invite papers in this section pertaining to the
> > following topics:
> > -human smuggling & trafficking;
> > -the differential incorporation of migrants;
> > -racism and discrimination towards immigrants;
> > -the gendered dimension of migration;
> > -migrant laborers and state practices;
> > -public policies and asylum seekers;
> > -unions and immigrants;
> > -the future of dual citizenship; and
> > -the transformation of immigrants into ethnic
> > minorities.
> > 4. The intersection of migration studies and studies
> > of global finance
> > The last panel will attempt to reflect upon the
> > intersections of broadly conceived migration studies
> > and the
> > analysis of financial flows. Theoretical and
> > methodological reflections as well as case-studies
> > in  which both topics are addressed (e.g. the Argentine crisis of
> > 2002; the significance of remittances) are welcome,
> > including papers that invite reflection upon past and present
> > challenges to the world-system perspective, most
> > notably in how to successfully incorporate migration studies
> > and the analysis of financial flows into the evolving
> > paradigm.
> > Please send your 2-3 page proposals (abstracts) or
> > entire paper as an electronic attachment to:
> > pews2008@...
> > Alternatively, you can contact the Conference
> > Organizers by mail:
> > Dr. Terry-Ann Jones & Dr. Eric Mielants
> > Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology, Donnarumma Hall
> > 212 Fairfield University
> > 1073 North Benson Road
> > Fairfield, CT 06824, USA
> > The deadline to submit proposals is December 31,
> > 2007.
> > Participants whose papers have been accepted will be
> > provided with free lodging and free meals for the
> > duration of the conference, which is free and open
> > to  the public. Tenured and tenure-track participants
> > are  encouraged to seek funding from their home
> > institutions for transportation to the conference in
> > Fairfield, CT.