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- Wed, 15 JanMigration infrastructure, digital connectivity, and porous borders: Vietnamese migration to Australia /Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University15 Jan 2025, 17:00 – 18:30 GMT+9Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングThe burgeoning literature on migration and information and communication technologies (ICTs) provides rich empirical evidence of how social media and networking platforms are becoming integral to cross-border migration, increasingly blurring the boundaries between physical and virtual worlds.
- Tue, 19 NovRethinking Theories on International Migration in the Era of Digital Globalization /Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University19 Nov 2024, 17:00 – 18:30 GMT+9Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングThis talk highlights recent empirical findings and the need for critically rethinking existing theories of migration and integration in the context of digital globalization.
- Sat, 16 NovBecoming a Refugee in East Asia: Evacuation from Afghanistan to Korea and Japan in the aftermath of Political Turmoil /Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University
- Tue, 29 OctIs this home? Chinese top graduates’ staying aspirations in Japan /Room 712, Building 19, Waseda University29 Oct 2024, 17:00 – 18:30 GMT+9Room 712, Building 19, Waseda University, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングA talk with Dr. Ruth Achenbach This presentation addresses an old phenomenon in migration, namely that short-term intentions can lead to long-term stays, from a newer angle. This is a hybrid event (in-person and online via Zoom)
- Thu, 27 JunFarmers on the Move: Investigating the Multinational Trajectories of Agricultural Workers /Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University27 Jun 2024, 15:00 GMT+9Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングWho are the future farmers of the world and where will they come from? Wealthy nations have long relied on migrant farmers, establishing guest worker programmes and special visa regimes to bring in workers from countries in the Global South.
- Tue, 25 Jun25 Jun 2024, 17:00 GMT+9Room 712, Building 19, Waseda University, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングWhat is the relationship between Brexit and the alternative ideological project put forward of a ‘Global Britain’, and the politics of migration and migration governance in post-Brexit Britain?
- Tue, 09 AprComparing Japan’s Immigration Policy under Koizumi and Abe: From Standstill to Dam Break /Room 712, Building 19, Waseda University09 Apr 2024, 17:00 GMT+9Room 712, Building 19, Waseda University, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングThis talk compares the immigration policy during the Koizumi and Abe administrations and discusses this shift from prolonged stalemate to comprehensive reform by analyzing the framing and institutional setting in immigration policy around 2005 and in the late 2010s.
- Thu, 22 Feb22 Feb 2024, 16:30 – 18:00 GMT+9Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングIn this talk, Professor Shire shifts the focus from intermediaries in operating mobility to intermediation in the operation of labor markets across borders.
- Fri, 02 Feb[INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM] Democratizing International Student Mobility /Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University02 Feb 2024, 09:30 GMT+9 – 03 Feb 2024, 18:00 GMT+9Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングIn this symposium, we ask how students from a wide range of social backgrounds, not just the socioeconomically affluent and academic elites, can be included in cross-border educational mobility.
- Thu, 07 DecBook talk with Prof. Dêlidji Eric DEGILA: Governing Migration For Development From the Global Souths /Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University07 Dec 2023, 15:00 – 16:30 GMT+9Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングThis book lecture will explore migration governance by providing perspectives from the global South(s). Based on the book structure, it will focus on the challenges and opportunities of governing migration on multiple levels: the subnational, national, regional and international.
- Fri, 01 DecBetween global sex work and human trafficking: migrants’ resources for a safer journey in Japan and France /Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University
- Tue, 28 NovRethinking the 'Ethnocentric Firm': Place of Education and Attainment Among White-Collar Migrants to Japan /Room 712, Building 19, Waseda University
- Wed, 05 Jul[Mini-symposium] Vietnamese Migrant Workers in Japan and the UK /Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University05 Jul 2023, 18:00 – 20:00 GMT+9Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングA roundtable discussion (in-person and online) with Dr. An Huy Tran (Bielefeld University), Dr. Sebastian Rumsby (Queen Mary University of London) and Dr. Aimi Muranaka (Duisburg-Essen University) on Vietnamese migration workers. *Refreshments provided* ** This event will be recorded
- Wed, 31 May[FILM SCREENING] Finding their niche: Unheard stories of migrant women - A film by Megha Wadhwa /Room 713, Building 19, Waseda University31 May 2023, 15:15 – 16:45 GMT+9Room 713, Building 19, Waseda University, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングThrough personal narratives told by Indian migrant women, we examine past, present and future expectations and see how these affect their roles as Indian women, wives, mothers, and workers in a foreign country, as well as the challenges they faced in ‘Finding their Niche’.
- Wed, 26 Apr26 Apr 2023, 17:00 – 18:30 GMT+9Shinjuku City, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングThis talk by Professor Patrick Le Galès (Sciences Po) contrasts the case of London and Paris housing, shows major differences that have to be explained by public policies and two different forms of state-led strategies, as well as the impacts on class making and inequalities.
- Fri, 07 Apr07 Apr 2023, 16:30 – 18:00 GMT+9Shinjuku City, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングMethod of differentiation has profound consequences, including the widespread mental stress that young people face in China, Japan, and other parts of the world today. In this conversation, participants are invited to share their personal experiences and observations about this phenomenon.
- Thu, 26 JanBook talk with Dr. Helena Hof: The EU Migrant Generation in Asia: Middle-Class Aspirations in Asian Global Cities /Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University26 Jan 2023, 18:00 – 19:30 GMT+9Room 711, Building 19, Waseda University, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディングHybrid: In-person at Waseda University and Online via Zoom The talk will feature Dr. Helena Hof's latest publication "The EU Migrant Generation in Asia: Middle-Class Aspirations in Asian Global Cities"
- Wed, 11 JanWomen Migrants, Emotions, and Digital Entrepreneurship between China and Taiwan /Online via Zoom (Registration required)11 Jan 2023, 16:30 – 18:00 GMT+9Online via Zoom (Registration required)A webinar with Dr. Beatrice Zani (McGill University) In this talk, I draw on my multi-sited ethnographic work in China and Taiwan, and I explore the mobilities of Chinese women who move from the countryside to the city in China and who re-migrate to Taiwan through marriage.
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