BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual launch event for a new special issue from the Journal of Immigrant &\; Refugee Studies titled “The Politics of the M igrant/Refugee Binary.” Article authors will provide brief overviews of th eir contributions\, and co-editors Lamis Abdelaaty and Rebecca Hamlin will facilitate a conversation with audience members about this timely topic. You can find more information on the special issue here:https://www.tandfo nline.com/toc/wimm20/20/2?nav=tocList SPEAKERS:Dr. Clayton BoeyinkResearch Fellow\, Centre of African StudiesUniversity of EdinburghClayton Boeyink’ s research explores the shrinking space of asylum in Tanzania\, which is s ituated in a longer history of containment and mobility manipulation by th e state since the colonial era. Despite severe constraints of encampment\, refugees circumvent the state and co-opt humanitarian structures to estab lish livelihoods. His current project aims to improve healthcare at the in tersection of gender and protracted displacement amongst Somali and Congol ese refugees and IDPs in Somalia\, Eastern DRC\, Nairobi\, and Johannesbur g.Dr. Kevin CopeAssociate Professor of Law and Public PolicyUniversity of VirginiaKevin Cope is an Associate Professor of Law and Public Policy at t he University of Virginia School of Law\, where he directs the Immigration Law Program. His research focuses on migration and relationships between domestic institutional structure and international behavior.  \;Cope i s the co-editor of the inaugural Oxford Handbook on Comparative Immigratio n Law (forthcoming 2023). His short articles have appeared in The Atlantic \, FiveThirtyEight\, The Washington Post Monkey Cage\, and Slate. Cope has been interviewed about his research on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and on local radio stations. One of Cope’s current initiatives investigates how legal rules affect citizens’ attitudes toward domestic i mmigration policies. Dr. Angela S. GarcíaAssistant Professor\, Crown Famil y School of Social Work\, Policy\, and PracticeUniversity of ChicagoAngela S. García is a scholar of migration\, membership\, law\, and the state\, with a focus on undocumented migration in the context of US immigration fe deralism. García’s award-winning book\, Legal Passing: Navigating Undocume nted Life and Local Immigration Law (University of California Press)\, com pares the impacts of restrictive and accommodating subnational immigration laws for undocumented Mexican immigrants. Her current work includes a boo k project on time and undocumented middle life\, and a collaborative study on urban inclusion through Chicago’s municipal ID program. García earned a PhD in Sociology and a MA in Latin American Studies from the University of California\, San Diego. \; \;Dr. Khangelani MoyoResearch Fellow \, University of the Free State\, South AfricaVisiting FFVT Fellow\, Centr e for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN)\, GermanyKhangelani Moyo is a South Africa based Independent Researcher and Visiting FFVT fellow at the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN) in Germany. He complete d his PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2017\, focusing on mig rant mobilities and spatial identities. His research interests include mig ration management\, refugee governance\, migrant transnationalism\, spatia l identity in the city and social vulnerabilities in the urban periphery.D r. Franzisca ZankerSenior ResearcherArnold Bergstraesser InstituteFranzisc a Zanker is a Senior Researcher at the Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute (ABI ) in Freiburg\, Germany\, where she heads the research cluster on “Pattern s of (Forced) Migration.” Her research interests include migration and ref ugee governance\, peacebuilding and civil society\, with a focus on Sub-Sa haran Africa. Together with Jesper Bjarnesen she is the co-founder of the AEGIS Collaborative Research Group on ‘African Migration\, Mobility and Di splacement’ (AMMODI).MODERATORS:Dr. Lamis AbdelaatyAssociate Professor of Political ScienceMaxwell School\, Syracuse UniversityLamis Abdelaaty is As sociate Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenshi p &\; Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Her research focuses on re fugees in international relations. Her book\, Discrimination and Delegatio n: Explaining State Responses to Refugees (Oxford University Press\, 2021) \, asks why countries open their borders to some refugees while blocking o thers\, and why a number of countries have given the United Nations contro l of asylum procedures and refugee camps on their territory. Abdelaaty's r esearch has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Amer ican Philosophical Society. She holds a PhD in Politics from Princeton Uni versity.Dr. Rebecca HamlinAssociate Professor\, Department of Political Sc ience and Legal StudiesUniversity of Massachusetts\, Amherst Rebecca Hamli n’s research has focused \;on law and immigration politics\, with a pa rticular interest in migrant categorization and the concept of a refugee. Her published work has examined how the United States and other liberal de mocracies use administrative agencies and courts to adjudicate migration a nd citizenship questions\, and the political responses to judicial involve ment in migration matters. She is the author of two books: Let Me Be a Ref ugee (2014\, Oxford \;University Press) and \;Crossing: How We Lab el and React to People on the Move (2021\, \;Stanford University Press ). \;She has also published multiple articles and book chapters on the topics of immigration and refugee \;law and politics\, both in the Un ited States and in comparative perspective. \;Co-sponsored by: \;U niversity of Massachusetts Migration Working Group DTEND:20220624T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260414T061514Z DTSTART:20220624T163000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Virtual Launch - Special Issue on The Politics of the Migrant/Refug ee Binary UID:RFCALITEM639117297147725571 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This is a virtual launch event for a new sp ecial issue from the Journal of Immigrant &\; Refugee Studies titled “T he Politics of the Migrant/Refugee Binary.” Article authors will provide b rief overviews of their contributions\, and co-editors Lamis Abdelaaty and Rebecca Hamlin will facilitate a conversation with audience members about this timely topic. You can find more information on the special issue her e:
ht tps://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wimm20/20/2?nav=tocList

S PEAKERS:

Dr. Clayton Boeyink
Re search Fellow\, Centre of African Studies
University o f Edinburgh

Clayton Boeyink’s research explores the shrinki ng space of asylum in Tanzania\, which is situated in a longer history of containment and mobility manipulation by the state since the colonial era. Despite severe constraints of encampment\, refugees circumvent the state and co-opt humanitarian structures to establish livelihoods. His current p roject aims to improve healthcare at the intersection of gender and protra cted displacement amongst Somali and Congolese refugees and IDPs in Somali a\, Eastern DRC\, Nairobi\, and Johannesburg.

Dr. Kevin Cope
Associate Professor of Law and Public Policy
University of Virginia

Kevin Cope is an Associa te Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Virginia School of Law\, where he directs the Immigration Law Program. His research focus es on migration and relationships between domestic institutional structure and international behavior.  \;Cope is the co-editor of the inaugural Oxford Handbook on Comparative Immigration Law (forthcoming 2023). His sh ort articles have appeared in The Atlantic\, FiveThirtyEight\, The Washing ton Post Monkey Cage\, and Slate. Cope has been interviewed about his rese arch on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and on local radio s tations. One of Cope’s current initiatives investigates how legal rules af fect citizens’ attitudes toward domestic immigration policies.

Dr. Angela S. García
Assistant Professor\, Crown F amily School of Social Work\, Policy\, and Practice
Un iversity of Chicago

Angela S. García is a scholar of migrat ion\, membership\, law\, and the state\, with a focus on undocumented migr ation in the context of US immigration federalism. García’s award-winning book\, Legal Passing: Navigating Undocumented Life and Local Immigration L aw (University of California Press)\, compares the impacts of restrictive and accommodating subnational immigration laws for undocumented Mexican im migrants. Her current work includes a book project on time and undocumente d middle life\, and a collaborative study on urban inclusion through Chica go’s municipal ID program. García earned a PhD in Sociology and a MA in La tin American Studies from the University of California\, San Diego. \;  \;

Dr. Khangelani Moyo
Research Fel low\, University of the Free State\, South AfricaVisiting FFVT Fellow\, Ce ntre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN)\, Germany

K hangelani Moyo is a South Africa based Independent Researcher and Visiting FFVT fellow at the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN) in G ermany. He completed his PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand in 201 7\, focusing on migrant mobilities and spatial identities. His research in terests include migration management\, refugee governance\, migrant transn ationalism\, spatial identity in the city and social vulnerabilities in th e urban periphery.

Dr. Franzisca Zanker
Senior Researcher
Arnold Bergstraesser Institute

Franzisca Zanker is a Senior Researcher at the Arnold-Bergst raesser-Institute (ABI) in Freiburg\, Germany\, where she heads the resear ch cluster on “Patterns of (Forced) Migration.” Her research interests inc lude migration and refugee governance\, peacebuilding and civil society\, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Together with Jesper Bjarnesen she is the co-founder of the AEGIS Collaborative Research Group on ‘African Migra tion\, Mobility and Displacement’ (AMMODI).

MODERATORS:

Dr. Lamis Abdelaaty
Associate P rofessor of Political Science
Maxwell School\, Syracus e University

Lamis Abdelaaty is Associate Professor of Poli tical Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship &\; Public Affairs a t Syracuse University. Her research focuses on refugees in international r elations. Her book\, Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Respo nses to Refugees (Oxford University Press\, 2021)\, asks why countries ope n their borders to some refugees while blocking others\, and why a number of countries have given the United Nations control of asylum procedures an d refugee camps on their territory. Abdelaaty's research has been supporte d by the National Science Foundation and the American Philosophical Societ y. She holds a PhD in Politics from Princeton University.

Dr. Rebecca Hamlin
Associate Professor\, Department of Political Science and Legal Studies
University of M assachusetts\, Amherst

Rebecca Hamlin’s research has focus ed \;on law and immigration politics\, with a particular interest in m igrant categorization and the concept of a refugee. Her published work has examined how the United States and other liberal democracies use administ rative agencies and courts to adjudicate migration and citizenship questio ns\, and the political responses to judicial involvement in migration matt ers. She is the author of two books: Let Me Be a Refugee (2014\, Oxford&nb sp\;University Press) and \;Crossing: How We Label and React to People on the Move (2021\, \;Stanford University Press). \;She has also published multiple articles and book chapters on the topics of immigration and refugee \;law and politics\, both in the United States and in com parative perspective. \;

Co-sponsored by: \;Universi ty of Massachusetts Migration Working Group

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