The Department of Sociology will host new office hours for Spring semester. The new office hours will start Wednesday, January 4th, 2012.

Monday-Friday

9:15am-3:15pm

If you have any questions or concerns with the new change please contact us at 9074-786-1714.

Title: PANEL: “Crossing Borders and Connecting Communities: Concepts and Praxis of Immigration in Europe and the US”

Speakers: Dr. Asiye Kaya, DAAD Visiting Professor, Georgetown University, BMW Center for German and European Studies  

Dr. Jamie Goodwin-White, UCLA, Department of Geography (formerly of Oxford University’s International Migration Institute andUniversity of Sussex’s Geography, Migration Studies, and Development Studies and the Centre for Migration Research)

Dr. Dorn Van Dommelen, UAA, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies

When/Where: March 29^th, 2012, Thursday, 10 am- 12 pm, LIB 307

Refreshments will be served.

Organized by Dr. Kilic, Department of Sociology (zkilic@uaa.alaska.edu, 6-1658 for questions)

Panel will address a wide range of issues: Current German political context of immigration and Turkish migrants, unique case of Ireland and immigration, 2^nd generation migrants in Los Angeles, and making the connection from theory to community/lived experience- a collaboration between a global population issues course and an ESL class.

This panel has been sponsored by generous contributions from UAA’s College of Arts and Sciences, International Studies Program, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, and Department of Sociology.