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Call for Papers

Datum bericht: 1 april 2023

On 28 and 29 September 2023, the seminar:

Gender and Marriage Migration in Asia and Europe: why do integration measures target women?

will be taking place at the Radboud University, Nijmegen.

The seminar is organised by

  • Centre for Migration Law (CMR)
  • Radboud University Network on Migrant Inclusion (RUNOMI),
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and
  • Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

In much of the academic literature, integration measures are framed as a more or less recent phenomenon that can be found in western liberal democracies. (Western) comparative studies regarding integration requirements focus on laws and policies applied in Europe (e.g. Goodman 2010, Scholten et al. 2012, Strik et al 2010, Strik et al. 2013, Van Oers 2014).

However, such integration measures are also common in other parts of the world, most notably in Asia (see Chiu & Yeoh 2021 for an overview). Within and from this region, marriage migration has been on the rise for the last five decades, eliciting regulatory attention in both sending and receiving countries (Fresnoza-Flot & Ricordeau 2017; Ishii 2016; Kim et al. 2021; Mu & Yeung 2022). This interdisciplinary seminar aims to provide key insights into states’ regulatory mechanisms surrounding marriage migration and their gendered dimensions in Asia and Europe in comparative perspective.

We intend to stimulate an interdisciplinary, thematic approach in researching the role of gender in integration policies and practices in comparative perspective. The call is therefore aimed at researchers from Asia and Europe and from various academic backgrounds.

A selection of the presented papers will be part of a Special Issue for a peer reviewed international journal.

This seminar has received funding from the Standing Committee “Gender and Sexuality in Migration Research” (GenSeM) of IMISCOE.

Deadline for abstracts is 26 May 2023.