IIW meets every two weeks during the academic year so members can share work-in-progress about any aspect of research on migration/immigration. It welcomes contemporary and historical research on migration, immigrants and their children, in the US and around the world. We warmly encourage participation from diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches. The workshop is open to any researcher at UCB—grad students, faculty, staff, post-docs, and visiting scholars.
The Interdisciplinary Immigration Workshop is facilitated by Professors Irene Bloemraad andCybelle Fox of the Department of Sociology. The workshop is grateful for funding from the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE).
Workshop Layout
During every workshop, we will discuss two papers no more than 25 pages in length, double-spaced. These can range from research proposals to articles in preparation for publication. For every paper, one discussant will be in charge of providing detailed comments and all other workshop members can provide additional feedback. We share the papers one week before the workshop meets to allow all participants ample time to read through the work in progress.
IIW will meet almost every other Monday from 12:00-1:30 pm in the Social Sciences Building (SSB) Room 420. There will be a hybrid option, but we highly encourage in-person attendance. Lunch will be provided at each meeting for in-person attendees. You will be able to sign up for presentation and discussion slots at the first meeting of the semester.
The specific dates for this semester’s meetings are: Sept 11, Sept 25, Oct 9, Oct 23, Nov 6, and Dec 4
Graduate students are encouraged to subscribe to the workshop as a one-unit class (Sociology 292.1) using CCN 15052 (see below for requirements).
Workshop Requirements
Units and Requirements: You can come without officially enrolling, but you are encouraged to register for this 1 unit P/NP class. Enrollment helps justify the budget and course to the Sociology department. In order to pass, you are required to either:
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come to most sessions, OR
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present a work in progress, OR
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act as a discussant for one of the papers.
If you have any questions, please email at stephaniepeng@berkeley.edu