An International Symposium
Contemporary Migration: Nordic Countries, Europe, and Israel
The European Forum, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Center on Global Migration, University of Gothenburg
Jerusalem, March 21-22, 2023
Over the last decade, the history and politics of migration in Europe has taken a dramatic new turn. The Syrian Civil War forced hundreds of thousands of refugees out of Syria and drove them to seek shelter across Europe, while asylum seekers and migrants from Central/North Africa continued to try finding their way across the Mediterranean Sea. Brexit continues to affect the size and composition of the reciprocal UK-European Union movement of people. More recently, the violent unfolding of the Russia–Ukraine War caused millions of Ukrainian refugees to flee their native country and seek asylum in central, northern, or Western Europe as well as out of the continent. These massive, novel, and diverse phenomena of forced migration and refugee-dom call for an urgent and deep scholarly discussion about immigrants and migration in Europe. The workshop “Contemporary Migration: Nordic Countries, Europe, and Israel,” organized by the European Forum at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Center on Global Migration, University of Gothenburg, engages in this discussion from a comparative and transnational perspective, with an emphasis on the Nordic countries. It explores questions concerning highly pertinent topics such as borders, asylum and integration policies, demography, inter-cultural encounters and multiculturalism, migration and labor, and the rise of far right and populist politics.
Tuesday, 21.03.2023
9.00
Greetings
Gili S. Drori, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences (tbc)
Noam Shoval, Director of the European Forum at the Hebrew University
9.30-10.30
Keynote
Andrea Spehar, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
“Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Civic Integration in Europe: Moving from Political Rhetoric to Practice”
11.00 – 12.30
Panel 1: Migration Processes and Patterns
Chair: Isabell Schierenbeck, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Darren Smith, Loughborough University, UK
“Post-pandemic State-induced Migration Regimes and Changing Places”
Saara Koikkalainen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
“The Role of Imagination in Forced and Voluntary Migration Processes in Europe”
Karin Amit, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel
“Migration Decision Making Process of Ukrainian Refugees”
Lunch break
14.00 – 15.30
Panel 2: Demography and Migration Policy
Chair: Barbara Okun, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Anastasia Gorodzeisky, Tel Aviv University, Israel
"Temporal Change in Attitudes toward Asylum Seekers: A Comparative Perspective"
Lena Andersson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
“New Government, New Policy: Effects on the Lives of the Undocumented Migrants in Sweden - A Reflective Impact Analysis”
Uzi Rebhun, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
"The Structure of Group Identity among Israeli Immigrants in Germany"
16.00-17.30
Panel 3: Refugeedom and Forced Migration
Chair: Sergio DellaPergola, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Olena Yermakova, Jagiellonian University, Poland & The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Austria
“Ukrainian Migration into the EU: Shifting Paradigms of Displacement and Admission"
Oksana Shmulyar Gréen, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
“From Freedom of Mobility within the EU to Displacement and Forced Migration: (Re)search for Hope in the Face of War”
Vedran Omanović, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
"Organizing Sustainable Workplace Integration for Refugees"
18.00
Departure for Dinner
Wednesday, 22.3.2023
10.30 – 12.00
Visit of the Jerusalem African Community Center (R.A)
Lunch break
14.30-16.00
Panel 4: Shifting Cultural Contexts: Immigrant Culture and the Culture of Immigration
Chair: Uzi Rebhun, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Carolin Müller, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
“On Post-migratory Social Realities and Racializations: Revisiting the Cultural Turn in Migration Management Models”
Nadia Beider, University College London, UK
“Religious Change and Attitudes towards Immigrants in Contemporary Europe”
Iman Jabbour, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
"Recasting Home: Belonging and Self-representation of Syrian Refugees in Abwab Newspaper"
16.30-18.00
Panel 5: Welfare Regimes
Chair: Yuval Tal, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Isabell Schierenbeck and Andrea Spehar, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
"Newly Arrived Migrants Meet Street-level Bureaucrats in Jordan, Sweden and Turkey: Expectations, (Dis)satisfaction and Response Strategies”
Ina Kubbe, Tel Aviv University, Israel & Hannah Katz, University of Haifa, Israel
"Human Rights Violations in Migratory Flows to and in Europe: Impact and Perceptions"
Orna Keren-Carmel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
“Nordic Solutions to Israeli Mass Immigration after 1948”
18.30-20.00
Concluding Roundtable: Immigration in an Age of Rising Populism
Greetings:
Noam Shoval, Director of the European Forum at the Hebrew University, Israel
Moderator:
Gisela Dachs, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Participants:
H.E. Erik Ullenhag, Ambassador of Sweden to Israel & Former Minister for Integration
Sergio DellaPergola, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Orit Gazit, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Andrea Spehar, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Dinner reception (4th floor)