Schedule of 2007-2008 Speakers

"Citizenship, Borders, and Human Needs"

The culminating event of the 2007-2008 DCC Faculty Series is the first annual DCC Conference, to be held May 9th, 2008, in the Bodek Lounge of Penn's Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce Street.

May 9, 2008 Annual Conference Schedule:

8:30-9 am: Registration, Foyer, Bodek Lounge

9-10:45: Panel One: "Immigration and Economic Needs"

                          Rural Migration and Economic Development

                          Antonio Yúnez Naude, Colegio de Mexico

                         What is an Economic Migrant?

                          Karolina Szmagalska-Follis, DCC Postdoctoral Fellow

                         Discussant: Michael Katz, History, Penn

                         Chair: Andrew Lamas, Urban Studies, Penn

10:45-11: Break, Reading Room, Houston Hall

11-12:45: Panel Two: "Immigration and Political Needs"

                          Immigration Citizenship & Integration

                          Christian Joppke, American University, Paris

                          Expanding Citizenship: Illegal Immigrants as Voters

                          Kamal Sadiq, University of California-Irvine

                          Discussant: Aristide Zolberg, New School University

                          Chair: Grace Kao, Sociology, Penn

1-2: Lunch

2-3:45: Panel Three: "Immigration and Cultural Needs"

                           Engendering Culture

                           Leti Volpp, University of California-Berkeley

                           Associational Governance of Ethno-Religious Diversity

                           Veit Bader, University of Amsterdam

                           Discussant: Julie Mostov, Drexel University

                           Chair: Waheed Hussain, Wharton School

3:45-4: Break, Reading Room, Houston Hall

4-5:45: Panel Four: "The Legitimacy of Immigration Restrictions"

                           Citizenship and Free Movement

                           Rainer Bauböck, European University Institute

                           Open Borders Reconsidered

                           Chandran Kukathas, University of Utah

                           Discussant: Linda Bosniak, Rutgers Law

                           Chair: Samuel Freeman, Philosophy, Penn

6-7 pm: Reception, Mosaic Gallery, Penn University Museum

            3260 South Street

PRECEDING EVENTS:  The DCC Program Inaugural Lecture was held in the Kirby Auditorium of the National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St., Philadelphia.  Subsequent workshops were held from 4-6 pm on the Penn campus in the Silverstein Forum, 1st Floor, Stiteler Hall, 208 S. 37th St., Philadelphia.  The 2007-2008 Workshop Series:

Sept. 20: Inaugural Lecture: "International Migration: Global Trends and Issues"

                                            (Click to View: PowerPoint slides and Paper)

Demetrios Papademetriou, Migration Policy Institute

  Commentators: Douglas Massey, Princeton, Sociology (empirical issues)

                         Joseph Carens, Toronto, Politics (normative issues)

Oct 4 : Paper: "National Security and Immigration in the United States after 9/11"

Christopher Rudolph, American U., International School

  Discussant: Amy Kaplan, Penn, English

Oct. 25 : Global Migrations and Economic Need; Table_2; Table_3

Saskia Sassen, Columbia, Sociology

  Discussant: Peter Spiro, Temple, Law

Dec. 13 : Immigrant Political Incorporation in Comparative Perspective

Irene Bloemraad, Berkeley, Sociology

  Discussant: Richard Johnston, Penn, Political Science

Jan. 24 : When and Why Should Liberal Democracies Restrict Immigration

Stephen Macedo, Princeton, Politics

Discussant: Kok-Chor Tan, Penn, Philosophy

Feb. 7: Brokering Inclusion - Education, Language, and the Immigrant Middle Class

Mae Ngai, History, Columbia

Mar. 6: Three Models of Civic Solidarity

Sarah Song, Berkeley Jurisprudence & Social Policy

April 3: The Immigration Paradox

Howard Chang, Penn Law