Migration Events
Barriers to Cross-Border Labor Mobility for Professionals Doing Business in Canada and the United States
June 11, 2013 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Canada Institute
Please join the Canada Institute as we launch our sixteenth One Issue, Two Voices series featuring leading national experts in best practices and policies for cross-border labor mobility.
Goodbye, Brazil, a Global Perspective on Brazilian Immigration
May 31, 2013 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Brazil Institute
On May 31st, author Maxine Margolis will discuss her new book on the growing Brazilian diaspora.
Book Launch: Mexico and the United States: The Politics of Partnership
May 30, 2013 // 2:00pm — 3:30pm
Mexico Institute
The Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, The Colegio de la Frontera Norte and The Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UCSD are pleased to invite you a book launch of Mexico and the United States: The Politics of Partnership.
Illuminating the Kazakh Nomadic Culture: American Travelers (1870-1920)
May 28, 2013 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Kennan Institute
Kazakhstan is rich in natural resources and ancient, unique cultures that have long attracted attention of Western travelers. Early American travelers made significant contributions in preserving Kazakhstan’s history as witnesses to its nomadic culture and through their photographs, drawings, and diaries. Saule Satayeva includes Kennan Institute namesake George Kennan who, together with American painter George Frost, wrote evocative essays and created numerous drawings and photographs.
Girls on the Move: Adolescent Girls and Migration in the Developing World
May 14, 2013 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Comparative Urban Studies Project
The Wilson Center’s Comparative Urban Studies Project is pleased to present the launch of Girls on the Move: Adolescent Girls and Migration in the Developing World.
Enforcing Laws on Human Trafficking in Russia
May 13, 2013 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Kennan Institute
Lauren McCarthy examines the trafficking phenomenon in Russia, discussing both sex and labor trafficking, focusing primarily on the response of law enforcement agencies in the ten years since trafficking was criminalized in Russia.
The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees and Minorities
May 07, 2013 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
European Studies
What drives a state's choice to assimilate, accommodate, or exclude ethnic groups within its territory? In this pathbreaking work on the international politics of nation-building, Harris Mylonas argues that a state's nation-building policies toward non-core groups - any aggregation of individuals perceived as an unassimilated ethnic group by the ruling elite of a state - are influenced by both its foreign policy goals and its relations with the external patrons of these groups.
The Farmer’s Dilemma: Climate Change, Food Security, and Human Mobility
May 07, 2013 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Kevin Henry will share highlights from CARE and the United Nations Univeristy’s “Where the Rain Falls” project, an eight-country study on the complexities of changing rainfall patterns and their effects on food security and human mobility. Stephanie Hanson will share perspectives from One Acre Fund’s work with women small-holder farmers in East Africa, and Susan Bradley will discuss activities and lessons learned from USAID’s Feed the Future Initiative.
The Rise and Fall of North American Populations: Exploring Migration and Immigration in Canada and the United States
May 01, 2013 // 10:00am — 11:30am
Canada Institute
Both Canada and the United States have largely been shaped by immigration. However, we must look more closely at subnational population trends to understand how migration and immigration are changing the political, economic, and transportation futures of our countries and to truly understand how the movement of people shapes North America. Please join our distinguished panel to discuss Fazley Siddiq’s new paper comparing these population shifts and other related issues.
Quo Vadis? Recruitment and Contracting of Migrant Workers and their Access to Social Security
April 17, 2013 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Mexico Institute
The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute and Latin American Program and the Institute for Studies and Communication on Migration (Instituto de Estudios y Divulgación sobre Migración, INEDIM) are pleased to invite you to a presentation of the following study: Quo Vadis? Recruitment and Contracting of Migrant Workers and their Access to Social Security: The Dynamics of Temporary Labor Migration Systems in North and Central America.