November 5, 2015
As the leading campus resource on global affairs, the International Institute has established the II Round Table as a vehicle to promote informed discussions on contemporary issues and events that affect our world.
What economic and political forces have driven waves of refugees from their homelands in recent months? What fate awaits them on new shores? How do these new migrations challenge our understanding of citizenship and nation? This roundtable goes beyond the media images that represent the refugee crisis–from Fortress Europe to Mama Merkel–to ask probing questions about new patterns of human migration emerging globally. This event will be livestreamed beginning at 3:00pm on November 5. The link will be available at: ii.umich.edu
Panel
Karla Mallette (moderator)
Director, Center for European Studies and Islamic Studies Program; Near Eastern Studies; Romance Languages and Literatures
Rita Chin
Department of History
Kristin Dickinson
Germanic Languages and Literatures
James Hathaway
Director, Program in Refugee and Asylum Law; James E. and Sarah A. Degan Professor of Law
Pauline Jones Luong
Director, International Institute; Political Science
