SoMI project – Securitisation of Migrant Integration : lessons from the US and the UK
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (CREW)-Sciences Po Paris (CEVIPOF)-Idex Sorbonne Paris Cité (SPC)

Venue : Institut du monde anglophone, 5, rue de l’école de médecine, 75006 Paris, salle 16

The July 2015 SoMI symposium provides each participant or cluster with the opportunity to present their ongoing field research. Each case will be the object of collective discussion among participants with a view to the coordinated preparation of the final stages of the case studies and of future dissemination efforts. The final session led by Prof. Simon Reich (Rutgers) will synthetise the day’s discussions with a specific focus on the preparation of the SoMi international conference of June 2016.

PROGRAMME

9.00-9.30 am: Welcome address and introduction by Romain Garbaye (Sorbonne Nouvelle) and Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia (Rutgers)

9.30-10.00 am : presentation and general discussion on ongoing fieldwork on Muslims in the USA Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia (Rutgers)

10.00 am-11.00 am : presentation and general discussion ongoing fieldwork on Muslims in the UK Romain Garbaye and Donia Touihri-Mebarek (Sorbonne Nouvelle)

11.00-11.15: Coffee break
11.15-12.15 : presentation and discussion of Nigerians in the UK

Catherine Puzzo (Université Jean Jaurès-Toulouse) 12.15-2.00 pm : LUNCH

2.00-3.00 pm : presentation and discussion of Sikhs in the UK
Vincent Latour (Université Jean Jaurès-Toulouse) and Nada Afiouni (Université du Havre)

3.00-4.00 pm : presentation and discussion of Latinos in the US (1) Karina Saldivar (Long Island University, Brooklyn)

4.00-4.15 pm : Coffee break
4.15 pm : presentation and discussion of Latinos in the US (2)

James Cohen (Sorbonne Nouvelle)

4.45-6.00 pm : general discussion on the case studies and preparation of the 2016 final conference discussion led by Simon Reich (Rutgers)

7.00 pm : Symposium dinner