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Thursday, September 30th 2010, 15.30-18.00 I Legislation and politics (room E221- 2nd floor- Kaivokatu 12) 15.30-16.00 Pontus Odmalm, ”Political parties and the immigration question: competition around issue of ownership in Swedish parliamentary elections 1991-2006” 16.00-16.30 Mats Wickström, “The concepts of integration and assimilation in Sweden 1964-1975” 16.30-16.45 Coffee break 16.45-17.15 Hugo Stokke, “Searching for common […]

Thursday’s program, September 30th 10.00-12.15 Registration and lunch (Janus, Upseerikerho, Kaivokatu 12) 12.30-13.00 Opening of the conference (Pharmacity Auditorium, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4) • Keijo Virtanen, Rector of the University of Turku. • Auvo Kostiainen, Professor of General History, University of Turku 13.00-13.45 Plenary I (Pharmacity Auditorium, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4) • Thomas Faist, Professor of Transnational […]

The Department of General History, University of Turku, the FiDiPro programme “Multiculturalism as a new pathway to incorporation”, and the Institute of Migration organized an international seminar titled “Finnish-American Immigrants in Transition” in Turku on June 1-2, 2009. The seminar brought together scholars interested in migration studies from Finland, the United States, Canada, and Denmark. […]

International Seminar on Migration History in Turku, June 1-2, 2009 The Dept. of General History, University of Turku, the FIDIPRO programme Multiculturalism as a new pathway to incorporation, and the Institute of Migration will organize in Turku an international seminar on the Finnish-American Immigrants in Transition 2009, on June 1st and 2nd, 2009. The tradition […]

University of Turku September 30-October 1, 2010 During the past several decades, the world’s advanced industrial nations have been confronted by the need to find new strategies for incorporating ethnic minorities into the mainstream of their respective societies.  The major factor contributing to this situation, shared by all of these nations, is the dramatic increase […]