SIAS Summer Institute 2007-2008 on "Citizenship and Migration"

Both Western Europe and the U.S.A. are in the midst of social changes triggered by new migration patterns that put established conceptions of national citizenship under unprecedented strain. Among the questions about citizenship provoked by these changes are the following:

What can appropriately be demanded in the way of integration into to a common civic culture of prospective citizens whose formative cultural experience is often remote from and sometimes repugnant to the established civic culture in the state to which they have migrated?

What are the parameters of just immigration policy to nations which are vastly more prosperous than the ones from which most prospective citizens come?

To what extent (if at all) can the legitimacy of national and supra-national political institutions be established through citizen loyalty under conditions of increasing pluralism and how (if at all) are multiple loyalties to be accommodated without precipitating disabling levels of political conflict?

We assume that such questions can only be adequately addressed on an interdisciplinary basis that engages such fields as philosophy, political science, law, sociology, history, and education. Therefore, we welcome applicants from these and other fields whose scholarly interests are broadly relevant to the questions we have identified.

Conveners:
Eamonn Callan, Professor of Education, Stanford University, USA

David Miller, Professor of Political Theory, University of Oxford, Nuffield College, England

Application Procedure:

To apply, send the following, in English, to the appropriate address below:

1. A completed application
2. A curriculum vitae
3. A statement of up to 1,000 words (not counting cited references) detailing current research interests and past research and writing related to the institute topic
4. A list of not more than five background readings potentially relevant to all participants of the summer institute
5. One letter of recommendation