ania – Mobilities and Transnational Iceland

Author: ania

An Afterlife of Crisis –

Crisis-talk has been a salient feature of a new millennium, often connected in one way or another to mobility or migration. The escalation of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe in 2015 – often referred to as “refugee crisis” – Read More ->

Racialization, whiteness and politics of othering in contemporary Europe

Interdisciplinary symposium organized by Nordic Summer University (NSU) and Mobilities and Transnational Iceland organize at University of Iceland, Reykjavik, November 25-27, 2019. Race, racialization and whiteness remain contested topics in contemporary Europe (Böröcz & Sarkar, 2017; Dzenovska, 2018; Fassin, 2011; Read More ->

Temporary nature of migrant work: reality or myth?

Open lecture by Anna Wojtyńska organized by Stjórnvísi in cooperation with Mobilities and Transnational Iceland. Thursday, 21 November; Endurmenntun HÍ According to the latest information from the National Registry, the number of Polish citizens in Iceland has reached 20.000. In Read More ->

Challenges of tourism vs migration: climate change perspective

Open lecture by Justas Kažys (Institute of Geosciences, Vilnius University, Lithuania) Monday, 4 November 2019 from 13:00-14:00 The tourism industry has a key role to play in confronting the challenges of climate change. Rising temperatures, higher sea levels and degraded Read More ->

Migrant workers in Iceland: Cheap labour, economic saviours, or allies in the fight against exploitation?

As part of Þjóðarspegillinn, the annual conference at School of Social Sciences that takes place on November, 1st, Mobilities and Transnational Iceland organizes a keynote lecture by Hein de Haas that would be followed by the panel discussion. Unnur Dís Read More ->

Long-distance communication and intimacy in the age of migration

Panel discussion after screening of documentary “In touch” by Paweł Ziemilski. October 24, 2019; 18:45-19:30; Bíó Paradís Global economic inequalities incline increasing number of people to seek economic opportunities abroad. Often our times has been proclaimed as age of migration. Read More ->

CfP: Racialization, whiteness and politics of othering in contemporary Europe

Mobilities and Transnational Iceland invites contributions to the interdisciplinary symposium "Racialization, whiteness and politics of othering in contemporary Europe" to be held at University of Iceland, Reykjavik, November 25-27, 2019. Call for Papers Race, racialization and whiteness remain contested topics Read More ->

Students Panel

Collaborative event by The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Mobilities and Transnational Iceland project at the University of Iceland. On Monday, 20th of May, 2019 Mobilities had a pleasure to host a group of students from the Academy of Read More ->

Icelandic labour market: foreign workers

On 3rd. Of May, Mobilities and Transnational Iceland held a launch seminar of the special issue of Íslenska Þjóðfélagsins edited by Kristín Loftsdóttir og Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir. During the seminar, selected authors presented their contributions which discuss different aspects of Read More ->

International conference: Mobilities and Transnationalism in the 21st century

Mobilities and Transnational Iceland organizes an international conference Mobilities and Transnationalism in the 21st century to be held between 28th and 30th of April, 2019 in Hotel Radisson Blu Saga. (more…)