Thursday, June 23

10:30 am
Arrival & Registration

11:00 –11:15 am
Opening
Opening Remarks by Janina Söhn (SOFI, Göttingen, speaker of the Section "Migration and Ethnic Minorities” of the German Sociological Association)
and by Wolfgang Kaschuba (Humboldt University of Berlin, Director of the Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research)

11:15 – 12:45 pm
Panel Session #1
Macro-group Structures and Membership in (Trans-)Nationally Constituted Societies

Chair: Sina Arnold, BIM, Humboldt University of Berlin

Nina Clara Tiesler (Leibniz University Hannover)
“Ethnoheterogenesis: An alternative model to analyse societal change and membership in
(trans-)nationally constituted societies”

Céline Teney (University of Bremen), Laurie Hanquinet (University of York), Katharina Bürkin (University of Bremen)
“Feeling European: An exploration of ethnic disparities among immigrants”

Christian Ulbricht (Bielefeld University)
“From Culture to Class?: The social construction of the legitimate migrant in the German discourse on immigration and membership“

12.45 am – 1:30 pm
Lunch Break (continuing registration for late arrivers)

1:30 – 3:00 pm
Panel Session #2
Positioning and Belonging in (Trans-)Nationally Constituted Societies

Chair: Gökçe Yurdakul, Humboldt University of Berlin

Darja Klingenberg (Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main)
“To Germany for a Better Life!: Migrant Middle Classes and the Ambivalences of Material Betterment among Post‐Soviet Migrants in Germany“
 
Agata A. Lisiak (Humboldt University of Berlin)
“At Home in the City?: Migrant mothers, urban households, and social support“

Yasemin Soytemel (University of Konstanz)
“Between Mother Theresa and Angelina Jolie: Collective Self-Descriptions of Turkish-German Teenagers in Berlin”

3:00 – 3:30 pm
Coffee Break

3:30 – 5:30 pm
Panel Session #3
Labour market: Between inclusion and discrimination

Chair: Janina Söhn, Sociological Research Institute (SOFI) at Georg-August-University, Göttingen

Hans Siebers (Tilburg University)
“How to Understand Ethno-migrant Inequality at Work?: New directions for research on migrants’ labour market exclusion”

Sabine Ebensperger, Felix Stumpf (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)
"Skilled, but Disregarded?: A factorial survey on the acceptance of immigrants’ officially recognized foreign vocational certificates in German firms“

Michaela Kreyenfeld, Cristina Samper (Hertie School of Governance, Berlin)
“Female Employment after Migration: Evidence from the Recent Immigrant Sample of the German Socio-Economic Panel“

Adrien Thomas (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research)
“The Inclusion of Migrant Workers in Trade Unions: Organizational dilemmas and democratic participation“

6:00 – 8:00 pm
Public Event: “Berlin Lecture“

Sandro Mezzadra (University of Bologna)
“The Current Refugee Movements as Catalyst and Challenge for Migration Studies”
at Senatssaal, Humboldt University of Berlin

The Berlin Lecture is followed by a panel discussion with representatives of cultural and political life, the media and civil society.

Friday, June 24

9:00 – 10:30 am
Panel Session #4
Education and migration: dynamics of social inequality

Chair: Birgit zur Nieden, BIM, Humboldt University of Berlin

Oktay Aktan (University of Dortmund)
“The Particular Role of Teachers with Migration Background in German School System“

Jasper Dag Tjaden (University of Bamberg)
“Migrants’ Educational Choices in Upper Secondary Education in Switzerland and Germany”

Susan Lee (University of Cologne)
“The Influence of Religiosity and Peers on School Performance among Muslim Students in Germany”

10:30 – 10:15 am
Coffee Break

10:15 – 12:45 pm
Panel Session #5
Refugees, forced and undocumented migration - contemporary challenges for societies and the sociology of migration

Chair: Serhat Karakayali, BIM, Humboldt University of Berlin

Ulrike Präger (University of Illinois)
“Musical Integration and the Creation of New Belongings”

Emine Büşra Ünlüönen (Koç University, Istanbul)
“The Lived Experiences of Middle Class Syrians in Istanbul“

Katherine Braun (University of Hamburg)
“Economization of human rights: biopolitical and geopolitical recategorizations in Geneva: An outlook on the pitfalls of current `cultures of welcome´“

Ulrike Hamann (Humboldt University of Berlin)
“`Refugees welcome! ´: Motifs and Challenges of urban networks of solidarity in Germany”

12:45 – 13:45 pm
Lunch Break

13:45 – 15:15 pm
Round Table "Changing Perspectives in the Sociology of Migration: Some Reflections on the last 30 years“

Chair: Mathias Bös, Leibniz University Hannover

Discussants
Prof. Encarnacion Gutierrez Rodriguez (Justus Liebig University Giessen)
Prof. Naika Foroutan (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Prof. Annette Treibel (PH Karlsruhe)
Prof. Ingrid Tucci (Aix-Marseille University)