Migration - Regionalization - Citizenship:
Canada and Europe in Comparative Perspective

Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010
19:00-21:00
Law Faculty
1009

Opening and Welcome Addresses

  • Prof. Dr. Alois Loidl
    Acting President, University of Augsburg
  • Prof. Dr. Rainer-Olaf Schultze
    Director, Institute for Canadian Studies
  • Dr. Peter M. Boehm
    Ambassador of Canada in Germany
  • Dr. Charles Villiers,
    Délégation générale du Québec à Munich
  • Dr. Friedrich W. Rothenpieler
    Director General, Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts
Keynote Address
  • Prof. Randall Hansen, Ph.D., Munk Centre, University of Toronto
    The Road to Nowhere: Multiculturalism as Europe's Future
21:00

Reception

Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010
09:00-10:30h
Staatsarchiv

Migration I: Immigration, Emigration, Transmigration

Chair: Hubert Zapf, University of Augsburg

Andreas Fahrmeir, University of Frankfurt
Constructing Ideal and Expendable Citizens. Reflections on the Regulation of Immigration and Emigration in the 19th Century and Beyond
pdf-file Abstract

Yves Frenette, University of Ottawa
Migrating in, Migrating out, Migrating within: Considérations à partir du cas canadien

10:30-11:00h
Coffee break
11:00-12:30h
 

Migration II: Social Stratification:
Political Power and Migration

Chair: Rainer-Olaf Schultze, University of Augsburg

Minna-Kristiina Ruokonen-Engler, University of Frankfurt
Gendered Transnational Labour Migration: A Solution or a Dilemma for the Nation states?

Augie Fleras, University of Waterloo
Customizing Immigration, Commodifying Migrant Labour: Paradigm Shift or Paradigm Tweak?
pdf-file Abstract

12:30-14:00h
Lunch hour
14:00-15:30h
 

Migration III: Narratives of Migration and Belonging

Chair: Katja Sarkowsky, University of Augsburg

Heike Paul, University of Erlangen
Promoting Canada as New Home?: Ambivalent Views in the Writings of Susanna Moodie and Mary Ann Shadd
pdf-file Abstract

Larissa Lai, University of British Columbia
The Look of Like: Fields of Vision in Asian / Indigenous Relation.

15:30-16:00h
Coffee break
16:00-17:30h
 

Citizenship I: Citizenship and National Identities in Historical and Systematic Perspective

Chair: Günther Kronenbitter, University of Augsburg

Martin Papillon, University of Ottawa
Redefining Indigenous Peoples' Citizenship: Canada in a Comparative Perspective

Marcus Funck, University of Augsburg
*Canada docet*? Canadian Multiculturalism in the German Discourse on Immigration and Integration, or: Chances and Limitations of Historical Learning

19:30

Institute's Alumni Meeting

Friday, Dec. 10, 2010
09:00-10:30h
Staatsarchiv 

Citizenship II: Citizenship Discourses: Basic Rights and Multiculturalism

Chair: Rainer-Olaf Schultze, University of Augsburg

Marcus Llanque, University of Augsburg
Membership and Belonging: The Meaning of Citizenship

Christopher Manfredi, McGill University
Citizenship and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

10:30-11:00h
Coffee break
11:00-12:30h
 

Citizenship III: Democratic Iterations: Cultural Negotiatings of Citizenship

Chair: Philipp Gassert, University of Augsburg

David Chariandy, Simon Fraser University
Postrace: Hope and Delusion in 21st Century Canada

Mita Banerjee, University of Mainz
Indigeneity, Contemporaneity, and Citizenship

12:30-14:00h
Lunch hour
14:00-15:30h
 

Regionalization I: Region, Nation, Transnation

Chair: Philipp Gassert, University of Augsburg

Christian Lammert, FU Berlin
"I am Canadian!" Regionalization and Identity in Canada
pdf-file Abstract

Diana Brydon, University of Manitoba
Transnational literacies, global English, and mobile imaginaries
pdf-file Abstract

15:30-16:00h
Coffee break
16:00-17:30h
 

Regional Studies - The State of the Art - Panel Discussion

Chair: Katja Sarkowsky, University of Augsburg

Normand Labrie, University of Toronto
Kerstin Knopf, University of Greifswald
Nadine Klopfer, University of Munich

19:30
Neue Stadtbücherei

Hope and Delusion in 21st Century Canada
Readings by Larissa Lai and David Chariandy

Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010
09:00-11:00h
PhilSo 2107
 

Regionalization II: Regional Identities and Language - 1

Chair: Sabine Schwarze, University of Augsburg

Bernhard Pöll, Universität Salzburg
La pluralité normative du français ou : en quoi consiste l'exception francophone
pdf-file Résumé

Hélène Cajolet-Laganière, Université de Sherbrooke
Une prise en compte plus large de la variation géographique du français
pour répondre aux besoins de la francophonie du Québec, du Canada et d'ailleurs

pdf-file Résumé

Kristin Reinke, University of Mainz
La langue du doublage en France et au Québec: un reflet du niveau de sécurité linguistique
pdf-file Résumé

11:00-11:30h
Coffee break
11:30-13:00h
 

Regionalization II: Regional Identities and Language - 2

Chair: Maximilian Gröne, University of Augsburg

Normand Labrie, University of Toronto / Sylvie Lamoureux, University of Ottawa
Le choix des études postsecondaires chez les jeunes francophones en Ontario:
le dilemme des langues et de l'éloignement géographique

pdf-file Résumé

Michelle Bussières, Université Laval
Enjeux d'intégration des immigrants dans deux communautés de langue minoritaire au Canada et en Espagne

 
 

Resumé