Conversations Across Borders: A Workshop in Transnational Studies

Date: 

Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

"Unpacking the Diaspora Channel: When Do Migrants Act Politically Back Home?"

Speaker:

Katrina Burgess, Associate Professor of Political Economy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Discussant:

Deepak Lamba-Nieves, PhD candidate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Contact:

Charlotte Lloyd
charlottelloyd@fas.harvard.edu

Chairs

Peggy Levitt, Associate. Co-Director, Transnational Studies Initiative, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard Kennedy School; Chair; Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Wellesley College.

Jocelyn Viterna, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Sociology and of Social Studies, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.