programme

Keynote 

Leo Lucassen, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam: "Migrants as engines of social change: the long term cross-cultural migration approach"

Keynote 

Richard Jenkins, Sheffield University: "What should social scientist be saying about migration?"

Workshops

Labour migration - inclusion or exclusion?
Chair: Marlene Spanger, CoMID, Aalborg University

Place and Space – ties and belongings
Chair: Hans Stourhaug, (Norwegian emigration center)

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Workshops 

Migration WalkShop
Bente Jensen, (The Danish Emigration Archives, Aalborg)
A tour through the city center of Aalborg where History is told through the migration theme showing how concrete examples of emigration and immigration have contributed to the development of Aalborg. The walk will contain contemporary examples visible in the cityshape as well as stories told through buildings and the structure of the city.

Workshops 

Labour migration - inclusion or exclusion? (continued)
Chair: Trine Lund Thomsen (CoMID,Aalborg University)

Workshop: Construction and Reproduction of Identity
Chair: John Mark Nielsen (Museum of Danish America)

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Keynote 

John Mark Nielsen, the Museum of Danish America, Elk Horn: "Securing Borders; Guarding Boundaries"

Keynote 

Randi Marselis, Roskilde University Centre: "Web, social media and migration heritage"

Panel discussion 

Mathab Jalili-Trudslev (Aalborg’s council for ethnic minorities), Hans Storhaug (Norwegian emigration center), John Mark Nielsen (Museum of Danish America) and Susi Meret (CoMID, Aalborg University) 

Chairperson Martin Bak Jørgensen, (CoMID, Aalborg University)