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Migration, Citizenship, and Identity in Scandinavia

An informal workshop in honour of Professor Dr. Christian Joppke on the occasion of his inauguration as Adjunct Professor at the Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University.

Info about event

Time

Friday 25 April 2014,  at 09:00 - 15:30

Location

Room 124 & Aud AI, building 1330.

Organizer

Per Mouritsen
  • 9.00-10.00 Eva Ersbøll, Senior Researcher, the Danish Institute for Human Rights: Is it meaningful to ask whether Nordic citizenship is being “fortified” or “lightened”?
  • 10.00-11.00 Emily Cochran Bech, Post doc., University of Columbia and Aarhus University: How national identity definitions influence immigrant belonging in Denmark and Sweden
  • 11.00-12.00 Kristian Jensen, PhD-candidate & Per Mouritsen, professor MSO, Aarhus University: Nation-building in a liberal register: examining the paradox of universalism
  • 12.00 Lunch in the lunch room, Department of Political Science and Government
  • 14.15-16.00 Inaugural Lecture by Adjunct Professor, Dr. Christian Joppke: Recent Trends in Citizenship: ‘Lightening’ or ‘Fortifying.’ The lecture will take place in Aud. AI (room 101), bld. 1333.

In a small book published in 2010, Citizenship and Migration (Polity Press) Christian Joppke argued that citizenship across liberal states was undergoing a process of “lightening”: Citizenship was increasingly easy to access as a status. It meant less than in the past with respect to the rights attached to it. And it was topped by thinner and thinner identities. In this lecture Joppke reviews the argument in the light of recent scholarship and trends in citizenship. In particular, he will critically review a contrary diagnosis of citizenship as being “fortified” through recent policy trends, especially the new policies of “civic integration” and citizenship tests.

After the lecture, the department will host a reception in the lunch room.

If you wish to participate in the workshop, please send an email to Per Mouritsen, pm@ps.au.dk.