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Research Seminars

CCIS holds research seminars for scholars to present work in progress and receive feedback on it from the CCIS community. Past speakers have included Roger Waldinger, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Robert Courtney Smith, James Hollifield, Frank Bean, Dowell Myers, Adrian Favell, Christian Joppke, Peggy Levitt, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Cecilia Menjívar, Gail Mummert, Tomás Jiménez, Gordon Hanson, and others. Papers presented at previous CCIS seminars can be downloaded from the working papers page.

Please sign up for our mailing list to be notified of CCIS events. The schedule of past research seminars can be found on the archive page. All events (unless otherwise noted) are held in conference room 115 on the first floor of the Eleanor Roosevelt College Administration Building on the UCSD campus. For directions to CCIS and parking information, see our directions page or call (858) 822-4447.


Robbie Totten – Security and United States Immigration Policy
May 08, 2012
Robbie Totten – Security and United States Immigration Policy

Seminar to be held on Tuesday, May 8th in ERC 115 at 12:30 pm.
What is the relationship between security and immigration to the U.S? How have security objectives factored into U.S. immigration policy? These questions …

Research Seminar with Patrick Ettinger & Kelly Lytle Hernandez
February 21, 2012
Research Seminar with Patrick Ettinger & Kelly Lytle Hernandez

Seminar to be held on Tuesday, February 21st in ERC 115 at 12:30 pm.
“`Something there is that doesn’t love a wall’:  Late Nineteenth-Century Border Crossings and the Imperatives of American Border Control”
Federal laws restricting the …

Jane Junn – How to Study Public Opinion in a Diverse Polity: Political Attitudes on Immigration in the U.S.
February 07, 2012
Jane Junn – How to Study Public Opinion in a Diverse Polity: Political Attitudes on Immigration in the U.S.

Seminar to be held on Tuesday, February 7th in ERC 115 at 12:30 pm.
The study of the contours and antecedents of U.S. public opinion on immigration has been characterized by several strategies: 1) analyzing differences …

Erik Bleich – The Freedom to Be Racist? How the United States and Europe Struggle to Preserve Freedom and Combat Racism
January 26, 2012
Erik Bleich – The Freedom to Be Racist? How the United States and Europe Struggle to Preserve Freedom and Combat Racism

Seminar to be held on Thursday, January 26th in ERC 201 at 12:30 pm.
We love freedom. We hate racism. But what do we do when these values collide? This talk, based on the speaker’s 2011 …

Claire Adida – Immigrant Exclusion in Africa
January 10, 2012
Claire Adida – Immigrant Exclusion in Africa

Seminar to be held on Tuesday, January 10th in ERC 115 at 12:30 pm.
What explains immigrant exclusion in urban West Africa? Africa scholars have long recognized the dynamic and political nature of citizenship in Africa. …

Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar – The Political Economies of Immigration Law
October 11, 2011
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar – The Political Economies of Immigration Law

* * RESEARCH SEMINAR IS CANCELLED * *
Seminar to be held on Tuesday, October 11th in ERC 115 at 12:30 pm.
A largely dysfunctional American immigration system is only poorly explained by simple depictions of the …

Jeffrey Lesser – Brazilian Journeys: Contemporary Immigration and Emigration
October 10, 2011
Jeffrey Lesser – Brazilian Journeys: Contemporary Immigration and Emigration

Seminar to be held on Monday, October 10th in ERC 115 at 12:00 pm.
Brazil, like the United States, often defines itself as a “nation of immigrants.”  Yet immigration has implications far beyond the direct experiences …

Ruben J. Garcia – Labor’s Approach to Immigration: How Does Law Matter?
May 17, 2011
Ruben J. Garcia – Labor’s Approach to Immigration: How Does Law Matter?

Labor’s Approach to Immigration: How Does Law Matter?
Seminar to be held in ERC 115 at 2:00 pm.
While many U.S. and Canadian unions historically marginalized immigrant workers, by the early 1990s, key unions achieved success organizing …

Amada Armenta — Policing Immigrants or Immigration? The Implementation of 287(g) in Nashville
April 19, 2011
Amada Armenta — Policing Immigrants or Immigration? The Implementation of 287(g) in Nashville

Seminar to be held in ERC 115 at 2:00 pm.
Amada Armenta will discuss her research on the implementation of the 287(g) program in Nashville, Tennessee. In April 2007, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office began implementing …

Randall Hansen – States, Migration, and International Cooperation: Can there be a global migration regime?
March 01, 2011
Randall Hansen – States, Migration, and International Cooperation: Can there be a global migration regime?

States, Migration, and International Cooperation: Can there be a global migration regime?
Seminar to be held in ERC 115 at 2:00 pm.
Within the migration literature and policy circles, there is a enthusiasm for the international governance …