Events

Alongside developing innovative research, CCIS endeavors to develop greater public engagement with migration studies through comprehensive outreach and education. CCIS has frequently hosted migration workshops and conferences, and has maintained a longstanding research seminar series. Open to the campus and the general public, the series continues to provide the opportunity for Visiting Fellows, Guest Scholars, UCSD faculty, and outside guest speakers to present and receive feedback on their most recent work.

Write-on-site for Migration Scholars

Spring: Weekly, every Wednesday 10am-12pm
Location: RWAC424
For: Graduate Students, Visiting Scholars, Lecturers, and Faculty who study migration
Participants should bring a writing project. First five minutes will entail sharing your writing plans for the session, followed by silent writing
Coffee, tea and snacks provided, or BYO lunch

Seminar: Geopolitics from Below: State-Diaspora Interplay and the Social Origins of Global China

Wednesday, May 7, 2025  12:00pm-1:30pm
Presenter: Jiaqi Liu, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Singapore Management University.
This will be an In-person event only
Location: ERC Admin Bldg South - Conference Room 115
[Event Flyer] [Event Registration]

Seminar: State of Disaster: The Failure of U.S. Migration Policy in an Age of Climate Change

Friday, May 9, 2025  12:00pm-1:30pm
Speaker: Maria Cristina Garcia, Howard A. Newman Professor of American Studies and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, Cornell University
This event Will Not be recorded
Location: Zoom
[Event Flyer] [Event Registration]

Conference: UCSD Emerging Scholars of Borders, Displacement & Migration

Friday, May 23, 2025  10:00am-5:00pm
This will be an In-person event only
Location: Social Sciences Public Engagement Bldg, 7th floor. Room PEB721
Description: This workshop, organized by the UCSD Global Borders Initiative, International Institute, Human Rights and Migration Program, and Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, seeks to create an interdisciplinary space for emerging scholars of borders, displacement, and/or migration to share and receive feedback on their research and get to know one another as well as faculty at UCSD.