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.

CCIS events are being held virtually via Zoom unless stated otherwise and may be recorded. All listings are Pacific Time.

Write-on-site for Migration Scholars

Winter 2025: Weekly, every Tuesday 12pm-2pm
Location: PEB201
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: Defending Immigrant Communities under Trump

Thursday, February 27, 2025  3:30pm-5:00pm
Featuring: Al Otro Lado, Alliance San Diego, and the American Friends Service Committee
This will be an In-person event only
Location: Great Hall, UCSD
Open to the public
Sponsored by: Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego
                           US Immigration Policy Center, UC San Diego
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Presentation: Report-Back: Farmworker Futures in the California Border Region

Friday, March 14, 2025  9:00am-11:50am
Presenters: Student researchers from the Mexican Migration Field Research Program
This will be an In-person event only
Location: Social Sciences Public Engagement Bldg, Room PEB104
Open to the public
Sponsored by: Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego
                           UCSD Labor Center, UC San Diego
                           Mexican Migration Field Research Program, UC San Diego
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Seminar: Language Brokers: Children of Immigrants Translating Inequality and Belonging for Their Families

Friday, March 14, 2025  12:00pm-1:30pm
Speaker: Hyeyoung Kwon, Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate of the Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society and Asian American Studies at Indiana University (IU), Bloomington
Discussant: Inmaculada García-Sánchez, Professor of Social Research Methodology and Associate Director, Center for the Study of International Migration, UC Los Angeles
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Seminar: Texas-Style Exclusion: Mexican Americans and the Legacy of Limited Opportunity

Friday, April 18, 2025  12:00pm-1:30pm
Speaker: Jennifer Van Hook, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University
Speaker:  James D. Bachmeier is Associate Professor of Sociology at Temple University (Philadelphia)
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Workshop: Borders and Migration Grant-Writing Workshop #1

Wednesday, April 23, 2025  3:00pm-5:00pm
Workshop Presenters: TBD
Happy hour and nibbles to follow the workshop
This will be an In-person event only
Location: Social Sciences Public Engagement Bldg, Room PEB520
Open to UCSD Faculty, Lecturers, Researchers, and PhD students
Sponsored by: Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego
                           International Institute, UC San Diego
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