Egypt: Diaspora and Transnationalism (January 15 - 19, 2017) by Alexandra Parrs

Diaspora and Transnationalism (January 15 - 19, 2017)

The concepts of diaspora and transnationalism both refer to cross-border processes and are becoming increasingly prominent to understand patterns in international migrations, the meaning of state borders, identities constructions and socioeconomic relationships. The course aimed to define those processes, looking at diasporic groups and their relationship to both host countries and (real or perceived) homeland, as well as analyzing the social formations and transformations induced by transnationalism.

About the instructor: Alexandra Parrs is sociologist and currently a visiting professor at University of Saint Louis in Brussels. Parrs taught at the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies at AUC from 2012 to 2016, graduate courses on integration, citizenship transnationalism, migration and international relations. She received her doctorate in sociology in 2009. She has taught in the United States, Oman, Burma and Egypt. Her areas of research are migrations, ethnic minorities, integration, transnationalism and gender. She is currently working on Museums and identity, as well as the Diaspora's involvement in communities representation both in home and host countries. Her book on Egyptian Gypsies will be published by AUC Press.

Eligibility for all courses:

Requirements: These courses are offered for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and researchers as well as practitioners working with migrants and refugees. A minimum knowledge of displacement and migration terminologies and context is a requirement for participation in any of the four courses.

All courses are conducted in English and no translation facilities are provided. Participants should have a very good command of the English language. Each course will run from 9.30 am till 4pm for five days.

Interested applicants can apply for one course or for all courses.

Number of Participants: minimum of 12 in each course

NB: Non- Egyptian applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early because it takes more than one month to obtain Egyptian visa.

Dates and Location:

CMRS courses will take place between Sunday 15 of January and 16^th of February at the AUC Tahrir Campus in Downtown Cairo. The exact location and room numbers will be forwarded to accepted participants before the start of the courses.

Deadlines for submitting application for all courses are:

• 8 of Dec, 2016

• Deadline for paying course deposit (30% of the course’s fee- 150$) is 15 of Dec, 2016

Application Information:

To apply for the courses:

1. Fill out the application form. The form is available on CMRS website: http://www.aucegypt.edu/GAPP/cmrs/outreach/Pages/ShortCourses.aspx

2. Send the application form to cmrscourses@aucegypt.edu with your most recent C.V; Att. Naseem Hashim

Applicants may apply to and be accepted in more than one course. Please do not hesitate to contact cmrscourses@aucegypt.edu if you have any difficulty with the application process.
Applicants accepted for the course will be notified by email within a week after the deadline for submitting the application.