REGISTRATION

Senior Common Room 305
Founders College Room 303




OPENING REMARKS

Professor Patrick Monahan,
Vice-President Academic & Provost




SESSION I

Conceptualizing Diasporas
CHAIR: David Dewitt
Senior Common Room 305



P. Idahosa
What's in a name? Cosmopolis, Transnationalism and/or Diaspora: Immigrant Identities or Shifting Ascriptions?

V. Patroni
Immigrants and the Struggle for Human Rights in Argentina

J. Curto
"Americanos" in Angola: The Evolution of the Brazilian Community in Benguela, c. 1650-1850

Conceptualizing Diasporas
CHAIR: David Trotman
Founders College Room 303


R. Castro-Salazar
A Counter History of the Mexican Unauthorized Diaspora in Arizona

S. Valiani
From Permanent Residency to Temporary Migration: The Quiet Shift in the Canadian Immigration System


BREAK


SESSION II

Migration, Settlement and Identity
CHAIR: Gabriella Colussi-Arthur



D. Winland
Transnationalism and Transformation among Toronto Croats Since Independence

G. Starink-Martha
The Other Dutch: Migrant Representations of Cultural Identity and Belonging in the Netherlands

D. Leyton-Brown
Political Implications of Multiple Identities


LUNCH


SESSION III

Citizenship and Identity
CHAIR: Paul Brienza



G. Fallis
Cosmopolitan Citizenship and the University

M. Guardado
Emerging Cosmopolitanism in Canada: The Intersection of Heritage Language Development and Identity

N. Osutei
My Red, Gold and Green Bindi: The Semiotics of Identity, Authenticity and Ownership in Multicultural Canada


BREAK


SESSION IV

Cosmopolitanism and Religiosity
CHAIR: Walid El Khachab



I. Benson
Religion and Multiculturalism in Canada: The Need for a Paradigm Shift

K. Javed
Resurgent Islam and Muslim Youth Activism in Canada


BUFFET DINNER

LIVE MUSIC



Keynote Presentation: Nino Ricci
"Literature and Post-Ethnicity"
Assembly Hall, RM 152, Founders College, York University