AMSTERDAM CENTRE FOR POLITICAL THOUGHT



Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam



Workshop Asylum and Feasibility

The workshop is organized by dr. Luara Ferracioli, dr. Matthew Lindauer, and prof.dr. Nicholas Southwood.

-Registration is due by the 11th of September (e-mail: l.l.ferracioli@uva.nl).

-This is a pre-read workshop, and papers will be circulated on the 12th of September.

-This workshop is funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and the Australian Research Council.

Program
09:00-09:30
Morning Tea

09:30-10:40
Luara Ferracioli (UvA/Sydney), “Children, Asylum and the Good Life”

10:40-11:50
Sarah Fine (King’s College), “Refugees, Onward Movements, and the Concept of a Decent Human Life”

12:00-13:00
Lunch

13:00-14:10
Christine Straehle (Ottawa), “Refuge, Claim and Place”

14:10-15:20
Matthew Lindauer (ANU/Brooklyn College), “Competing Admissions”

15:20-15:40
Afternoon Tea

15:40-16:50
Nicholas Southwood (ANU), “Feasibility and public policy: the case of immigration restrictionism”

16:50-18:00
Michael Blake (Washington), “Asylum, Politics, and Dirty Hands”

18:00-19:00
Drinks

Location: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Roeterseilandcomplex (REC) B9.22, Common Room