The Birkbeck Law Review (BBKLR) is pleased to announce a call for paper submissions for its Autumn 2015 conference titled Migration, Borders and Violence. The conference will be held over two days at Birkbeck College, University of London, Bloomsbury Campus. The proposed dates for the conference are 11-12 November 2015.
Theme
The conference seeks to engage with the contemporary paradigm of sovereignty and its complex relationship with Migration, Borders and Violence. This year’s conference is inspired by the fact that in the last two decades, we have been confronted by increasingly militarised, surveillance-based, and deportation-managerial regimes of migration. This not only takes place at the border, but is inherent in the everyday lives of people at risk of deportation. More than half of the southern United States border is patrolled by drones, while the United Kingdom is considered a fortress with the Atlantic Ocean acting as its ‘moat’. Meanwhile, the European Union practices a common policy of ‘Fortress Europe’. These global realities highlight just a few examples of the undeniable and increasing synergy between border control, military and police practices. In this context it is crucial to critically examine encounters with theory, law and policy.
Deadline
The deadline for sending in abstract is 21st May 2015. For further information, please visit the website.
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