December 9, 2008

(last Staffsem. Fall period 2008)

Dr Henrik Vigh (University of Copenhagen)
"INTER-ACTIVITY. Landscapes, Seascapes and a Second Look at the Concept of Social Navigation "

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Discussant     : Dr Ria Reis
Chair                : Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard, MA

December 2, 2008

Dr Peter Auer (International Labour Organisation)

"The politics in the political economy of flexicurity "

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Discussant     : Prof.dr Nico Wilterdink
Chair                : Dr Brian Burgoon

November 25, 2008

Dr France Bourgouin (Ecole des Hautes Etudes et Sciences Sociales, Paris)

"African Transnational Capitalist Elite in Johannesburg: an Ethnographic Perspective "

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Discussant: Dr Bert Schijf

Chair: Prof.dr Thomas Blom Hansen

Prof.dr Alcinda Honwana (Open University)

"African Youth and the Challanges of Citizenship "

Paper: not available

Discussant: Dr Rijk van Dijk (ASC/Leiden)

Chair: Prof.dr Peter Geschiere

Drs. Nadia Fadil (KU Leuven)

"Transgressive Subjectivities: Orthodox-Muslim and Secular Practices "

Paper: not available

Discussant: Dr Thijl Sunier

Chair: Prof.dr Annelies Moors

Prof.dr Evelien Tonkens

"Culturalization of Citizenship in The Netherlands "

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Discussant: Dr Oskar Verkaaik

Chair: Dr Lotte Hoek

Prof.dr John Forester (Cornell University)

"Creating Spaces of (Im)Possibility "

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Discussant: Prof.dr Maarten Hajer

Chair: Dr David Laws (UvA/MIT)

Drs. Jantine Grijzen

"Outsourcing Planning: The Role of Consultants and Advisors in Spatial Planning "

Paper: please contact j.grijzen@uva.nl

Discussant: Prof.dr John Forester (Cornell University)

Chair: Dr Anne Loeber

Drs. Christian Scholl

"Street interaction during alterglobalization pro-

test as tetra-dimensional struggles about space"

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Discussant: Dr Annette Freyberg-Inan

Chair: Dr Saskia Poldervaart (Pol. Dept./UvA)

Prof.dr Jan Breman

"India and China compared. Work and Life at the Bottom of the Urban Labour Market "

Paper: not available.

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Discussant: Prof.dr Jelle Visser

Chair: Prof.dr Mario Rutten

Prof.dr Herman van Gunsteren (emiritus Prof. of Leiden University)

"Building on Citizens: Culture, Prevention and non-normal citizens "

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Discussant : Prof.dr Meindert Fennema

Chair : Prof.dr Wouter van der Brug

Dr Ewout Frankema (Utrecht University)

"The Comparative Development of Wage Inequality in Twentieth Century Latin America "

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Discussant: Prof.dr Herman van de Werfhorst
Chair: Dr Pitou van Dijck (CEDLA/UvA)

Prof.dr Dick Pels

"Towards a social meritocracy "

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Discussant : Prof.dr Abram de Swaan

Chair : Prof.dr Jan Willem Duyvendak

Dr Boria Majumdar (La Trobe University)

"It' s Not Just Sport: Delhi and the Olympic Torch Relay"

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Discussant : Prof. dr Willem van Schendel

Chair : Prof. dr John Grin

DRINKS afterwards in the Bushuis Canteen