TRANSNATIONALISM RESEARCH CLEARINGHOUSE

Highlights I

October 2004

Events

Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Seminario "Cultura política, migración y procesos transnacionales" Ciclo octubre 2004 - enero 2005.

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Colef), El Colegio de México (Colmex) y la Sociedad Mexicana de Demografía (Somede). Seminario Permanente sobre Migración Internacional, 2004. "Seminario: actores sociales de la migración internacional". Presentations take place from February to December.

Mexico North Research Network. IV Forum: “On U.S.-Mexico Transnationalism & Transnational Communities.” October 27-28, 2004. Washington, D.C

Mexico North Research Network. Transnationalism Fellowship Program. Deadline to receive applications: February 13, 2005

Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS) at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. The Second Cumbre of the Great Plains:“Re-Visioning Latino America: New Perspectives on Migration, Transnationalism and Integration.” April 22-24, 2005. Omaha, Nebraska.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne. Call for Proposals: "Exploring and Challenging Fronteras in the Midwest and Beyond” The Second Biannual Latina/o Studies Graduate Student Conference, Levis Faculty Center, February 25-27, 2005. Proposal Deadline: November 29, 2004.

References & Documents

Boehm, Deborah. (Apr 2004) “Gender(ed) Migrations: Shifting Gender Subjectivities in a Transnational Mexican Community” Center for Comparative Immigration Studies and Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego.

Cano, Gustavo. (Apr 2004) "Organizing Immigrant Communities in American Cities: Is This Transnationalism, or What?" Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego.

Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego. 103 Working Papers on Immigration Issues, 2000-2004.

Center for Strategic and International Studies. (Apr 2004) "Managing Mexican Migration to the United States: Recommendations for Policy Makers"

Cohen, Jeffrey and Leila Rodriguez. (Aug 2004) "Remittance Outcomes in Rural Oaxaca, Mexico: Challenges, Options, and Opportunities for Migrant Households" Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego.

Cohen, Robin. Ed. “Diasporas and Transnational Communities: a Bibliographical and Study Guide” Transnational Communities Programme.

Durand, Jorge (Mar 2004) "From Traitors to Heroes: 100 Years of Mexican Migration Policies" Special Source Issue: U.S.-Mexico Migration, Migration Policy Institute.

Grieco, Elizabeth. (Oct 2004) "The Foreign Born from the Dominican Republic in the United States" Migration Policy Institute.

Grieco, Elizabeth and Brian Ray. (Mar 2004) "Mexican Immigrants in the US Labor Force" Migration Policy Institute.

Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior. (2004) "Boletín Temático" Information Regarding Mexican Migration, and Government Initiatives about: Jornadas Informativas del IME, DREAM Act y Student Adjustment Act, Plazas Comunitarias, Remesas, Semana Binacional de Salud, Ventanilla de Salud, Clubes de Oriundos, Matrícula Consular de Alta Seguridad, and Voto Latino. Spanish only.

Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior. (2004) "Cronos" Chronological Data about Mexican Migration Issues: Matrícula Consular, Voto en el Exterior, Licencias de Conducir, Remesas, and Ex-braceros. Spanish only.

Jones -Correa, Michael. (Aug 2004) "Understanding Immigrant Politics: Lessons from the US" Migration Policy Institute.

Levitt, Peggy. (Oct 2004) "Transnational Migrants: When "Home" Means More Than One Country" Migration Policy Institute.

Lozano Ascencio, Fernando. (Apr 2004) “Tendencias recientes de las remesas de los migrantes mexicanos en Estados Unidos” Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego.

Meissner, Doris (Mar 2004) "US Temporary Worker Programs: Lessons Learned" Special Source Issue: U.S.-Mexico Migration, Migration Policy Institute.

Mohar, Gustavo (Mar 2004) "Mexico-US Migration: A Long Way to Go" Special Source Issue: U.S.-Mexico Migration, Migration Policy Institute.

National Immigration Law Center - "Information on Driver's Licenses and Immigrants"

National Immigration Law Center - "Links" section. California and Federal Resources, Advocacy and Research Organizations.

O'Neil, Kevin. (Apr 2003) "Consular ID Cards: Mexico and Beyond" Migration Policy Institute.

Papademetriou, Demetrios G. (Mar 2004) "The Mexico Factor in US Immigration Reform" Special Source Issue: U.S.-Mexico Migration, Migration Policy Institute.

Passel, Jeffrey (Mar 2004) "Mexican Immigration to the US: The Latest Estimates" Special Source Issue: U.S.-Mexico Migration, Migration Policy Institute.

Pew Hispanic Center - 2004 National Survey of Latinos: Politics and Civic Engagement; 2004 National Survey of Latinos: Education; 2002 National Survey of Latinos.

Transnational Communities Programme – 82 Working Papers on Transnationalism, 1998-2002. The Transcomm Programme, a five year project from the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council, arrived to its end in 2003.

Verduzco Igartúa, Gustavo (Jan 2004) “The Temporary Mexican Migrant Labor Program in Canadian Agriculture” Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego.