Understanding Migration Experience of Turkey

MIG-EU JEAN MONNET CHAIR

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION ACADEMY

(online)

Application Deadline: February 1st, 2022

Dates & Times: February 7th to 11th, every day between 10:30 and 16:30 (CET)

(The medium of instruction is English)

International migration constitutes a fundamental experience of contemporary societies in terms of social and economic transformation. The Jean Monnet Chair on Multifaceted Approaches to Migration in the EU and Turkey  (MIG-EU) aims to deepen knowledge on European integration and European studies from the perspective of immigration issues in Europe and Turkey by bringing representatives from different sectors of migration governance together.

The International Migration Academy (online), which will be organized in the scope of the MIG-EU CHAIR in cooperation with IGAM ACADEMY will provide participants a multidisciplinary perspective on migration experience of Turkey by tackling the topics including migration history of Turkey, migration in EU-Turkey relations, migration governance in Turkey, Syrians in Turkey, Turkish Diaspora, Migration Studies in Turkey and young refugees in Turkey and Europe.

The lectures will be given by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökay Özerim (JM Chair Holder, Yaşar University), Prof. Dr. Murat Erdoğan (IGAM Academy, Turkish-German University), Prof. Dr. Ayhan Kaya (İstanbul Bilgi University), Prof. Dr. İbrahim Sirkeci (International British Business School), Prof. Dr. Aylin Güney (Yaşar University), Prof. Dr. Deniz Sert (Özyeğin University), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Juliette Tolay (Penn State Harrisburg), Assist. Prof. Dr. Elif Çetin (Yaşar University), Assist. Prof. Dr. Nihal Eminoğlu (Çanakkale University), Assist. Prof. Dr. Onur Onutulmaz (Ankara University of Social Sciences).

The International Migration Academy is organized within the scope of Jean Monnet Chair project titled Multifaceted Approaches to Migration in the EU and Turkey (MIG-EU) which is funded by the European Commission and coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökay ÖZERİM at Yaşar University.

Application and participation conditions:

Participation to the international migration academy is free of charge.

The applications are only open to international post-graduate students (Masters and Ph.D. level) and practitioners.

A certificate of participation will be given at the end of the program. ( In order to be eligible for a certificate of participation, participants must (I) prepare at least 2000 words of essay requested within 1 month after the program is over and (II) participate in at least 8/10 sessions of the program.) Selected essay writers will be invited to be part of a Jean Monnet Chair book which will be published in 2023.

How to apply:

The application form in the link (click) must be filled in completely until 1 February 2022.

The detailed program and further information will be sent to the e-mail address specified in the application form of the participants whose applications are accepted at the beginning of February.

For inquires please contact: [email protected]