The ACMRL is pleased to announce that the 12th edition of the Sarah van Walsum Lecture wi ll be held by Saskia Bonjour (Associate Professor of Political Scienc e, University of Amsterdam), titled: "Migration lawyers as normative political actors in the family migration regime."
One of t
he key arenas where what counts as “family” for migration control
purposes is contested is the courts, and the key actors who do so ar
e lawyers. Saskia argues that lawyers should be conceptualized as pol
itical actors who play a crucial but ambiguous role in migration regi
mes, confirming and contesting legal and social norms.
Saskia
is Director of the Amsterdam Research Center for Migration (ARC-M) a
nd founding Editorial Fellow of the journal Migration Politics.
She is also a member of the board of the Amsterdam Research Center on
Gender and Sexuality (ARC-GS).
Special attention for ACM
RL alumni: this event is organised as an alumni event of the law facu
lty. We are looking forward to use this opportunity to reunite!
The Sarah van Walsum Lecture is held annually in ho nour of the late Prof. Sarah van Walsum and opens the Master's in Int ernational Migration and Refugee Law at VU Amsterdam. Here is more information.
DESCRIPTION: The ACMRL is pleased to announce that the 12th edition of the Sarah van Walsum Lecture will be held by Saskia Bonjour (Associa te Professor of Political Science, University of Amsterdam), titled: "Migration lawyers as normative political actors in the family migrat ion regime." One of the key arenas where what counts as “family” for migration control purposes is contested is the courts, and the ke y actors who do so are lawyers. Saskia argues that lawyers should be conceptualized as political actors who play a crucial but ambiguous r ole in migration regimes, confirming and contesting legal and social norms.