Message posted on 09/09/2024
Greetings from new co-convenors
Dear AnthroMobbers,
Following AnthroMob=92s annual meeting at the EASA conference in Barcelona,=
we are delighted to introduce ourselves as the network=92s new convenors.
Elise Hjalmarson is weeks away from defending her PhD in Anthropology and S=
ociology at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland. Situated at the c=
rossroads of migration and gender studies, her dissertation interrogates qu=
estions of transnational belonging and ways of being among the Cuban diaspo=
ra in Spain. In January 2025, Elise will begin a SNF Postdoc.Mobility Fello=
wship at the University of California, Berkeley, where she will undertake h=
er project =93The Affective Horizons of (Im)Mobility: Cuban and Nicaraguan =
Migrants Travelling Along the Volcanic Route=94.
Sonja Faaren Ruud is a postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven in Belgium work=
ing on the interdisciplinary ERC-funded COLLAB project - =93Collaborative P=
ractices of Making Literature in Contexts of Displacement and Migration=94 =
- where she studies collaborative writing projects by and for people with m=
igration and multilingual backgrounds in European cities. Before this, Sonj=
a=92s PhD research explored mobilities on a different scale: her dissertati=
on (from the Geneva Graduate Institute) explored questions of value and dev=
aluation vis-=E0-vis Luxembourg=92s 2020 transition to fare-free public tra=
nsport.
Elise and Sonja met on the first day of their PhD program in Geneva, where =
they realized that they had both just moved to Europe from Nicaragua (where=
they may or may not have seen each other on the streets of Leon or in a Ma=
nagua salsa bar). Over the years, they have collaborated on several project=
s and look forward to working together as your 2024-2026 AnthroMob convenor=
s.
Wishing you all a wonderful start to the new academic year and stay tuned f=
or more about our upcoming activities!
Elise and Sonja
Team ANTHROMOB
Sonja Faaren Ruud (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Elise Hjalmarson (Geneva Graduate Institute)
=96 Co-convenors =96
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Following AnthroMob=92s annual meeting at the EASA conference in Barcelona,=
we are delighted to introduce ourselves as the network=92s new convenors.
Elise Hjalmarson is weeks away from defending her PhD in Anthropology and S=
ociology at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland. Situated at the c=
rossroads of migration and gender studies, her dissertation interrogates qu=
estions of transnational belonging and ways of being among the Cuban diaspo=
ra in Spain. In January 2025, Elise will begin a SNF Postdoc.Mobility Fello=
wship at the University of California, Berkeley, where she will undertake h=
er project =93The Affective Horizons of (Im)Mobility: Cuban and Nicaraguan =
Migrants Travelling Along the Volcanic Route=94.
Sonja Faaren Ruud is a postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven in Belgium work=
ing on the interdisciplinary ERC-funded COLLAB project - =93Collaborative P=
ractices of Making Literature in Contexts of Displacement and Migration=94 =
- where she studies collaborative writing projects by and for people with m=
igration and multilingual backgrounds in European cities. Before this, Sonj=
a=92s PhD research explored mobilities on a different scale: her dissertati=
on (from the Geneva Graduate Institute) explored questions of value and dev=
aluation vis-=E0-vis Luxembourg=92s 2020 transition to fare-free public tra=
nsport.
Elise and Sonja met on the first day of their PhD program in Geneva, where =
they realized that they had both just moved to Europe from Nicaragua (where=
they may or may not have seen each other on the streets of Leon or in a Ma=
nagua salsa bar). Over the years, they have collaborated on several project=
s and look forward to working together as your 2024-2026 AnthroMob convenor=
s.
Wishing you all a wonderful start to the new academic year and stay tuned f=
or more about our upcoming activities!
Elise and Sonja
Team ANTHROMOB
Sonja Faaren Ruud (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Elise Hjalmarson (Geneva Graduate Institute)
=96 Co-convenors =96
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EASA Anthropology and Mobility Network (ANTHROMOB)
http://www.easaonline.org/networks/anthromob/
To manage your subscription to this mailing list, visit:
http://lists.easaonline.org/listinfo.cgi/mobility-easaonline.org
