International Network of Migration Institutions
Promoting the public understanding of migration

Launch of the Workers Museum in Newtown (Johannesburg)

As part of the launch of the Workers Museum in Newtown, a public Walk About through the new permanent exhibition took place on Saturday, 6th of March 2010, from
11:00 – 13:00. After extensive restoration of the old Newtown municipal workers' compound, the heritage site now opens as the “Workers Museum- A Site of Labour Migration“ to the public.

L'histoire des phénomènes migratoires en France et en Europe : quels enjeux pour les classes ?

Le Mercredi 17 Mars 2010 se déroulera au Palais de la Porte Dorée (Paris) une journée d'études organisé conjointement par la Cite Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration (CNHI), l’Association Européenne des Professeurs d’Histoire (EUROCLIO), l’Association des Professeurs d’Histoire et de Géographie (APHG) et l’Institut National de Recherche Pédagogique (INRP).

Migration and Identities (call for contributions)

Series editors: Eve Rosenhaft, David Dolowitz, Kirsty Hooper, Michael Sommer, Johanna Waters
Series Homepage: http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~inmotion/migrations-book-series.html
(New Liverpool University Press Book Series)

Call for papers - Migrations: scientific perspectives and museum mediations

This conference is organised by the Musée de la civilisation in Québec City, in partnership with the Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française and the Centre interuniversitaire d’études québécoises. Stating current researches understanding the correlation between researches and museum practices, and finally studying the way the history of migrations is presented in exhibitions are the main goals of this conference (4-6 November 2010, Quebec City).