In November and December 2011 the Montesquieu Institute, in cooperation with the department of Public Administration and Campus The Hague of Leiden University, organizes a lecture series of eight lectures on migration- and refugee policy in the Netherlands and Europe.
Ostensibly, immigration is a phenomenon that has been on the political agenda as a hot issue for, at maximum, the past fifteen years. However, reality deviates from this image. The eight lectures will shed light on migration and refugee policy from different perspectives: hisotry, law, political science, public administration and international and European studies.
The programme for the series:
Date |
Topic |
Professor |
Wed. 9 Nov. |
Lecture 1 – History of migration in Europe |
Prof. Dr. Leo Lucassen |
Thu. 10 Nov. |
Lecture 2 – History of the Dutch refugee policy |
Drs. Kees Nagtegaal |
Wed. 16 Nov. |
Lecture 3 – Political relations and the creation of a refugee law |
Dr. Job Cohen |
Wed. 23 Nov. |
Lecture 4 – Immigration and integration: framing and agendasetting in the Netherlands and Europe |
Dr. Peter Scholten |
Wed. 30 Nov. |
Lecture 5 – Immigration law: methods en techniques |
Prof. Mr. Peter R. Rodrigues |
Wed. 7 Dec. |
Lecture 6 – The role of the United Nations: UNHCR |
Dr. Peter van Krieken |
Wed. 14 Dec. |
Lecture 7 – Immigration and asylum in Europe. The influence of populist parties on immigration policy |
Dr. Sarah de Lange |
Wed. 21 Dec. |
Lecture 8 – The role of NGO's in policy-making on Dutch and European refugee policy |
Mw. Trees Wijn |
Note: This lecture series will be in Dutch, a more complete description of the content and information on enrollment can be found of the Dutch version of this website (click on the Dutch flag in the upper righthand corner).