Conference

2nd Crisis and Critique Conference: Crises and Critics of the European Union
Institute for Social Sciences, Sakarya University
April 25-26, 2012
Sakarya, Turkey

The European Union (EU) is in many crises. The list is long enough to
include the most recent economic and financial debt crises, the
chronic problems of ‘European Social Model’, new dilemmas of liberty
vs. security, Turkey’s membership conundrum, the daunting rise of
extreme right and various forms of cultural crises such as the social
integration of faith-based or ethnic groups in Europe, the Cartoon

We are delighted to announce second international conference on
MIGRATIONS prepared by the Department of Sociology of Masaryk University
alongside with other co-operating institutions. Our aim is to inspire
and incite lively discussions with up-to date researchers,   policy
makers and various actors in migration events. The project is here to
boost critical thinking about migrations in the contemporary world,
and to examine and re-consider politics and practices rooted in the