Colloquium on Transnational Family Theory and Methods
In seeking new perspectives and directions for global scholarship on transnational families, the colloquium was created in order to promote dialogue between intellectual communities in different institutions. By holding a series of seminars and workshops, participants focused on how local racial and ethnical hierarchies in various social and cultural settings shape the experiences and formation of transnational families in different ways. This project reached out to institutions and other areas to promote meaningful university-to-university connections focused on research on transnational families.
Publications that related to aspects of the colloquia:
(1) Sarah Lamb published her new book last year:
Lamb, Sarah 2009. /Aging and Indian Diaspora: Cosmopolitan Families in India and Abroad/. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
(2) Peggy Levitt published one article based on her presentation in the colloquium:
Levitt, Peggy. 2009. “Routes and Roots: Understanding the Lives of the Second Generation Transnationally.” /Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies/ 2009: 35(7):1225-1242.
(3) Nazli Kibria published a book chapter based on the talk she gave in the colloquium:
Kibria, Nazli. 2009. “Marry into a Good Family: Transnational Reproduction and Intergenerational Relations in Bangladeshi American Families”. In /Across Generations: Immigrant Families in America /ed. Nancy Foner. New York University Press.
(4) The talk Hung Thai gave was based on the parts of his most recent book:
Thai, Hung Cam. 2008. /For Better or For Worse: Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy/. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. Thai also has an article accepted by Global Networks.
This project is now complete.
Project Directors:
Prof. Karen Hansen, Sociology
Ken Sun, Sociology
Project Team:
Laura Miller, Sociology