King’s College London, Strand Campus

River Room, Strand, London WC2R 2LS

9.30: Registration

9.45: Welcome Note

10.00 - 11.30: Panel One

Topic 1 - Forms of state repression and practices in the age of globalisation: authoritarianism against dissidents abroad – the case of Central Asia

• Dr Saipira Furstenberg, Research Fellow, University of Exeter
• Assoc Prof John Heathershaw, University of Exeter

Topic 2 - Immigrant and Proud: Exploring online Indian diaspora support for Brexit and Trump

• Eviane Cheng Leidig, PhD Candidate, University of Oslo

Topic 3 - The European Roma: the unlikely Indian diaspora

• Asst Prof Cristina-Ioana Dragomir, SUNY Oswego

11.30-11.45: Coffee Break

11.45 - 1.30: Panel Two

Topic 1 - Can we ever speak of a one single diaspora? The perspective of Serbian Londoners

• Sanja Vico, PhD Candidate, Goldsmiths, University of London

Topic 2 - The dynamics of homeland diaspora activism and foreign policy: the case of Hungary

• Assoc Prof Szabolcs Pogonyi, Central European University

Topic 3 - Assimilation of Russian homosexuals into French and Canadian societies

• Ekaterina Koksharova, PhD Candidate, Paris-Saclay University

Topic 4 - The dilemma of Turkish refugees and everyday politics

• Asst Prof Erkan Toguslu, KU Leuven

1.30 - 2.15: Lunch Break

2.15 - 4.00: Panel Three

Topic 1 - Episodic and sustained diaspora political mobilisation among the Egyptian community in the United Kingdom post-2011

• Dr Gillian Kennedy, Research Fellow, King’s College London

Topic 2 - Turkey’s diaspora engagement policy: from public diplomacy to extra territorial authoritarian practices? 

• Assoc Prof Gabriella Elgenius, Uni of Gothenburg

Topic 3 - The political engagement of the Moroccan diaspora: the Italian support to Hirak Rif

• Cecilia Pasini, Independent Researcher

Topic 4 - Reclaiming Yemen: what role for the Yemeni diaspora?

• Dr Noha Aboueldahab, Visiting Fellow, Brookings Doha Center

4.00 - 4.15: Coffee Break

4.15 - 5.45: Panel Four

Topic 1 - The political behaviour of Romanian migrants from France

• Carstea Sorina, PhD Candidate, Paris-Est University and Babes Bolyai University

Topic 2 - Militant democracy and transnational political participation

• Matija Lujić, MA Candidate, University of Belgrade

Topic 3 - Diaspora division, civil society trajectory and mechanisms of internal exclusion

• Dr Bahar Baser, Research Fellow, Coventry University & Stellenbosch University

Closure

Dr Gillian Kennedy, Leverhulme Research Fellow, Department of Middle Eastern Studies,King’s College London, Gillian.Kennedy@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Branislav Radeljic, Reader in International Relations, Department of Social Sciences andSocial Work, University of East London, B.Radeljic@uel.ac.uk