Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Session A

Opening Keynote
“The State of the Human Rights of Migrants in Europe”
Time: 17:00–18:30
Speaker: Maximilian Pichl, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden
Chair: Susanne Buckley-Zistel (MeDiMi Researcher, Philipps University Marburg)

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Session B

Roundtable
“Human Rights Movements in Migration Societies: Experiences and Practices”
Time: 09:00–10:30
Speakers: Nele Allenberg (German Institute for Human Rights, Berlin), Bernd Kasparek (Delft University of Technology and Transforming Solidarities, Berlin), Michele LeVoy (PICUM, Brussels)
Chair: Jürgen Bast (MeDiMi Researcher, Justus Liebig University Giessen)

10:30–11:00 Coffee break

Session C

Parallel Panels
Time: 11:00–12:30

Panel C1: Doctrinal Struggles
Panelists: Carmelo Danisi (University of Bologna), Kathrin Hamenstädt (University of Birmingham), Marei Pelzer (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences)
Chair: Leon Züllig (MeDiMi Researcher, Justus Liebig University Giessen)

Panel C2: Diaspora Experiences
Panelists: Alicja Polakiewicz (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), Christina Pesch (Research Assistant at Landtag NRW, Farida Global e.V., and Stop Multilation Deutschland e.V.) & Michaela Zöhrer (University of Augsburg), N.N.
Chair: Mina Ibrahim (MeDiMi Researcher, Philipps University Marburg)

Panel C3: Activist Practices
Panelists: Jordan Dez (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Anna Fazzini & Arianna Grasso (University of Naples L’Orientale), Marco Perolini (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Chair: Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez (MeDiMi Researcher, Goethe University Frankfurt)

Panel C4: Latin American Experiences
Panelists: Marcia Vera Espinoza (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh), Rita Lages de Oliveira (University of Chile, Santiago de Chile), María Gabriela Trompetero Vicent (University of Bielefeld)
Chair: Giulia Santomauro (Associated MeDiMi Researcher, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa)

12:30–14:00 Lunch break

Session D

Roundtable
“Human Rights Law in Migration Societies: Migrants’ Rights before the Courts”
Time: 14:00–15:30
Speakers: Hanaa Hakiki (ECCHR, Berlin), Itamar Mann (University of Haifa), Mario Savino (Tuscia University, Viterbo)
Chair: Janna Wessels (MeDiMi Researcher, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

15:30–16:00 Coffee break

Session E

Parallel Panels
Time: 16:00–17:30

Panel E1: Trends in Jurisprudence
Panelists: Alan Desmond (University of Leicester), Ben Hudson (University of Exeter), Jonathan Kiessling (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
Chair: Mónica Ávila Currás (MeDiMi Researcher, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Panel E2: Health & Work
Panelists: Marie Diekmann (German Institute for Human Rights, Berlin), Kamilla Galicz (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa), Oumaima Ramdani (International University of Rabat)
Chair: Maik Paap (MeDiMi Researcher, Justus Liebig University Giessen)

Panel E3: Imaginaries of Migration
Panelists: Ester Minga (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon), Daniela Peruzzo (Essex University), Laura Zander (University of Münster) & Peter Schneck (Osnabrück University)
Chair: Benjamin Bunk (MeDiMi Researcher, Justus Liebig University Giessen)

Panel E4: Ethics of Rights
Panelists: Sylvie Da Lomba (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow), Hannah Katz (University of Haifa), Stefania Maffeis (Evangelische Hochschule Dresden)
Chair: tba.

17:30–18:00 Coffee break

Session F

Roundtable
“What Does Democracy Mean in Migration Societies? Human Rights, Participation, and Solidarity”
Time: 18:00–19:30
Speakers: Klaas Müller (Verfassungsblog, Berlin), Elizabeth Ngari (Women in Exile, Potsdam), Members of Here to Support (Amsterdam)
Chairs: Anna Arden (MeDiMi Researcher, Justus Liebig University Giessen), Maria Hartmann (MeDiMi Researcher, Philipps University Marburg)

From 19:30 Dinner and informal get-together at the venue

Friday, September 20, 2024

Session G

Plenary Panel
“The Making of Human Rights Consciousness in Migration Societies”
Time: 09:00–10:30
Speakers: Aghogho Akpome (University of Zululand), Andrea Fritsche (University of Innsbruck), Joachim Savelsberg (University of Minnesota)
Chair: Greta Olson (MeDiMi Researcher, Justus Liebig University Giessen)

10:30–11:00 Coffee break

Session H

Parallel Panels
Time: 11:00–12:30

Panel H1: Framing of Rights
Panelists: Jens T. Theilen (Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg), Barbara von Rütte (University of Basel), Catharina Ziebritzki (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg)
Chair: Frederik von Harbou (MeDiMi Researcher, University of Applied Sciences Jena)

Panel H2: Politics of Rights
Panelists: Lisa Marie Borrelli (HES-SO Valais-Wallis), Marlene Joger (University of Bamberg), Lena Laube (University of Bonn)
Chair: Laura Holderied (MeDiMi Researcher, Justus Liebig University Giessen)

Panel H3: Knowledge Cultures of Rights
Panelists: Angélica Cocomá (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale)), Maria-Artemis Kolliniati (Technical University of Darmstadt), Angelika Poferl (Technical University of Dortmund)
Chair: Dariuš Zifonun (MeDiMi Researcher, Philipps University Marburg)

12:30–13:00 Lunch packages

Session I

Concluding Keynote
“Research on Human Rights and Migration: The Way Forward”
Time: 13:00–14:30
Speaker: Anuscheh Farahat (University of Vienna)
Chair: Michael Knipper (MeDiMi Researcher, Justus Liebig University Giessen)