Two upcoming lectures sponsored by the European Union Center of California will focus on immigration in the United States and Germany. Both events, part of the European Union Center’s Spring 2004 Series, are free and open to the public.
First, Dr. Harlan Koff, visiting assistant professor of political studies at Pitzer College, will address United States immigration on Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 12:15p.m. The talk will be held in the McConnell Living Room, housed on the Pitzer College Campus in Claremont.
On Wednesday, March 10, at 12:15 p.m., Dr. Jeffrey Jurgens, visiting professor of anthropology at Pitzer College, will discuss “Identity Formation in Turkish Immigrant Youths in Germany” in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, housed on the Scripps College campus. For more information, please contact the European Union Center of California at (909) 607-8103.
In addition to teaching, Koff is currently researching comparative ethnic politics, with a specialization in immigration politics. He is also working as the coordinator of migration programs for Ethnobarometer, a foundation in Rome that sponsors the research of European ethnic politics. Koff has held teaching positions at the University of California, San Diego, Syracuse University Center for European Studies, and Duke University. Koff received his B.A. from the State University of New York, Binghamton, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Studies from Duke University.
Dr. Jeffrey Jurgens is currently working with Pamela Reynolds, anthropology professor at Johns Hopkins University, as the co-editor of Confronting Normative Childhoods, a collection of essays dealing with the diverse cultural understandings of childhood and youth that exist in the world today. Jurgens’ essay “Shifting Spaces: Complex Identities in Turkish-German Migration,” was published in 2001 in New Transnational Social Spaces: International Migration and Transnational Companies in the Early Twenty-First Century. Jurgens received his B.A. from Colorado College, and his M.A. and Ph. D. from the University of Michigan.
The European Union Center of California, housed on the Scripps College campus, sponsors these events. Part of a network of EU Centers nationwide, the EU Center of California seeks to promote education, scholarly research, and public understanding of European integration and its consequences.