The Political Incorporation of Immigrants: Progress, Prospects and Pitfalls in Europe and North America

Welcoming Reception

Claremont Hotel, Lanai 2 Room

Hosted Continental Breakfast and Opening Remarks

Panel 1: Citizenship, Recognition and Representation

Chair:
Taeku Lee
University of California, Berkeley

Speakers:
Antoine Bilodeau
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
"Is Democracy the only game in town? Political Support among Immigrants in Canada"

Rodney Hero
University of California, Berkeley
"Examining the Strength of ‘American’ Identity among Latinos: Assessing the Role of Basic Values, Ascriptive Factors, and Demographic Characteristics"

Marc Howard
Georgetown University
Sara Goodman
University of California, Irvine
"Evaluating and Explaining the Restrictive Backlash in Citizenship Policy in Europe"

Break

Panel 2: Identity, Voting and Participation

Chair:
Cybelle Fox
University of California, Berkeley

Speakers:
Anthony Heath
Oxford University
"Social identity, relative deprivation and ethnic minority partisanship"

Vincent Tiberj
Institut de Science Politiques, Paris
"Ethnic politics in the colour-blind France: evidence from the political alignments of immigrants and second generations"

John Mollenkopf
Graduate Center, CUNY
"Immigrants and the Precincts of Power in New York City"

Hosted Luncheon

Ida & Robert Sproul Room

Panel 3: Contentious Politics and Immigrant Mobilization

Chair [and Speaker]:
Kim Voss,
University of California, Berkeley
"Rallying for Immigrant Rights: The Fight for Inclusion in 21st Century America"

Other Speakers:
Rafaela Dancygier,
Princeton University
“Identity, Institutions, and the Election of Muslim Candidates in England”

Monica McDermott
Stanford University
"Anti-Immigrant Backlash in the wake of Immigrant Rights Marches."

Break

Panel 4: Building Blocks: Civil Society, Social Capital and Interest Groups

Chair:
Richard Johnston,
University of British Columbia

Speakers:
Karthick Ramakrishnan
University of California, Riverside
"Civic Presence and Political Weight: Bringing Power into the Analysis of Immigrant Civic Organizations"

Dina Okamoto,
University of California, Davis
"Reexamining Immigrants as Threats: Analyzing Grassroots and State Legislative Responses to Newcomers."

Tom van der Meer
University of Amsterdam
"Ethnic diversity and its supposed detrimental effect on social cohesion; when theory fails."
Co-authored with Jochem Tolsma (Radboud University, Nijmegen)

Invited Dinner

Mandarin Garden Restaurant (2025 Shattuck @ University Avenues)

Hosted Continental Breakfast

Panel 5: Anti-Immigrant Reactions: Attitudes, Referenda and the Rise of the Right

Chair:
Michael Hout
University of California, Berkeley

Speakers:
Terri Givens
University of Texas, Austin
"Nationalism vs. Multiculturalism: European Identity and the Impact of the Radical Right on Antidiscrimination Policy in Europe"

Stuart Soroka,
McGill University, Canada
"National Identity and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes: Canada in Comparative Perspective"
Co-authored with Richard Johnston (UBC), Keith Banting (Queen's University) & Will Kymlikca (Queen's University)

Jennifer Merolla,
Claremont Graduate University
"Illegal, Undocumented, or Unauthorized: Who Uses Them, and Do They Matter?"
Co-authored with Karthick Ramakrishnan and Chris Haynes

Break

Panel 6: National Cultures, Political Systems and Immigration Politics

Chair:
Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University

Speakers:
Jennifer Hochschild,
Harvard University
"Dynamics of International Migration:  Will Demography Change Politics before Politics Impedes Demographic Change?"

Karen Schö̈nwä̈elder
Max Planck Institute
"Gaining access in times of acknowledged diversity": The influence of old paths and new contexts on immigrant political incorporation in Germany"

Irene Bloemraad
University of California, Berkeley
"Accessing the Corridors of Power: Understanding Cross-national Differences in Minority Representation"

Hosted Luncheon

Ida & Robert Sproul Room

Panel 7: Multiculturalism and its Discontents: Are They Real or Imagined?

Chair:
Sarah Song,
University of California, Berkeley

Speakers:

Keith Banting,
Queen's University, Canada
"Transatlantic Convergence? Path-dependency and the evolution of immigrant integration regimes in Canada and Europe."

Christian Joppke,
The American University of Paris
“The Retreat is real—but what is the Alternative? Multiculturalism and the Limits of ‘Muscular’ Liberalism”

Jack Citrin,
University of California, Berkeley
"We Are All Now Multiculturalists?, Assimilationists?, Neither?, or Both?"

Wrap-Up Session

Michael Jones-Correa

Richard Johnston

Cocktail Reception

Ida & Robert Sproul Room