CRN02 Citizenship and Immigration

Organizers

Hillary Mellinger, Maya Barak, Carrie Rosenbaum

CRN 02, Citizenship & Immigration, is a Collaborative Research Network within the Law and Society Association. We are a group of committed scholars and practitioners who believe that issues of citizenship and immigration are critical to understanding ways that individuals and groups are created and marginalized.

Within this CRN, “citizenship,” is defined broadly, to include legal status, membership rights, civic involvement, social participation, and linkages to structures that delimit, transcend, and/or deconstruct the nation-state. Globalizing and transnational processes reshape both citizenship and exclusion, positioning individuals and groups within and outside of multiple legal orders. Immigration is clearly one such process, it is crucial to examine how movements, non-movements, rights, and statuses are being distributed by nation-states and, sometimes, other entities.

Through the annual meetings of the Law and Society Association, the Citizenship and Immigration CRN provides a forum in which scholars and practitioners interested in these issues organize discussions, share work, and exchange ideas. Often, this collaboration takes place through formal panels and roundtables, but it also occurs through less formal channels, including our shared listserv. Interested colleagues and researchers can join the listserv (or update contact information) by completing our CRN 02 Sign Up Form.