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Dear colleagues,

Please find below details for our panel at this year's ASA conference in = Norwich (3 - 6 September) on "Education and young migrants' 'return' = mobilities". We hope this panel may be of interest to you!

The deadline for submissions is 8th April 2019.

Short abstract (300 characters)

Transnational families perceive former and/or parental countries of = origin as educationally resourceful contexts. Adopting a child- and = youth-centric perspective, this panel investigates young people's = North-South 'return' mobility for the purpose of education.

Long abstract (250 words)

Transnational families conceive of former and/or parental countries of = origin as educationally resourceful contexts. However, the majority of = debates have concentrated on South-North mobilities and the impact of = migration on education after migrant young people have settled in the = Global North. Yet, the empirical reality of young migrants is often = characterised by multiple mobilities back-and-forth between their 'host' = and 'origin' countries. Transnational families 'send back' children in = order to (re-)educate them, to accumulate transnational capital, to = instil religious sensibilities, or to discipline. Children are also sent = on holidays 'back home' so they become familiar with historical = narratives and 'know their roots'. Migrant children and youths also = independently undertake these mobilities in the context of their = education. We know little about the role of these mobilities in the = educational projects of migrant young people. These mobilities are = therefore also absent from our conventional conceptualisations and = theorisations of the education of migrant children and youths. This is = remarkable since mobility has received significant academic attention = and is increasingly framed as 'enriching' the educational projects of = students from the Global North. How do the mobility trajectories of = migrant young people complicate existing conceptualisations of an = 'enriching educational experience' and the role of education in the = reproduction of particular national citizens? How do young migrants = themselves perceive and experience their mobility? This panel = investigates migrant youths' North-South 'return' mobility for the = purpose of education. It explores youths' education in a variety of = settings and mobilities of various durations from a child- and = youth-centric perspective.

Please submit your proposals, including a short abstract of fewer than = 300 characters and a long abstract of fewer than 250 words using the = following link: = https://nomadit.co.uk/asa/asa2019/conferencesuite.php/paperproposal/8007 =

Best wishes,

Hannah H=C3=B6chner, Joan van Geel and Emma Abotsi