#  Conversations Across Borders: A Workshop in Transnational Studies 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 24, 2013** 

 04:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)**  



 

 



 

## "Unpacking the Diaspora Channel: When Do Migrants Act Politically Back Home?"

### Speaker:

**Katrina Burgess**, *Associate Professor of Political Economy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University*.

### Discussant:

**Deepak Lamba-Nieves,** *PhD candidate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.*

### Contact:

**Charlotte Lloyd**   
<charlottelloyd@fas.harvard.edu>

### Chairs

**Peggy Levitt,** *Associate.* Co-Director, Transnational Studies Initiative, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard Kennedy School; Chair; Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Wellesley College.

**Jocelyn Viterna,** *Faculty Associate.* Assistant Professor of Sociology and of Social Studies, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ 2013–2014 ](/academic-year/2013%E2%80%932014)
- [ Politics and Social Change Workshop ](/seminars/tsi/schedule)
 
 

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