Provisional program: Friday 12 September: 8.30am Introductions & Keynote addresses 10.30am Commerce & economy 2pm Mobility & migration 4.30pm Locality & region Saturday 13 September: 9am Ethnicity & status 11.30am Conclusions

Papers in English & French. Attendance free and open subject to availability of space.

Supported by: Magdalen College, Oxford; International Migration Institute, James Martin 21st Century School The Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford; African Studies Centre, University of Oxford Oxford Research Network on Government in Africa; African Studies Association UK; The Moroccan British Society The Khalid ‘Abdallah Al Sa‘ud Chair for the Study of the Contemporary Arab World; Maison française à Oxford