Name: Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva
COMPAS, University of Oxford
https://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/people/carlos-vargas-silva

Events this person is speaking at:

Wednesday 23 January 2019

Refugees and the UK labour market
Date: 23 January 2019, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Dr Isabel Ruiz (Harris Manchester College / Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 June 2019

The British Misinvention of the Caribbean: The Colonizer´s Mind
Date: 5 June 2019, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker s: Eduardo Posada-Carbó (University of Oxford), Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Eduardo Lalo (TORCH - Humanities Division)
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 9 November 2022

Forced migration: Evidence and policy challenges
Date: 9 November 2022, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker s: Dr Isabel Ruiz (University of Oxford), Professor Alex Betts (Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford), Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Dr Vlad Mykhenko (University of Oxford)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Blavatnik School of Government and Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 5 February 2024

The Roles of Acculturation Pressures and Migration Reasons on Subjective Well-Being for Migrants: Findings from Japan, Australia, the US, and the UK
Date: 5 February 2024, 10:30 - 12:00
Speaker s: Dr Adam Komisarof (Keio University), Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Daisy Pollenne (DPhil in Migration Studies, COMPAS)
Venue: 58 Banbury Road, 58 Banbury Road OX2 6QS
Venue Details: COMPAS Boardroom: places extremely limited; no wheelchair access
Organiser: Migration Oxford
Host: Abril Ríos-Rivera (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS))

Friday 29 November 2024

Launch for the Handbook of Research Methods in Migration (2nd edition)
Date: 29 November 2024, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: 51/53 Banbury Road, 51 Banbury Road OX2 6PE
Venue Details: Old Library
Organisers: Migration Oxford, Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Events this person is organising:

Friday 20 January 2017

The great migration of summer 2015: trajectories, journeys and hubs
Date: 20 January 2017, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Franck Duvell (COMPAS, Oxford)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Organisers: Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Professor Elisabeth Hsu (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 January 2017

Chinese medical meshworks in East Africa: pots, patients and practitioners
Date: 27 January 2017, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Elisabeth Hsu (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Organisers: Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Professor Elisabeth Hsu (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 February 2017

The idea of Nepal
Date: 3 February 2017, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor David Gellner (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Organisers: Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Professor Elisabeth Hsu (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 February 2017

Ritual and group cohesion across space and time
Date: 10 February 2017, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Harvey Whitehouse (ICEA/CAM, University of Oxford)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Organisers: Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Professor Elisabeth Hsu (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 February 2017

Climate, weather, culture
Date: 17 February 2017, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Steve Rayner (InSIS, University of Oxford)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Organisers: Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Professor Elisabeth Hsu (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 February 2017

Locating the Pitt Rivers Museum
Date: 24 February 2017, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Laura Van Broekhoven (Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Organisers: Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Professor Elisabeth Hsu (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 March 2017

Pentecostal pastorhood as calling and career: migration, religion, and masculinity between Kenya and the United Kingdom
Date: 3 March 2017, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Leslie Fesenmyer (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Organisers: Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Professor Elisabeth Hsu (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 March 2017

The people left behind: how and why cultural anthropologists got it wrong
Date: 10 March 2017, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Nancy Scheper-Hughes (University of California, Berkeley)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Organisers: Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Professor Elisabeth Hsu (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 November 2017

The Market Model: Immigration Regime Variation and Convergence in 30 Countries
Date: 20 November 2017, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Justin Gest (George Mason University)
Venue: 58 Banbury Road, 58 Banbury Road OX2 6QS
Venue Details: COMPAS Board Room
Organiser: Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 11 October 2018

Immigrant franchise and immigration policy: Evidence from the Progressive Era
Date: 11 October 2018, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Costanza Biavaschi (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: Ground floor lecture room, wheelchair accessible
Organisers: Esther Arenas-Arroyo (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 18 October 2018

Numbers, narratives, neither, both? How different kinds of message evidence impact public perceptions about immigration in Great Britain
Date: 18 October 2018, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : William L Allen (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: Ground floor lecture room, wheelchair accessible
Organisers: Esther Arenas-Arroyo (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 25 October 2018

Is it ethnicity or religion? Evidence from a cross-national field experiment on labour market discrimination
Date: 25 October 2018, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Mariña Fernández-Reino (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: Ground floor lecture room, wheelchair accessible
Organisers: Esther Arenas-Arroyo (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 November 2018

Immigration and well-being: A neighbourhood-level analysis
Date: 1 November 2018, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Corrado Giulietti (University of Southampton)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: Ground floor lecture room, wheelchair accessible
Organisers: Esther Arenas-Arroyo (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 8 November 2018

National institutions and the politics of free movement in the European Union
Date: 8 November 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Martin Ruhs (European University Institute (EUI))
Venue: 58 Banbury Road, 58 Banbury Road OX2 6QS
Venue Details: First floor boardroom, not wheelchair accessible; limited seating
Organisers: Esther Arenas-Arroyo (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Speed-Geeking Migration Challenge
Date: 8 November 2018, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub: ground floor cafe, wheelchair accessible
Organisers: Esther Arenas-Arroyo (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 15 November 2018

Selective emigration after Germany's failed 1848 revolutions and the rise of the Nazi Party
Date: 15 November 2018, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Toman Barsbai (University of St. Andrews)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: Ground floor lecture room, wheelchair accessible
Organisers: Esther Arenas-Arroyo (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 November 2018

Immigration Enforcement, Police Trust and Domestic Violence
Date: 22 November 2018, 15:30 - 16:30
Speaker : Esther Arenas-Arroyo (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: Ground floor lecture room, wheelchair accessible
Organisers: Esther Arenas-Arroyo (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 7 June 2023

The economic and political consequences of colonialism in Puerto Rico
Date: 7 June 2023, 16:30 - 17:30
Speaker : Edwin Irizarry-Mora (University of Puerto Rico)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Latin American Centre (1 Church Walk, Oxford OX2 6LY), University of Oxford
Organiser: Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 29 November 2024

Launch for the Handbook of Research Methods in Migration (2nd edition)
Date: 29 November 2024, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: 51/53 Banbury Road, 51 Banbury Road OX2 6PE
Venue Details: Old Library
Organisers: Migration Oxford, Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA