PROGRAM

Please join us as we celebrate the publication ofStrangers No More: Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe, a groundbreaking new book by Richard Alba, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at CUNY Graduate Center and Nancy Foner, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and Roosevelt House Faculty Associate. The focus of their talk could not be more timely as the 2016 presidential election gets underway — and as migration across European borders continues to seize the world’s attention. Shedding new light on questions and concerns, Strangers No More is the first look at immigrant assimilation across six Western countries: Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States and Canada.

In a conversation moderated by Muzzafar Chishti, Director of the Migration Policy Institute at New York University School of Law, Alba and Foner will also discuss the progress and the barriers newcomers face in an array of institutions-from labor markets and neighborhoods to educational and political systems-and considers the controversial questions of religion, race, identity, and intermarriage.