Abstract:A conference of this size and scope could not be achieved without the day-to-day work of the motivated and enthusiastic team which has dedicated itself to the task over the past several months.It is t...A conference of this size and scope could not be achieved without the day-to-day work of the motivated and enthusiastic team which has dedicated itself to the task over the past several months.It is thanks to Helena Wulff, Lotta Björklund Larsen and all the members of the local committee that this meeting can take place.I would like also to warmly thank NomadIT team for their work and their effective presence alongside the executive and the local committee.By facing the many unforeseen events that take place during the organization of a conference, they enable us to meet every two years in a different European city.This year 165 panels and round tables will constitute our week together from August 14th to 17th.The scientific committee, composed of eight colleagues from different backgrounds, countries and traditions, ensured that panel and round table themes reflect the diversity that characterize our association.We hope that most of you will have found the space for pertinent communication and exchange.Round tables accompany the more traditional format of presentations, and laboratories -first introduced into the program in Tallinn in 2014 -continue to be part of the program.The program is further enriched this year by a film and visual component.The theme of our conference brings us back to current events this summer, which continue to make the Meditarranean the stage not only for human tragedies but also of battles and political clashes between States that seem unable to think and move forward the rights of citizenship and free movement.Our discipline can contribute in many ways to the awakening of critical thought.I am very happy and honoured that our meeting will be opened by Shahram Khosravi, Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University, whose life, career and work are both a testimony and a contribution to the understanding of migration phenomena and their effects on the lives of individuals and groups.Some of the meetings in Stockholm will focus on precariousness, in line with the activities that EASA is trying to increasingly promote and support.The biennial conference is a place of confrontation of diverse perspectives, but also of building of networks, and the progression of scientific projects.It is also the place where, every two years, we find our friends and set up new collaborations.I hope that this meeting will be fruitful and that we will return home with fewer certaintaines but with the desire to pursue the exchanges and continue to promote anthropology and its skills.Read More