Short history
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2010 |
Professor Dawn Chatty becomes the Centre’s fifth director |
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2010 |
UN High Commisioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres visits RSC |
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2009 |
RSC moves into purpose-build new wing at Mansfield Road |
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2008 |
Policy Briefing Series launched |
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2007 |
Forced Migration Information Network launched with Southern Partners |
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2006 |
Professor Roger Zetter becomes the Centre’s fourth director |
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2005 |
Barbara Harrell-Bond awarded OBE for services to refugees |
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2005 |
RSC begins a five-year, £2.5m Programmatic arrangement from the UK Department for International Development’s Conflict and Humanitarian Fund |
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2003 |
Third permanent Departmental Lectureship post secured |
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2002 |
Forced Migration Masters course given Masters of Science status |
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2002 |
Forced Migration Online resource portal goes live |
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2002 |
Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education awarded in recognition of the RSC’s pioneering research and innovative training programmes |
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2001 |
Prof Stephen Castles appointed the third RSC director |
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2000 |
‘New Look’ Summer School programme incorporates active learning process |
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2000 |
RSC Library becomes a fully integrated part of the Oxford University Library Services (OULS) |
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2000 |
Refugee Studies Programme becomes Refugee Studies Centre. Centre status within QEH (now Oxford Department for International Development) awarded by the University |
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1999 |
Working Paper Series launched |
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1998 |
Master of Studies in Forced Migration offered for the first time, replacing Foundation Course |
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1998 |
RPN Newsletter is re-launched as Forced Migration Review |
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1997 |
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1997 |
Studies in Forced Migration book series, Volume 1 published by Berghahn Books |
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1996 |
International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) launched building on the International Research and Advisory Panel (IRAP) established by the Centre |
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1995 |
Annual turnover reaches £1 million for the first time |
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1994 |
Centre’s first endowed posts secure tenure for the Director and a further Lectureship |
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1989 |
International Summer School in Forced Migration first held |
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1989 |
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1988 |
Journal of Refugee Studies first published by Oxford University Press |
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1987 |
Foundation Course in Refugee Studies initiated 1987 Refugee Participation Network Newsletter launched |
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1986 |
First Annual Human Rights Lecture (now the Harrell-Bond Lecture) |
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1986 |
Visiting Fellows Programme opened |
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1982 |
Refugee Studies Programme (RSP) established within Queen Elizabeth House (QEH) by Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond. Programme built on a three-year fellowship to study humanitarian relief in the Sudan |
