Events

International Summer School in Forced Migration

Short courses

Sunday, 02 July 2017 to Friday, 14 July 2017

“What’s hospitality got to do with it?” Revisiting the guest discourse in the anthropology of humanitarianism

Ann-Christin Wagner (Visiting Study Fellow)

Work-in-Progress Seminar Series

Tuesday, 13 June 2017, 1pm to 2pm

6th Annual Seminar Advancing Good Governance in International Development

External events

Thursday, 08 June 2017 to Friday, 09 June 2017

International advocacy in the digital era: campaigning for refugee rights in 2015 & 2016

Nina Hall (Lecturer in Global Governance, Hertie School of Governance)

Work-in-Progress Seminar Series

Tuesday, 06 June 2017, 1pm to 2pm

Lived experiences of women detained inside Italian immigration detention centres

Francesca Esposito (ISPA - University Institute of Lisbon)

Special seminars and lectures

Thursday, 01 June 2017, 1.30pm to 2.45pm

CANCELLED: Rethinking labour, rethinking refugee: the untold history of refugees and the ILO

Evan Easton-Calabria (Research Assistant, The Global Governed Project, Refugee Studies Centre), and William Allen (Research Officer, The Migration Observatory, COMPAS)

Work-in-Progress Seminar Series

Tuesday, 30 May 2017, 1pm to 2pm

British and French deprivation policies as an instance of renationalisation of citizenship

Émilien Fargues (Sciences Po)

Public Seminar Series

Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 5pm to 6.30pm

International refugee protection and the secondary forced displacement of Palestinian refugees

Jasmin Fritzsche (Visiting Study Fellow)

Work-in-Progress Seminar Series

Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 1pm to 2pm

Should humanitarian organisations help with coerced repatriation?

Dr Mollie Gerver (Leeds University)

Public Seminar Series

Wednesday, 17 May 2017, 5pm to 6.30pm

Non-refoulement as a norm in international and EU law

Jenny Poon (Visiting Study Fellow)

Work-in-Progress Seminar Series

Tuesday, 16 May 2017, 1pm to 2pm

Nostalgia and Legitimacy: Understanding the Externalization of European Migration Policy | Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2017

Professor Thomas Spijkerboer (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture

Wednesday, 10 May 2017, 5pm to 6.30pm

Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East | Book launch

Nader Hashemi, Danny Postel, Leïla Vignal

Special seminars and lectures

Tuesday, 09 May 2017, 5pm to 6.30pm

Refugees and the politics of indignity

Professor David Owen (Southampton University)

Public Seminar Series

Wednesday, 03 May 2017, 5pm to 6.30pm

The Buddhist people smuggler - challenges problematic rhetoric on people smugglers

Bodean Hedwards (Visiting Study Fellow)

Work-in-Progress Seminar Series

Tuesday, 02 May 2017, 1pm to 2pm

Book Launch: ‘EU Asylum Policies: The Power of Strong Regulating States’

Dr Natascha Zaun (Refugee Studies Centre)

Public Seminar Series

Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 5pm to 6.30pm

Refuge: transforming a broken refugee system

Alexander Betts and Paul Collier

External events

Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 6.30pm to 8pm

Refuge - Transforming a Broken Refugee System

Alexander Betts, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon

External events

Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 5.30pm to 7pm

Beyond Crisis: Rethinking Refugee Studies | RSC Conference 2017

Conferences

Thursday, 16 March 2017 to Friday, 17 March 2017

The Refugee Studies Centre hosted this international conference to reflect on the role that Refugee Studies can play in the world

The duty to be generous (Karam): Alternatives to rights-based asylum in the Middle East

Professor Dawn Chatty (Refugee Studies Centre)

External events

Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 6pm to 7.15pm

Refugee Talks: Lessons From the Refugee Response in Greece

External events

Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 2pm to 3pm