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A special page on this event, with podcasts and photos, is available here >>

This special international gathering celebrating the scholarship of Professor Guy S Goodwin-Gill comprises two full days of events.

On Thursday 14 April, a group of Professor Goodwin-Gill’s former doctoral students will gather to present papers on a range of topics, including forced migration; international criminal law, terrorism and international humanitarian law; and international institutions, equality and participation. The seminar is jointly sponsored by All Souls College, the Faculty of Law, and the Refugee Studies Centre.

On Friday 15 April, the International Journal of Refugee Law will host a symposium in honour of Professor Goodwin-Gill, followed by a celebratory dinner at All Souls. The symposium is jointly sponsored by All Souls College, the Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, the International Journal of Refugee Law, the Oxford Faculty of Law, and the Refugee Studies Centre. The symposium will lead to the publication of a special issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law.  

Programme for Thursday: Reflections, Experiences, and Contemporary Challenges: Contributions from Professor Guy S Goodwin-Gill’s (Former) Doctoral Students >>

Programme for Friday: Celebrating the Scholarship of Professor Guy S Goodwin-Gill: An International Gathering >>

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Forthcoming events

A short history of the Gaza Strip

Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Displacement, solidarity, counter-government

Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Human rights elites at the United Nations: Felix Ermacora and the first human rights fact finding missions (1967-1993)

Wednesday, 29 October 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Migration and displacement: My grandmother, Lausanne, and some lessons for the present

Wednesday, 05 November 2025, 5.15pm to 6.15pm @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College, 56 Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6HS

Cities of refuge in an age of displacements

Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Law unbound? Asylum and migration law in the UK post-Brexit

Tuesday, 18 November 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR