The international refugee regime and postcolonial sovereignty: Algeria, refugees and the UNHCR, 1954-63

Public Seminar Series, Hilary term 2021

Refugee Histories in the Global South

How does forced migration look different if we examine it through a historical perspective? How have refugees been historical actors, as well as victims? This series examines a range of topics that illuminate these questions, by examining the historical entanglements between migration, im/mobility, colonialism, race, and borders.

Series convener: Dr Anne Irfan, Departmental Lecturer in Forced Migration

About the speakers

Malika Rahal is a historian at the Institut d’histoire du temps présent, in Paris (France). She is in charge of the Institute’s scientific project. A historian of the contemporary Maghrib, she focuses on present time history of Algeria in the 20th century and is currently writing a popular history of the country’s Independence.

Further information: https://www.ihtp.cnrs.fr/users/malika-rahal

Benjamin Thomas White teaches history at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, where he is also a member of the Glasgow Refugee, Asylum, and Migration Network. A Middle East historian by background, he now teaches refugee history more broadly and is researching the global history of the refugee camp.

Further information: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/benjaminthomaswhite/

Registration

This seminar will be held via Zoom. Register online here 

Please direct enquiries to rsc-outreach@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Video

Watch the video of the webinar on YouTube.