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The Politics of Immigration and the Politics of Identity | Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2025

Kenan Malik (Writer, lecturer and broadcaster)

Wednesday, 05 March 2025, 5.15pm to 6.15pm @ Grove Theatre, Magdalen College, Oxford. Please use Octagon Gate entrance, located on Longwall Street side entrance to Magdalen College

Scattered: The making and unmaking of a refugee. A conversation with Aamna Mohdin

Aamna Mohdin (Community affairs correspondent, The Guardian)

Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British Border Control

Professor Mary Bosworth (Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford)

Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

No Exit: Preventing Exit to Prevent Entry

Professor Audrey Macklin (Professor & Rebecca Cook Chair in Human Rights Law, University of Toronto Faculty of Law)

Thursday, 06 February 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 3, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Refuge-Making: Stories from Iraq

Dr Sana Murrani (Associate Professor in Spatial Practice, University of Plymouth)

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

Anthropology of Good: Exploring Volunteerism in the 2015 European Refugee Crisis

Professor Dawn Chatty (Refugee Studies Centre) and Professor Annika Rabo (Stockholm University)

Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

NGO Refugee Advocacy: Strengths, Weaknesses and Challenges

Nick Henderson (CEO, Irish Refugee Council)

Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Conflict Refugees: European Union Law and Practice

Dr Christel Querton (Wallscourt Fellow in Law, University of the West of England)

Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Refugee Afterlives: Home, Hauntings, and Hunger

Dr Ashwiny Kistnareddy (RSC)

Wednesday, 06 November 2024, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Fragments of Home: Refugee Housing and the Politics of Shelter (Book Launch)

Professor Tom Scott-Smith (Associate Professor of Refugee Studies and Director, RSC)

Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

A celebration of the life of David Turton

Saturday, 20 July 2024, 2pm to 3pm @ The Crypt Cafe, St Peters Church, Northchurch Terrace, London N1 4DA

Oxford Sanctuary Fair 2024

Thursday, 13 June 2024, 1.30pm to 6.30pm @ Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford, OX1 1BX

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Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture

The Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture is held in Trinity term. It is named after Professor Elizabeth Colson, a renowned anthropologist.

Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture

The Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture is named in honour of Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond, the founding Director of the Refugee Studies Centre. It is held each year in Michaelmas term.

Public Seminar Series

Each term the RSC holds a series of public seminars, held on Wednesday evenings at Queen Elizabeth House. Click here for details of forthcoming seminars.

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