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Where is internal displacement within migration research? Launching the Oxford University Press Handbook of Internal Displacement

Thursday, 18 June 2026, 3.45pm to 5pm @ Hybrid event at 64 Banbury Road, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford, OX2 6PN and online

Refugee Voices in Modern Global History: Reckoning with Refugeedom – book talk

Emeritus Professor Peter Gatrell (University of Manchester)

Wednesday, 10 June 2026, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

The European Convention on Human Rights and migration – where are we now?

Sir Tim Eicke KC

Wednesday, 27 May 2026, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Unwelcome to Denmark: The Paradigm Shift and Refugee Integration – book talk

Professor Michelle Pace (based in Roskilde, Denmark) and Dr Frowin Rausis (University of Geneva)

Wednesday, 27 May 2026, 3.30pm to 4.30pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Yazidis on the Margins of Humanity: Internally Displaced in Iraqi Kurdistan - book talk

Dr Houman Oliaei

Monday, 18 May 2026, 5.30pm to 7pm @ St Antony's College - MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, St Antony's College 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF

When the Water Horse Seeks a New Home – film screening

Professor Antje Missbach (Bielefeld University) and Associate Professor Gerhard Hoffstaedter (University of Queensland)

Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 3pm to 4pm @ Seminar Room 3 and Meeting Room A, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Cross-border assistance to IDPs: law and localisation in the delivery of ‘quiet aid’

Professor Kirsten McConnachie (University of East Anglia)

Wednesday, 06 May 2026, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law: Towards Common but Differentiated Legal Obligations

Dr Elizabeth Mavropoulou (University of Westminster)

Wednesday, 11 March 2026, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Grounding the Components of an Ethical Response to Refugees

Dr Bradley Hillier-Smith (University of St Andrews)

Wednesday, 04 March 2026, 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 (University of Oxford) and Audra Morris

Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Coolie Migrants, Indian Diplomacy: Caste, Class, and Indenture Abroad, 1914-67

Dr Kalathmika Natarajan (University of Exeter)

Wednesday, 18 February 2026, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge - Book Launch

Dr Rebecca Buxton (University of Bristol) and Dr Samuel Ritholtz (University of Oxford)

Thursday, 12 February 2026, 5pm to 6pm @ To be held at The Old Library, All Souls College. Registration is not required.

The price of Fortress Europe: Critical reflections on the EU’s migration policies and constitutional horizons

Dr Aristel Skrbic (Ghent University)

Wednesday, 04 February 2026, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Game: The Economy of Undocumented Migration from Afghanistan to Europe

Dr Hannah Pool (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies)

Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

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Recordings of past events

Where possible we make recordings of our public seminars and lectures available after the event. 

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.

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