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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

Non-signatory states in international refugee law

Maja Janmyr (Professor of International Migration Law at the University of Oslo)

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

Attacking health: Understanding the dynamics and broader impacts of violence against healthcare

Larissa Fast (Professor of Humanitarian and Conflict Studies at the University of Manchester)

Wednesday, 19 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

The Politics of Education and Hope in Forced Migration: Journeys of Syrian Young People Across the World

Thursday, 13 November 2025, 5.15pm to 7pm @ Campion Hall 5 Brewer Street Oxford OX1 1QS

Cities of refuge in an age of displacements

Romola Sanyal (Associate Professor of Urban Geography at the London School of Economics)

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

Displacement, solidarity, counter-government

David Owen (Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Southampton)

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

A short history of the Gaza Strip

Dr Anne Irfan (Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at University College London)

Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 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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