Public Seminar Series, Trinity term 2023
Refugee History
Series convened by Dr Uttara Shahani
About the series
This term’s public seminar series focuses on Refugee History. The speakers will cover a range of themes: the global history of India’s ideas and practices surrounding the refugee, how British church leaderships responded to refugee ‘crises’ in the early twentieth century, the history and politics of UNRWA’s interactions with Palestinian communities, and the history of Uyghur displacement through a communication and media lens. The seminar series will offer critical insights into the background of issues concerning refugees today.
Time and location
All seminars will take place on Tuesdays at 1-2pm in Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB. Please check the date of each seminar.
Please direct enquiries to rsc@qeh.ox.ac.uk
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Trinity term seminars
Tuesday 16 May, 1-2pm
The British churches, refugee ‘crises’ and anti-migrant sentiment 1903-1918
Dr Daniel Renshaw (University of Reading)
Tuesday 23 May, 1-2pm
Dr Ria Kapoor (Queen Mary University of London)
Tuesday 30 May, 1-2pm
Refuge and resistance: Palestinians and the global refugee regime
Dr Anne Irfan (University College London)
Tuesday 6 June, 1-2pm
Migration and the politics of transgression: a historical perspective
Associate Professor Saskia Witteborn (Chinese University of Hong Kong)