This term’s seminar series is convened by Dr Ali Ali (Departmental Lecturer in Forced Migration). It has a particular focus on Syria and the Middle East. Topics covered include Iraqi migrants in Syria, Syrians working in Turkey, and Islamic traditions of refuge.
Also this term is this year’s Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture, which will be given by Professor Bridget Anderson (School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol) on 6 June under the title “Let language not betray us”: immigration, enforcement and modern slavery.
Seminars will be held from 5.00–6.30pm on Wednesdays in Seminar Room 3, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB. No registration is required except for the Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture on 6 June.
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The full list of seminars is as follows:
2 May:
Book launch for ‘Syria: The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State’
Professor Dawn Chatty, Refugee Studies Centre
9 May:
Iraqi migrants in Syria: the crisis before the storm
Dr Sophia Hoffmann, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient
16 May:
Syrian labour in the Turkish economy
Dr Emre Korkmaz, Oxford Department of International Development
23 May:
Islamic traditions of refuge in the crises of Iraq and Syria
Dr Tahir Zaman, University of Sussex
30 May:
Outsourcing border control: the politics and practice of contracted visa policy in Morocco
Dr Federica Infantino, Université Libre de Bruxelles
6 June:
Professor Bridget Anderson, University of Bristol