Conferences and RSC Short Courses.

Beyond camps and forced labour: current international research on
survivors of Nazi persecution.

Third international multidisciplinary conference to be held at the
Imperial War Museum London, 7-9 January 2009
Further information and a registration form are now available at:
http://www.iwm.org.uk/BCFL <http://www.iwm.org.uk/conferenceBCFL> 2009
Around 100 speakers from all over the world will present and discuss the
latest results of their research on all groups of survivors of Nazi
persecution. These include - but are not limited to - Jews, Gypsies,
Slavonic peoples, homosexuals, Soviet prisoners of war, political
dissidents, members of underground movements, the disabled, the
so-called 'racially impure', and forced labourers.
Join us in London!

Suzanne Bardgett, Imperial War Museum, London David Cesarani, Royal
Holloway, University of London Jessica Reinisch, Birkbeck College London
Johannes-Dieter Steinert, University of Wolverhampton

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REFUGEE STUDIES CENTRE SHORT COURSES January-March 2009

APPLY ONLINE AT http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/

NEW COURSE: STATELESSNESS 9-11 January 2009
This two and a half day course has been devised by RSC staff member
Jean-Francois Durieux, in close co-operation with the Statelessness Unit
of UNHCR. It is intended for experienced practitioners and graduate
researchers. Parliamentarians and staff, members of the judiciary and
the bar, government officials, personnel of intergovernmental and
non-governmental organisations, advocates and stateless persons are
welcome to apply, personal interest and commitment being the key
criteria for participation.
Resource persons are a mix of experts in particular disciplines; area
specialists; and staff of UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva:
Dr Brad Blitz: Reader in Political Geography, Oxford Brookes University;
Jean-François Durieux: Departmental Lecturer in International Refugee
and Human Rights Law, RSC;
Dr Matthew Gibney: Reader in Politics and Forced Migration and Elizabeth
Colson Lecturer in Forced Migration, RSC;
Stefanie Grant: Harrison Grant Solicitors, Adviser Equal Rights Trust;
Mark Manly: Head Statelessness Unit, UNHCR Geneva;
Abbas Shiblak: Research Associate, RSC; founder & first director of the
Palestinian Refugee and Diaspora Centre.

PSYCHOSOCIAL RESPONSES TO CONFLICT AND FORCED MIGRATION 7-8 February 2009
This two-day course examines mental health and psychosocial support in
emergency and protracted refugee settings. It invites practitioners and
theorists to struggle with complex intercultural issues associated with
psychosocial programming.
Instructors:
Dr Michael Wessells, Senior Advisor on Child Protection for Christian
Children's Fund, Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health at
Columbia University, and Professor of Psychology at Randolph-Macon College.
Dr Maryanne Loughry, Associate Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service
Australia, Research Associate of the Refugee Studies Centre, University
of Oxford and Visiting Scholar at Boston College. Both presenters were
members of the Psychosocial Working Group, an international academic and
practitioner group committed to the development of knowledge and best
practice in the field of psychosocial interventions in complex emergencies.

PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 28 February-1 March 2009
This two-day course places the Palestinian refugee case study within the
broader context of the international human rights regime. It examines,
within a human rights framework, the policies and practices of Middle
Eastern states as they impinge upon Palestinian refugees. Through a mix
of lectures, working group exercises and interactive sessions,
participants engage actively and critically with the contemporary
debates in the human rights movement and analyse the specific context of
Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the
West Bank, Gaza and Israel) in light of the debates.
Instructors:
Dr Dawn Chatty, University Reader in Anthropology and Forced Migration
and Deputy Director of the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.
Leila Hilal , independent researcher currently focusing on assessing
national protection frameworks in the Middle East, former Legal Adviser
on Refugees to the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department in Ramallah, West
Bank. Former Visiting Research Fellow at the RSC.
Lena El-Malak , doctoral candidate in Public International Law at the
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and a
member of the Massachusetts State Bar.

For further information, please contact:
Katherine Salahi, Outreach Programme Manager
Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development
University of Oxford, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 270723 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 270297
E-mail: katherine.salahi@qeh.ox.ac.uk

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