A conference on refugees and migrants -
A half day conference to discuss new developments and opportunities for further work in support of refugees and migrants in the
St George's Hall,
This event is free, but attendees must register in advance. For registration details and a conference agenda visit: www.leedsmet.ac.uk/refugeesmigrants, or alternatively email: c.mcosh@leedsmet.ac.uk, or phone: Cara McCosh on 0113 812 9295 to ask for a registration form. This event will be of interest to policy makers, education and skills providers, funders, investors, employer organisations and others working with refugees and migrants.
Events listing is provided for information only. Inclusion in this listing should not be taken to imply that the
Leaflet available to Download - http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/RefAndMig.pdf
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Meeting on race and education -
A meeting examining issues relating to race, class and education, including empowerment and exclusion, and alternative approaches to teaching Black History.
Speakers include activists, teachers, asylum seekers, and anti-deportation campaigners.
Refreshments will be available. Event organised bySource:
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Call for Papers:
VI International Conference on African Labour
Slavery, Migration, and Contemporary Bondage in Africa
23rd-25th of September 2009
This is a revised call for papers and participation for an
interdisciplinary conference on 'Slavery, Migration, and Contemporary
Bondage in Africa', to take place at the Wilberforce Institute for the
study of Slavery and Emancipation, Hull, United Kingdom. This conference
will explore linkages between the history of slavery and migration in
'classical' slavery, child soldiers, descent based discrimination, and
human trafficking and the exploitation of migrants. Eight travel
bursaries are available for early career scholars based in and/or from
nterested researchers are invited to submit paper proposals based on
one or more of the following themes:
Governance
* Similarities and differences in the (ab)use of labour: How have
pre-Colonial, Colonial and Post-Colonial political authorities sought to
organize and regulate labour in
* Evolving patterns of migration and movement control: How have
various models of political authority sought to regulate, promote and/or
restrict the movement of peoples in
* Institutional influences and colonial practises: On what terms
can we connect colonial budgets, 'native' policies, middle rank
administration and forced labour practices?
Social and Economic Formations
* Innovation in exploitation: What factors account for the
emergence and/or further expansion of new forms of bondage following the
legal abolition of slavery across continental
* The persistence of pre-colonial practices: On what terms can
historical practices be connected to current problems, such as child
labour, descent based discrimination, and/or debt-bondage?
The Past in the Present
* Historical parallels with contemporary problems: What can the
history of slavery, migration and colonial rule in
contemporary developments and future prospects in
* The legacies of historical slave systems: How has the history of
slavery, migration and colonialism influenced contemporary patterns of
movement and labour exploitation within
* Repairing historical wrongs in
available to repair past injustices?
Each of these themes invite scholars who specialise in particular issues
and events to reflect upon the broader significance of their field of
expertise to both the broader history and contemporary prospects of
Submission Information
To submit a paper proposal, please send abstracts of up to 300 words,
together with a current curriculum vitae to wise@hull.ac.uk, by
13th of March 2009
eight bursaries for early career scholars from/based in
cover flights, accommodation and conference registration. Applicants for
bursaries should apply through the same procedure outlined above,
indicating that they wish to be considered for a bursary. Final papers
of between 6000 and 8000 words will be expected by
2009
March 2009. Requests for additional information should be directed to
either Joel Quirk at j.quirk@hull.ac.uk or Darshan Vigneswaran at
darshan.vigneswaran@wits.ac.za. The organizers of the conference plan on
publishing a selection of revised conference papers as a special issue
of the journal Slavery and Abolition.
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Call for Papers:
Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism
(CRONEM), University of Surrey, UK
AHRC Diasporas, Migration and Identities Programme / CRONEM Conference
2009
Diasporas, Migration and Identities: Crossing Boundaries, New Directions
University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
11-12 June 2009
'Diasporas, migration and identities <http://www.diasporas.ac.uk/> ' has
been the subject of a major national research programme funded by the
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in the UK since 2005. Its
central concerns have also been at the heart of the work of the Centre
for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism (CRONEM).
The aim of this international conference is to examine the past and
present impact of diasporas and migration on nation, community, identity
and subjectivity, culture and the imagination, place and space, emotion,
politics, law and values.
Confirmed speakers:
* Ien Ang, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of West
Sydney, Australia
* Robin Cohen, Professor of Development Sociology, University of
Oxford / Honorary Professor at the University of Warwick, UK
* Peggy Levitt, Associate Professor, Wellesley College, USA
* Ato Quayson, Professor of English and Director of the Centre for
Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada
We invite abstracts that address the following themes in the UK and
beyond:
* Migration, settlement and diaspora: modes, stages and forms
* Representation, performance, discourse and language
* Subjectivity, emotion and identity
* Objects, practices and places
* Beliefs, values and laws
* The role of youth in relationship to diasporas, migration and
identities
* Diasporic economics and labour markets
* The recognition of multiple origins and mixedness
* The politics of immigration and integration
* Public opinion and public policy
* Ethnic identity politics
For more registration and submission forms, please visit
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Arts/CRONEM/index.htm
The closing date for abstracts is 2 February 2009.
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Mirela Dumic
Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism
(CRONEM)
Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences
21 AC 05
Post Box I4
E-mail: m.dumic@surrey.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1483 682365
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/cronem
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Refugee Studies Centre Short Courses
January-March 2009
Apply online at:
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/index.html?teaching_short
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-
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
Instructors:
Dr Dawn Chatty, University Reader in Anthropology and Forced Migration
and Deputy Director of the Refugee Studies Centre, University of
Leila Hilal , independent researcher currently focusing on assessing
national protection frameworks in the
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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