The 5th Forced Migration Student Conference was held at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford on March 1st 2008. Registration was open for participants, including students, independent scholars and practitioners.
Taking their fundamental role in contributing to the debate, postgraduate students conducting research in the subject area have organised annual conferences to address challenges in forced migration.
Since 2003, each conference has attracted delegates from the UK and countries worldwide, providing an opportunity for them to present their research, to promote the exchange and construction of knowledge, as well as to establish professional and academic networking.
The Palestinian Register provides unique record of contemporary Palestinian civic and political voices. Carried out by Palestinian refugees and exiles and implemented by activists and local leaders, the report of the Civitas collective research project is now available online. This project provides a platform for those Palestinians voices that are rarely heard – the men and women who live in al Shatat (the Palestinian dispersal in 1948 and after). They discuss issues of political representation and the concerns and mechanisms for engagement and renewal. Crucially, they also address the connections that do and do not exist with the PLO and the host countries where they currently live, and with other refugee camps and communities.
Between January 6th and 10th 2008, the 11th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) conference was hosted by the Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program of the American University in Cairo. The Forced Migration Online team attended to participate and record audio at the plenary events for the FMO podcast series. Details of the podcasts have been posted on this blog.
Our conference round-up begins with a video review of the event produced by the IASFM rapporteur John Nassari. The video is a part of the rapporteur’s conference report, along with a more traditional oral report which was delivered in the final plenary session of the conference. The video report features participants reading quotes which were originally spoken by others during the conference.
