The 5th Forced Migration Student Conferencewill be was held at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford on March 1st 2008. Registrationis now 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.
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 podcastswill be have been posted on this blog in the next few weeks.
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.
To mark International Migrants Day on 18th December 2007, Oxfam Publishing is providing free online access to Oxfam books, journal articles, policy papers and programme learning on migrants and migration.
This podcast was recorded at the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture which was on Wednesday 21 November 2007 at the University of Oxford’s Museum of Natural History. In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Refugee Studies Centre, HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan gave the lecture and spoke on the subject of human rights and refugees.
There will be a screening of the film ‘Lost Nation: Stories from the Uyghur Diaspora’ at the Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, on Thursday, 31st May 6pm-7.30pm.
In the film, Five Uyghurs from five cities around the world tell their personal story of migration from Xinjiang (East Turkistan).
