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We are very much looking forward to welcoming Prof Diana Allan (McGill University) to deliver the Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2025: 'Living Archives: Palestinian Displacement in Lebanon' 🗓️Weds 11 June 2025, 5:15 pm 📍In person in Oxford Register: rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/annual-…

We are very much looking forward to welcoming Prof Diana Allan (<a href="/mcgillu/">McGill University</a>) to deliver the Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2025:

'Living Archives: Palestinian Displacement in Lebanon' 

🗓️Weds 11 June 2025, 5:15 pm 
📍In person in Oxford

Register:
rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/annual-…
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'[Poetry] is a tool for reclaiming my agency; not only mine but all other Afghan women who are not able to speak out today.' 🎶Our student Hadia Azizi recently performed her poetry, with music by the Odyssey Ensemble, on BBC radio & in concert. rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/rsc-stude…

'[Poetry] is a tool for reclaiming my agency; not only mine but all other Afghan women who are not able to speak out today.'

🎶Our student Hadia Azizi recently performed her poetry, with music by the Odyssey Ensemble, on BBC radio &amp; in concert.

rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/rsc-stude…
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🙏Thank you very much to Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky for his fascinating presentation for our seminar series: Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State If you missed it, you can watch the video now: youtu.be/g_uNSeWjvtM?si…

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🙏Thank you to Emily Arnold-Fernandez and Yusra Herzi, who delivered an engaging seminar on 'Refugees at work: Ending exploitation, advancing justice'. If you missed the event, you can listen now: soundcloud.com/refugeestudies…

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New research by Vittorio Bruni & Olivier Sterck shows that aid cuts in refugee camps severely affect food intake and overall welfare, while also straining local food and credit markets. voxdev.org/topic/institut…

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🎉Congratulations to Uttara Shahani, who has won a Teaching Excellence Award from OxfordSocialSciences in the Early Career strand! She was recognised for her innovative & engaging teaching methods on the MSc in Refugee & Forced Migration Studies: rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/uttara-sh…

🎉Congratulations to Uttara Shahani, who has won a Teaching Excellence Award from <a href="/oxsocsci/">OxfordSocialSciences</a> in the Early Career strand!  

She was recognised for her innovative &amp; engaging teaching methods on the MSc in Refugee &amp; Forced Migration Studies:

rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/uttara-sh…
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In a new RSC working paper, Laura Blythe systematically analyses efforts at cooperation by the UK and France over the last 20 years aimed at controlling and preventing irregular migration and asks how far they have achieved their stated objectives. rsc.ox.ac.uk/publications/u…

In a new RSC working paper, Laura Blythe systematically analyses efforts at cooperation by the UK and France over the last 20 years aimed at controlling and preventing irregular migration and asks how far they have achieved their stated objectives.

rsc.ox.ac.uk/publications/u…
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🙏Thank you to Olukunle Owolabi for his recent talk, based on his award-winning book 'Ruling Emancipated Slaves & Indigenous Subjects: The Divergent Legacies of Forced Settlement & Colonial Occupation in the Global South' If you missed it, listen now: soundcloud.com/refugeestudies…

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We were delighted to host Prof Diana Allan for the Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture on 'Living Archives: Palestinian Displacement in Lebanon' Warms thanks for a fascinating talk, & showing of the film 'Partition'. If you missed the lecture, listen now: soundcloud.com/refugeestudies…

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Restrictive migration policies have made Europe’s mountainous alpine borders even more perilous, but a distinctive citizen-led approach to mountain rescue in the Hautes-Alpes is helping to reduce risks Read our student Elisa Sisto's article in Forced Migration Review fmreview.org/dangerous-jour…

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Migration routes through Latin America to the US are fraught with risks, esp. for women. Our student Ngang Fru Delvis spoke with Cameroonian women about the dangers they faced, the support they received from locals & safety strategies they developed fmreview.org/dangerous-jour…

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Does the 'migration management' paradigm provide a realistic alternative to dangerous journeys? In a new article for Forced Migration Review, Jeff Crisp examines the strengths and weaknesses: fmreview.org/dangerous-jour…