The Refugee Hosts project is delighted to invite you to join us for the Moving Objects symposium and exhibition launch event on the 14th March at University College London. Both events will provide an opportunity to reflect on the exhibition, and our project's own work with displaced communities in Lebanon and Jordan, whose involvement is…
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Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh recognised by UCL Public Engagement Award
Refugee Hosts PI Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh’s work with and in support of refugees around the world has been recognised in this year’s UCL Provost’s Awards for Public Engagement, through being granted the Established Career Academic award. The award panel noted that they were “hugely impressed by the role [Elena has] played in catalysing the development…
Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh to give Keynote Address at UCL and British Museum in Africa and the Middle East Event, 25 May 2018
On 25 May 2018, Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Refugee Hosts PI, will deliver a keynote address at an event exploring new research in the Middle East and Africa, convened by UCL and the British Museum. The one-day event will bring together researchers from UCL and the British Museum to consider future directions in African and Middle…
Re-Mapping the Middle East
The Middle East Re-mapped: 10-4pm, 5th June 2017, Anthropology seminar room, Department of Anthropology, UCL. Reflecting a wider interest in ‘re-mapping area studies’ at UCL, the aim of this workshop is to explore how the Middle East might be rethought and re-drawn today. We invite short contributions from researchers from across the social sciences, arts and…
Between Borders UCL Conference 9 June
We are pleased to share this announcement on behalf of the convenors of UCL's 2017 Migration Conference, 'Between Borders: Exploring spaces of exclusion and belonging in global migration.' The conference will be held on 9th June 2017, 9.30am – 6.00pm in UCL's Pearson Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. You can register to attend the Conference by visiting the Eventbrite…