Johanna Loock on 'Rethinking Human Rights'
A new blog post by postgraduate student Johanna Loocke responds to the discussions held CERS' ‘Decolonising Human Rights’ event, co-organised with Leeds Human Rights Journal.
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Professor S Sayyid Lecture: Neo-nationalism and the Islamophobic Imaginary
Professor Salman Sayyid will be giving a lecture to mark Islamophobia Awareness Month on Thursday 19th November, 4 - 5pm.
Dr Abel Ugba awarded Bayreuth Academy of Advance African Studies Fellowship
Congratulations to Dr Abel Ugba who has won the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies Fellowship. He will be investigating the innovative and reflexive practice...
Integration: twelve propositions after Schinkel
Professor Adrian Favell gave an online lecture for the new Talking Heads series at the Sussex Centre of Migration Research, University of Sussex, on his...
Research student co-leads UNESCO celebration spotlighting Eritrean heritage
CERS Postgraduate Researcher Tesfalem H. Yemane will co-lead an event marking 75 years of UNESCO with an online sensory experience of the Asmara UNESCO World Heritage Site in...
PGR-led seminar series: Decolonising Forced Migration
A PGR-led seminar series, “Decolonising Forced Migration: Political (Un)-Intelligibility, Reflexivity, & ‘Epistemological Agency’", begins 24 November 2020 and runs until July 2021. Organisers include CERS members Tesfalem Yemane and Kheira Arrouche.
Dr Maria Rovisco hosts conversation on theatre, asylum and sanctuary
Dr Maria Rovisco hosted an online conversation with Alex Chisholm of Freedom Studios, Bradford, on 28 October 2020, about the ways in which theatre can positively transform...
ESRC-funded Feeding the Nation research project launched
A new ESRC-funded research project, "Feeding the Nation: seasonal migrant workers and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic", has launched. Congratulations to Dr Roxana Barbulescu, Centre for Ethnicity and Racism (CERS) at the University of Leeds (PI) and Dr. Carlos Vargas-Silva of the Centre on Migration Policy and Society at the University of Oxford (Co-I) who will lead the study.
British Citizen Award for doctoral student Shirley Barrett
Congratulations to Shirley Barrett, a doctoral student in CERS, who has been selected to receive The British Citizen Award in October 2020 for her contribution to bridging gaps in society between the Gypsy Romany Community and sedentary community, particularly in relation to domestic violence.
Ipek Demir will give keynote for UCLan centre launch, 5 Jan 2021
Ipek Demir will give the opening keynote for the launch of The UCLan Research Centre for Migration, Diaspora and Exile (MIDEX) on 15 January 2021.