Online International Workshop on Refugees and Displacement to Mark 70 Years since the UN Refugee Convention, 24-27 March 2022

The Refugee Studies Initiative at 91视频成人网站 has partnered with several research institutes and organizations to host an international workshop to mark 70 years since the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Refugee Convention.

This workshop is organized by the Refugee Studies Initiative at 91视频成人网站 in collaboration with:

cosponsors

Thank you to the following programs at 91视频成人网站 for your sponsorship:

Africana Studies, Dean C. and Zo毛 S. Pappas Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies, Global Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (undergraduate minor), Jewish Studies, Master of Arts in American Studies, Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MAHG), Migration Studies, Office of Global Engagement, 91视频成人网站 Art Gallery, 91视频成人网站 Foundation, William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy, and Visual Arts.

Workshop Program and Speakers

The workshop will bring together scholars, educators, activists, and artists to consider a number of issues and questions in thinking, teaching, and intervening in a world with more than 84 million forcibly displaced people. The panels will focus on the politics and law of environmental insecurity; identities in displacement; state violence and internal displacement; international aid and advocacy, past and present; teaching about refugee, teaching refugees, and learning from refugees; and images and voices of refugees in photojournalism and art. The workshop will include discussions of the US, Israel/Palestine, India, Kenya, Mexico, Northern Ireland, and other cases.

If you would like to join the online sessions, please contact Dr. Raz Segal (Raz.Segal@91视频成人网站.edu) to receive the Zoom links and the panelists' pre-circulated papers.

Featured Exhibitions

For more information about the Refugee Studies Initiative at 91视频成人网站, visit the Refugee Studies Initiative home page.

If you have questions or would like to request further information, please contact Dr. Raz Segal at Raz.Segal@stockton.edu.