Themes in refugee history – call for papers
In 2021-22 we are supporting the seminar series ‘Doing refugee history’ at the Institute of Historical Research, convened by Anne Irfan, Laura Madokoro, and Benjamin Thomas White. This is the call for papers for autumn 2021.
IHR Partnership Seminar Series: Doing Refugee History – Themes in Refugee History
We are pleased to announce the second round of seminars in our series, Doing Refugee History, supported by the Institute for Historical Research and RefugeeHistory.org. This series of seminars will explore the subject of Themes in Refugee History and will run from October to December 2021.
The purpose of the seminar is to explore new ways of addressing established themes in refugee history (e.g. refugee agency) and to suggest innovative thematic approaches.
Scholars at all career stages are encouraged to submit paper abstracts on subjects including (but not limited to):
Power and resistance
Indigeneity
Temporality (refugee time)
Memory and identity
We will run three sessions in this set of seminars, with two short (c.2000-word) pre-circulated papers per session. Presenters will comment on each other’s work and engage with audience Q&A. The themes have not yet been established and papers will be selected on the basis of thematic coherency, meaning that multiple submissions on a related theme will likely result in the creation of a seminar on that theme.
Please send your abstract (no more than 200 words) to doingrefugeehistory@gmail.com no later than 1 July 2021.
The header image shows Norah Neilson Gray’s painting A Belgian Refugee—a seated man wearing a blue smock, with shortish grey hair swept back, a moustache, and an intense but distant stare. Copyright Glasgow Museums.
