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Refugee technologies – call for papers

Refugee technologies – call for papers

Refugee History
Announcements

We are pleased to announce that the ‘Doing Refugee History’ series continues this semester on the subject of refugee technologies and will take place on Thursday 20 April 20223, 2-4pm UK time. 

Technology has shaped refugee history in many ways, from how refugees move and stay connected to how states seek to regulate and control migrant mobility. Boats, trains and planes enabled people to travel to places further and further afield. Letters, telegrams, emails and messaging applications have enabled people to keep in touch and raise awareness about refugee situations. Conversely, identity documents, passports and now facial recognition technologies have created layers of regulation and bureaucracy that refugees must navigate and overcome. Technology has also changed the manner in which researchers access histories of displacement and refuge, and transformed the nature of research in this field.

The purpose of this roundtable is to explore the topic of refugee technologies in history. What kinds of technologies have refugees used in their journeys? What kinds of experiences have these technologies fostered? In what ways have various technologies been used to regulate refugee movements and refugee bodies, historically and in the present? And in what ways has technology transformed historical research? We welcome contributions that discuss technologies, broadly defined, and consider how these inform approaches to doing refugee history. 

Refugee connections – autumn semester roundtable

Refugee connections – autumn semester roundtable

Refugee History
Announcements

We are delighted to announce the speakers for the ‘Doing refugee history’ autumn semester roundtable, focusing on refugee connections. Attendance is open to anyone, but registration is required. A sign-up link is included below.

Speakers at this session are:

  • Stephanie DeGooyer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
    The connection between early American refugee history and Native dispossession

  • Edidiong Ekefre (University of the Witwatersrand)
    Fleeing Boko Haram: historicizing the refugee connections in the Lake Chad basin, 2010-2020

  • Neela Hassan (University of Waterloo)
    A site of connection for refugees: forming community based on shared vulnerability and precariousness at an Afghan restaurant

  • Ryan Sun (University of British Columbia)
    The possibilities in transit: Jewish refugees onboard Shanghai-bound ships (1937-1940)

Refugee connections – call for papers

Refugee connections – call for papers

Refugee History
Announcements

We are pleased to announce that the ‘Doing Refugee History’ series will continue this year with two roundtables. The first will explore the subject of refugee connections and will take place on Thursday 20 October 2022, 2-4pm UK time.

As displaced people, refugees are often assumed to be disconnected—to have lost their connections to the places, people, and things that matter to them. Humanitarian programming in first countries of refuge, and refugee integration strategies in resettlement countries, aim to create new economic and social connections for refugees. But what connections have refugees, over time, made for themselves?

New resource: Refugee settlement and encampment in the Middle East and North Africa, 1860s–1940s

New resource: Refugee settlement and encampment in the Middle East and North Africa, 1860s–1940s

Refugee History
Archives & Resources

We’ve just added a research guide to refugee settlement and encampment in the Middle East and North Africa from the 1860s to the 1940s to our Resources page. Produced by our contributor Baher Ibrahim, it’s a four-page PDF that gives an overview of archives and resources for researchers interested in this subject, especially those available online (it contains many links and pointers).

Call for submissions, autumn 2021

Call for submissions, autumn 2021

Refugee History
Refugees Today

As we enter the 2021-22 academic year, we are considering ways in which Refugee History can respond usefully to what has been a summer peppered with sensationalist media headlines about refugee movement.

With this in mind, we are calling for submissions for autumn 2021 on the theme of criminality and criminalisation, for which we have identified two main branches: the criminalisation of asylum seeking, and the criminalisation of non-state actors assisting people seeking asylum.

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