Refugee History.

Understanding historical and political contexts to contemporary refugee movements.

Blog Categories

Authors

All in Then & Now

‘Goodbye to Berlin’: Sexuality, Modernity and Exile

Oct 19

Oct 19 ‘Goodbye to Berlin’: Sexuality, Modernity and Exile

Aydan Greatrick

Build the Refugee, Build the State: Development & Rehabilitation in Post-Partition India

Aug 14

Aug 14 Build the Refugee, Build the State: Development & Rehabilitation in Post-Partition India

A Camp in France

Jul 28

Jul 28 A Camp in France

Benjamin Thomas White

Historicizing concepts in refugee history

Jul 24

Jul 24 Historicizing concepts in refugee history

When Bosnia was torn apart, football clubs were ethnically cleansed along with the population

Jul 24

Jul 24 When Bosnia was torn apart, football clubs were ethnically cleansed along with the population

The Cretan Rebellion of 1897 and the Emigration of the Cretan Muslims

Jul 21

Jul 21 The Cretan Rebellion of 1897 and the Emigration of the Cretan Muslims

Rachel Ainsworth

The remarkable story of the Uskoks: lessons on migration from the Middle Ages

Jul 17

Jul 17 The remarkable story of the Uskoks: lessons on migration from the Middle Ages

Responsibilities towards refugees fleeing atrocities: A failure to learn lessons from Srebrenica?

Jul 11

Jul 11 Responsibilities towards refugees fleeing atrocities: A failure to learn lessons from Srebrenica?

Where should we look to find Britain’s ‘tradition of welcome’ of refugees?

Jun 19

Jun 19 Where should we look to find Britain’s ‘tradition of welcome’ of refugees?

The Continuing Refugee Crisis

Feb 7

Feb 7 The Continuing Refugee Crisis

The continuing refugee crisis, involving movements of people from countries including Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Nigeria and Iran, is global and acute in nature and is once more making headlines and trending on social media, particularly in response to President Trump’s executive action on immigration and refugees that was issued on 27 January 2017 (Holocaust Memorial Day, no less).