World Refugee Day: Refugee Inclusion
Tuesday 20th of June, 10.00 - 18.00, Alison Richard Building
coordinated by the Cambridge refugee hub, Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement
June 20 is the World Refugee Day, an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees. Join us for an engaging programme of research and public events including panel discussions, flash talks, films, poetry workshop and more. Bringing together a diverse array of academics and community members, this event is open to all and aimed at centring the diversity of refugee experiences in finding better ways to uphold refugee rights. At Alison Richard Building (SG1 and Atrium). Free and all welcome.
Please register here on Eventbrite to attend.
For an overview of all events, please visit 2023 Cambridge Refugee Week.
If you are available to volunteer during the day, please send an e-mail to refugees@humanmovement.cam.ac.uk.
10.00 - 10.20 Arrival and coffee
10.20 Welcome and introductions
Tugba Basaran, Convenor of the Cambridge refugee hub
10.30 – 12.00 Global Cambridge: research and engagement with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sudan and Syria
Women education - politics of Afghanistan to the forum on Afghanistan
Marissa Quie, Sociology, University of Cambridge
Refugee education in Bangladesh
Steve King, Cambridge Partnership for Education
The State We're In: Sudan's April 15th War
Sahar ElAsad, Education, University of Cambridge
Displaced Syrian healthcare workers
Adam Coutts, Sociology, University of Cambridge
Vlad Chaddad, International Rescue Committee
12.15 – 13.45 Hosting and Voluntering in/from Cambridge (SG1)
Lunch and stalls of student/community organisations (Atrium)
Introductions to STAR, SolidariTee, Amnesty International, Race Equality Network, CamCRAG
Refugee Education UK: Mentoring in the East of England
Federica Rizzi, Refugee Education UK
Home and Shelter, Ruth Rix and hosting Ukrainian refugees
Silke Mentchen and Alice Mumford, MMLL, University of Cambridge
Adult refugee learners and the passing of time in compulsory language education
Julia Jakob, Education, University of Cambridge
Siman Foundation: Democratising access to education
Awa Farah, Sociology, University of Cambridge
Followed and accompanied by lunch, stalls and documentaries
14.00 – 15.30 European Borders and Borderlands
Being an Islander: Mediterranean Island in the Past and Present
Anastasia Christophilopoulou, Archaelogy
Aid workers meet recipients of aid: The beneficiary continuum and the making of the workfare welfare state in the Greek refugee regime
Danai Avgeri, Geography, University of Cambridge
Accessing rights in the long-term: why legal aid on its own is not enough? The critical relationship between legal aid practitioners and mental health professionals in Greece
Alexa Netty, SolidariTee
Governance of irregular migration in Algeria, along the border with Tunisia
Ahmed Ibrahim, University of Manchester
15.45 – 17.15 Engaging through nature, arts, craft and poetry
Nature-Based Integration: Bridging Communities and Environment
Dr Azadeh Fatehrad (Kingston University)
Dr Davide Natalini (Anglia Ruskin University)
Dr Hyab Yohannes (University of Glasgow UNESCO CHAIR REFUGEE INTEGRATION THROUGH LANGUAGES AND THE ARTS (RILA))
Leyla Laksari (CEO of Living Under One Sun Community Centre)
Dr Elena Cologni (Anglia Ruskin University)
Crafting the Self: an arts and crafts project for migrant and refugee women
Adriana Sandu, Anglia Ruskin University, Suzan Morad and Grace Petreni and colleagues for the project, run in collaboration with Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum