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Champion for Afghanistan Remote Learning in Crises and Emergencies Programme.We are grateful to Mrs Fatima Gailani for championing the Afghanistan strand of the Remote Learning in Crises and Emergencies Programme of the Cambridge Refugee Hub. Given her stature, reputation, and longstanding engagement in peace and education, her association will si…

Professor Jenny Mander is the new Leibniz Chair at the German Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History (DSM). This means that another internationally renowned scientist from Cambridge University will take on this prestigious position.Jenny Mander is co-director of the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement an der University o…

The University of Cambridge is proud to have been awarded the University of Sanctuary. This accreditation recognises the University’s commitment to making it a welcoming place for refugees, asylum seekers and forced migrants. The University provides scholarships, support and a safe space for students and academics seeking sanctuary.Relevant informa…

It is with immense pride and joy that we congratulate Dr Marissa Quie on winning the Cambridge Award 2025 for Research Impact and Engagement- Established Academic Award and the Audience Award for her outstanding work for and with Afghan women. The "Women in Conflict - Afghanistan" program based at the University's Refugee and Crises Hub, within our…

“There is simply not enough talk about displacement in academic circles.” These were the words of Dr Tugba Basaran, Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement, which opened the 2025 Cambridge Refugee Week conference. In one sentence, she elegantly summarised an uncomfortable fact that needed addressing. The conference was a colla…

Cambridge, UK – May 2025In response to the escalating repression of women and girls under Taliban rule, the Afghanistan Desk at the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement, University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Advocates for International Development’s Rule of La…

Hi everyone!I hope you have had a good break and that you are settling into a new term at Cambridge.The University of Cambridge has been running a mentoring scheme for aspiring Afghan women in partnership with the media organisation, Voice of America. The situation for women in Afghanistan is worsening, with women barred from education, employment,…

Cambridge Refugee Hub:Mentors to support ambitious Afghan womenDo you think you could help a talented Afghan woman to improve her confidence to use English for academic purposes? Since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan women's rights have been severely curtailed, including their access post-secondary and tertiary education. Many of these…

Stipendiary Research Fellowship in the Social and cultural aspects of migration/post-migrationKing’s College Cambridge invites applications for a Research Fellowship from those working on the Social and cultural aspects of migration and/or post-migration.Applications are welcome from all those working within any area of the Arts, Humanities and Soc…

Refugee Week is about building, bridges but also combating indifference. Those of us who attended the Community Arts Festival for Cambridge Refugee Week on June 22, including myself, were likely supporters of refugees already. But few of us could be said to truly understand what they go through. Having been born in the UK and lived here all my life…

On 20 June, Cambridge Refugee Hub at Cambridge University hosted its annual conference for World Refugee Day. The theme of the World Refugee Day 2024 was ‘Location: Global’. Dr Tugba Basaran, Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement and Founder of the Cambridge Refugee Hub, opened with the observation, “travel is normal for us.…

May 15 saw the return of the Alfred Dubs Lecture on Migration and Refugees, set up by The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement at Cambridge University in 2021. The name honours Alfred Dubs, a former child refugee from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, and lifelong campaigner for refugee rights. The subject this year was ‘Race, corporate sovere…

Marissa Quie is a Fellow and Director of Studies in Human, Social and Political Science (HSPS) at Lucy Cavendish College, Lecturer in Politics at Magdalene College and an Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Sociology. However,     Marissa's “most important job” is Convener of the Afghanistan Desk at the Cambridge Refugee Hub.Born in Afghanista…

A new exhibit at the British Museum portrays how the movement of people and ideas over centuries can lead to irrevocable changes in identity and potentially contribute to intergenerational trauma. The exhibit, ‘Burma to Myanmar’, illustrates the almost innumerable cultural layers that make up the famous nation in the Far East — and how those layers…

Please find updates on the line-up here: https://www.humanmovement.cam.ac.uk/events/2023-cambridge-refugee-weekCall for submissionsJune 20th is the World Refugee Day, an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees and celebrate the strength and courage of refugees around the globe.  We welcome all event submissions - flas…