The Refugee Crisis. Whose crisis is it? Where is it?

12th May 2016 5:00pm

M2, Board Room, Grand Parade

This symposium seeks to contest Eurocentric assumptions behind this “crisis” by developing a conceptual critique of “the refugee” and situating the current “refugee crisis” in broader historical and geopolitical frameworks of imperial wars, neoliberal economic interventions and displacement.We believe that this form of critique is necessary for any viable transnational political solidarity and humanitarian action.

Speakers

Louise Purbrick (Art History & Material Culture, University of Brighton)
The Politics of Representing Refugees: Image and Word

Frances Webber (Vice-chair, Institute of Race Relations, UK) 
Refugees and the crisis of values in Europe

Nicholas de Genova (Urban Geography, King's College London)
The “European” Question: Migration, Race, and Postcoloniality

Andrew Arsan (Middle East & World History, University of Cambridge)
The Refugee Crisis: a Historical Perspective from Middle East Studies

Programme

One hour of individual presentations, 15 mins. each,  
followed by roundtable discussion with the audience

What’s ethically and politically at stake?

The event is free, but places are limited, so please register by contacting: I.Sinclair2@brighton.ac.uk



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