News and events

The Leicester Migration Series: Events

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The aim is to highlight innovative and cross-disciplinary migration-related projects within CAHL as well as, under the auspices of the Migration Network, to promote migration as a valuable topic for interdisciplinary contact and collaboration across university and the city of Leicester. The talks will be aimed at a broad audience and will focus as much on the nature and praxis of carrying out migration research, as on the details of the specific project. Each session will involve a discussant, as well as an opportunity for further dialogue.

Weds 30 January Migrations Network seminar: ‘The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain’ project, with Marc Scully, Martin Findell, Jon Wetton and Steve Brown from the project team.

Weds 13 February Migrations Network seminar: The Desert Migrations project led by Dr. Nick Ray, Archaeology & Ancient History.

Weds 27 February Migrations Network seminar: ‘The Carceral Archipelago and Global Migrations’ led by Clare Anderson, Historical Studies with Ipek Demir, Sociology as discussant.

Weds 6 March Migrations Network seminar: ‘Migration and Leicester’ led by Jay Hardman, Leicester City Council

Weds 20 March Screening of 'Our Leicester: Understanding a Multicultural City' & Leicester Migration Network Roundtable led by Marc Scully, Impact of Diasporas project and Leah Bassel, Sociology.

November 7 2012 'Our Leicester' event held

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The event included around 100 young people from local sixth-form colleges which are part of the Realising Opportunities network for widening participation.

The event was organised by Dr Marc Scully, a Research Associate on the University’s Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain programme, along with Dr Leah Bassel and John Williams of the University’s Department of Sociology.

Workshops included: Addressing Hate Crime; Racism & Prejudice in Sport; the 2011 Riots; Welcoming New Communities; and Faith & Identity in the City.

Press release for the event

19 September 2012 Globalisation, Culture and Psychology

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We will exchange experiences of psychological work from around the globe and consider the impact of globalisation on both our theories and practices. We will also address the question of the extent to which there is a universal psychology applicable across cultures and national boundaries, and the extent to which psychology is an inextricable part of indigenous culture.

For more information on the conference, including a schedule for the day and details of speakers, please download this PDF document.

Thursday 12 July 2012 Making histories: developing young community historians

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It will constitute a mixture of presentations from pupils from Judgemeadow Community College, and young members of the Somali Community Parents Association, screenings of work from the pupils who have participated in the project from across three cities and words of thanks from the Runnymede team.

Thursday 26th July. Mapping Faith and Place conference

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October 2011 event: English 'Riots': Civic Responses and Sociological Perspectives - October 2011

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More than 100 people, including sociologists and students, attended the event at the Birmingham and Midland Institute.

Organisers said they wanted "members of the public to engage in a dialogue... on what happened, why, and where we are going".

For further information on the event can be found on the BSA website and news coverage of the event can be found on the BBC Birmingham website

June 2012 event: Hope and Resilience for Refugees and Asylum Seekers

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19 June 2012
9:00am – 4:30pm
Peter Williams Lecture theatre
University of Leicester

This event, funded by East Midlands Strategic Health Authority, is planned to mark national Refugee week and is being organised by the clinical psychology department at the University of Leicester in conjunction with a range of refugee and voluntary sector organisations across the East Midlands. This one day conference will be held at the University of Leicester on 19th June 2012. The theme is Hope and Resilience in the refugee context and it will explore how hope and resilience can be fostered in the current climate through an emphasis on human rights, approaches to justice in psychological therapy, and through building solidarity in the voluntary and statutory sector.

Further information

May 2012 Seminars: Department of Politics and International Relations Seminar

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Does the citizenship regime matter? The participation of immigrants and their children in local and national elections in Europe.

9th May (Ken Edwards Building, Room 322), 4pm-5.30pm

This seminar will be led by Dr Laura Morales from the Department of Politics and International Relations

Immigration and identity politics: the perspective of ethno-national minorities

23rd May (David Wilson Library, Seminar Room), 4pm-5.30pm

This seminar will be led by Verena Wisthaler from the Department of Politics and International Relations

July-September 2012 Exhibition: From Kampala to Leicester:

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In August 1972 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin gave the Asian community 90 day’s notice to leave the country. They were forced to leave almost everything in Uganda and seek refuge in other countries such as Britain and Canada.

Using original film, personal testimony and some rare artefacts borrowed from Leicester’s Ugandan Asian community, the exhibition tells a powerful and important story.

Further details on the exhibition can be found on the Leicester Museums website

March 2012 Event: University of Leicester Refugee Awareness Week 5-9 March

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The University of Leicester’s first Refugee Week, organised entirely by students, aimed to give a voice to refugees in Leicester and promote the human rights of asylum seekers detained after entering the UK.

The week, which ran from March 5 to 9, was funded by the United Nations society and featured a series of events and activities on campus to raise money for asylum seeker charity City of Sanctuary.

There was be a film screening of Canadian drama Incendies, which depicts the plight of a family who escape their war-torn birth land in the Middle East.

A Zimbabwean choir performed, followed by testimonials from Leicester refugees.

A panel of asylum seekers, academics and charity workers debated “Refugees and Human Rights”.

Further details can be found on the Facebook page for the event