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1 Creative Commons Diaspora Communities: Powerful Partners Driving Change What makes diaspora communities unique? We learn about the roles of diasporas, contributions to development and humanitarian initiatives across the globe and unpack how people living in diaspora drive change in their communities. Alan Gamlen, Larisa Lara, Martin Russell, Rob McNeil 20 Mar 2024
2 The Diasporic Quartets: Identity and Aesthetics Keynote lecture in the Diversity and the British String Quartet Symposium, day 3, held on 16th June 2021. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. Des Oliver, Nina Whiteman 02 Sep 2021
3 Larissa Remennick - The Israeli Diaspora in Berlin: Back to Being Jewish? Larissa Remeniick discuss the origins and present condition of the new (post-2010) Israeli diaspora in Berlin Larissa Remennick 19 Feb 2020
4 Is Africa a Dissimilar System? Oxford Africa Society 2019 Annual Lecture Discussion The discussion after the lecture, with an international guest panel on decolonising education and reimagining the higher education space in Africa and the Diaspora. Running Grass, Sizwe Mkwanazi, Shaeera Kalla, Nompendulo Mkatshwa. 17 May 2019
5 Is Africa a Dissimilar System? Oxford Africa Society 2019 Annual Lecture The Oxford Africa Society will host an annual lecture delivered by the Director of the University of Oxford’s African Studies Centre and Rhodes Professor of Race Relations, Wale Adebanwi. Wale Adebanwi 17 May 2019
6 Creative Commons The Karen, Education and the Diaspora Bob Anderson speaks at the 'The Karen in 2017: Resilience, Aspirations and Politics' workshop on 15 June 2017. Bob Anderson 04 Jul 2018
7 Birthplace, bloodline and beyond: How 'Liberian citizenship' is currently constructed in Liberia and abroad Robtel Neajai Pailey interrogates how Liberian citizenship has been constructed across time and space Robtel Neajai Pailey 29 Apr 2016
8 When the diaspora takes charge: state making and diaspora return in Rwanda Simon Turner explores state and nation building in Rwanda since its 1994 genocide Simon Turner 23 Feb 2016
9 Creative Commons Who is acting for what change? A relational approach to transnational engagements of Afghans in Britain and Germany This paper investigates why Afghans in the wider diaspora take action in certain ways. Carolin Fischer 15 Feb 2016
10 Creative Commons Learning how to feel: Spiritual knowledge and emotionally-based narratives of social transformation amongst Nigerian and Congolese pastors in diaspora IMI Trinity term Visiting Fellow Rafael Cazarin gives an exceptional seminar on narratives of social transformation amongst Nigerian and Congolese pastors in diaspora Rafael Cazarin 26 Jun 2015
11 Hilary Seminar Series 2015: The Nation-State and Diaspora 'The Nation-State and Diaspora: The Case of Arab-American Writers', presented by Jumana Bayeh (Macquarie University). 21 January 2015. Jumana Bayeh 18 Feb 2015
12 Creative Commons Explaining the Rise of Diaspora Institutions Alan Gamlen talks about how formal offices of state dedicated to emigrants and their descendants have been largely overlooked in mainstream political studies. Alan Gamlen, Robin Cohen, Kalypso Nicolaidis 11 Jun 2014
13 Creative Commons RSC 2014 Conference: Refugee Voices: Panel 18 – Refugees from Syria RSC 2014 Conference: Refugee Voices. Lectures by Cathrine Thorleifsson; Dina Jane Kiwan; Ruba Al Akash and Karen Boswall; Veronica Ferreri. Recorded on 25 March 2014 at St Anne's College, University of Oxford. Cathrine Thorleifsson, Dina Jane Kiwan, Ruba Al Akash, Karen Boswall 19 May 2014
14 Creative Commons RSC 2014 Conference: Refugee Voices: Opening plenary – In search of solutions: refugees are doing it for themselves RSC 2014 Conference: Refugee Voices. Lecture by Dr Jeff Crisp (Refugees International) with an introduction by Professor Dawn Chatty, Director of the RSC. Recorded on 24 March 2014 at St Anne's College, University of Oxford. Jeff Crisp 19 May 2014
15 Creative Commons The Global Governance of International Migration: What Next? A panel discussion hosted by Kellogg College on Friday 29th November 2013. The panellists discuss the global governance of migration, migrant rights and development. Robin Cohen, Paul Collier, Ian Goldin, Cathryn Costello 17 Dec 2013
16 Panel 2 Keynote Lecture - Preserves Second Keynote lecture for the Art Across the Black Diaspora: Visualizing Slavery in America An International Symposium. Debra Priestly 24 Jul 2013
17 Panel 4 Lecture 3 - Guyana, 1763 and 1960: Art, Memory and Modernism Panel 4 Lecture 3 - African American and Black Diasporic Visual Cultures in Comparative Perspective - Art Across the Black Diaspora: Visualizing Slavery in America An International Symposium. Leon Wainwright 24 Jul 2013
18 Panel 4 Lecture 2 - Could the Master's Tools Dismantle the Master's House? Panel 4 lecture 2 - African American and Black Diasporic Visual Cultures in Comparative Perspective - Art Across the Black Diaspora: Visualizing Slavery in America An International Symposium. Elvan Zabunyan 24 Jul 2013
19 Creative Commons Panel 4 Lecture 1: 'The Greatest Negro Monuments on Earth': Richmond Barthé's Memorials to Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines Panel 4- African American and Black Diasporic Visual Cultures in Comparative Perspective - Art Across the Black Diaspora: Visualizing Slavery in America An International Symposium. Hannah Durkin 24 Jul 2013
20 Special Lecture at Modern Art Oxford: Lost and Found at the Swop Meet: Betye Saar and the Everyday Object Special Lecture at Modern Art Oxford. Part of the Art Across the Black Diaspora: Visualizing Slavery in America An International Symposium. Lubaina Himid MBE 24 Jul 2013
21 Panel 2 Lecture 3 The After-Image: Frederick Douglass in Twentieth-Century Black Visual Culture Panel 2, Lecture 3 - The Histories, Narratives, and Legacies of Transatlantic Slavery - Art Across the Black Diaspora: Visualizing Slavery in America An International Symposium. Zoe Trodd 24 Jul 2013
22 Creative Commons Panel 2 lecture 2 Uncle Tom and the Problem of 'Soft' Resistance to Slavery Panel 2, Lecture 2 The Histories, Narratives, and Legacies of Transatlantic Slavery - Art Across the Black Diaspora: Visualizing Slavery in America An International Symposium. David Bindman 24 Jul 2013
23 Creative Commons Panel 2 Lecture 1 Slavery, Literature, and the Image of the African American Woman as Public Record Panel 2, Lecture 1 The Histories, Narratives, and Legacies of Transatlantic Slavery - Art Across the Black Diaspora: Visualizing Slavery in America An International Symposium. Fionnghuala Sweeney 24 Jul 2013
24 Creative Commons Panel 1 Lecture 3 - Getting into Character: Encounters with 'Tricksterism' in Contemporary Depictions of the American Slave Plantation Panel 1, Lecture 3 Theorizing Black Diasporic Visual Cultures - Art Across the Black Diaspora: Visualizing Slavery in America An International Symposium. Keith Piper 24 Jul 2013
25 Creative Commons Panel 1 Lecture 2 Playing In the Dark (with the Archive): African Atlantic Artists and Radical Interventions Panel 1, Lecture 2 Theorizing Black Diasporic Visual Cultures - Art Across the Black Diaspora: Visualizing Slavery in America An International Symposium. Alan Rice 24 Jul 2013
26 Panel 1 Keynote Lecture - What goes without saying Panel 1, Lecture 1 Theorizing Black Diasporic Visual Cultures - Art Across the Black Diaspora: Visualizing Slavery in America An International Symposium. Hank Willis Thomas 24 Jul 2013
27 Creative Commons FMR 38 The networking Tibetan diaspora The networking Tibetan diaspora. Emma Tobin 08 May 2013
28 Creative Commons Lumley's Children? The Nepali Community in Britain The Nepali community is one of the newest minorities in the UK, but already numbers more than 100,000, with the biggest concentrations around Farnborough, Ashford, Wembley and Plumstead. David Gellner 02 Oct 2012
29 Creative Commons 2012 Annual African Studies lecture. Diaspora and Spiritual Awakening: Religion and the Politics of Race and Empire in the Life of Kwame Nkrumah Emmanuel Akyeampong (Harvard) gives the 2012 Annual African Studies Centre Lecture. Emmanuel Akyeampong 22 May 2012
30 Boat People and the Politics of Memory in Australia: Refugee Advocacy, the Past and the Tampa Crisis 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). J Olaf Kleist 12 Apr 2011
31 Massinissa, Messali Hadj and the Berber Movement: Diasporic Memories and the Rewriting of History in Contemporary Algeria 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). Judith Scheele 12 Apr 2011
32 Spanish Refugees and the Construction of a Memory of Spanish Immigration in France 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). Evelyn Ribert 12 Apr 2011
33 The Politics of "Travelling Memories"; Sahrawi Youth Remembering and Memorialising Home-land and Home-camp 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh 12 Apr 2011
34 Diasporic Memories and Narratives of Belonging: Cubans in Spain 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). Mette Louise Berg 12 Apr 2011
35 Forgotten Histories: The Memories of South Vietnamese Female Veterans 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). Nathalie Nguyen 12 Apr 2011
36 Welcome Speech 'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011). Thomas Lacroix 12 Apr 2011