In this seminar, which is part the Yale PRFDHR Spring 2021 Virtual Seminar Series, Prof. Fiddian-Qasmiyeh traces the different ways that residents of Baddawi refugee camp in North Lebanon have been affected by COVID-19 since March 2020, and how they have been responding to protect themselves and other conflict-affected people in the midst of the... Continue Reading →
On Wednesday the 3rd of March at 3pm (GMT) Dr Estella Carpi presents at the 'Sociology Talks Series' at Koc Universitesi, Turkey. Her presentation, 'The Politics of Aid and Aiding in Lebanon and Turkey. What Geography Matters?' draws on her research conducted for the Southern Responses to Displacement project and examines how people respond to... Continue Reading →
On Friday the 12th of February 2021, Southern Responses to Displacement's PI, Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, joined Juilano Fiori, Head of Humanitarian Studies at Save the Children and Patricia Daley from Oxford University, to discuss ‘Decolonisation in Forced Migration and Humanitarian Response.’ Speakers reflected on Eurocentrism, anti-colonial thinking, and the importance of de-colonising aid, examining how... Continue Reading →
On January 21st 2021 at 17.30pm (GMT), Southern Responses to Displacement's PI, Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh delivered “Shifting the Gaze: Southern-led Humanitarian Responses to Displacement” for the Mellon Sawyer series: 'Humanitarians. Migrations and Care through the Global South' hosted by the Simpson Center, University of Washington. Her presentation will be followed by a graduate seminar on... Continue Reading →
We are delighted to announce that the Open Access book, Refuge in a Moving World - Tracing Refugee and Migrant Journeys Across Disciplines, has now been published. Click on the image below to access your free PDF Open Access copy of the volume. Edited by Southern Responses to Displacement's Principal Investigator Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Refuge in a Moving World draws together more... Continue Reading →
Since 2011, aid programmes have been implemented in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey…Read more
Through a multi-sited case-study of Southern-led responses to displacement from Syria…Read more
This project draws on ethnographic and participatory research with refugees from Syria…Read more
