MMB/Anthropology and Archaeology: PGR Research Workshop on Migration, Borders and Justice
Wednesday 4 June at 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
If you would like to attend, please register on the MS Forms page.
Think of it as an academic ideas lab—quick, focused, and conversational.
This workshop invites PGRs to ‘pitch’ their research, challenge, argument or even a crazy and creative research idea, briefly and boldly. In a supportive setting with two senior scholars, Professor Miriam Ticktin and Professor Bridget Anderson, each presenter will have three minutes to share their ideas with the group, followed by a ten-minute open discussion.
Whether you want to share your pitch or simply join the discussion, all are welcome to take part in this collaborative space for exchange and feedback.
More on how to ‘squeeze’ your ideas into three minutes: https://threeminutethesis.uq.edu.au/home
Speakers:
Miriam Ticktin is Professor in Anthropology and Director of the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the CUNY Graduate Center, New York. She publishes widely on topics such as migration, borders, humanitarianism, and racial and gendered inequalities. She is the author of Casualties of Care: Immigration and the Politics of Humanitarianism in France. MMB and the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology are hosting Miriam as the Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor in May-June 2025. Read more about Miriam’s work and her activities in Bristol here.
Bridget Anderson is the Director of Migration Mobilities Bristol and Professor of Migration, Mobilities and Citizenship. She is the author of the seminal work Us and Them? The Dangerous Politics of Immigration Control.
Moderator:
Chengyu Yang, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol. Contact Chengyu via his UoB email if you have any queries.
Venue and Access: The Workshop will take place in ARTS Complex, Lecture Room 8 (LR8). LR8 is in 21 Woodland Road. If you do not have a UCard enter via the main entrance at 7 Woodland Road. Proceed to the rear of the building and follow the main corridor past the School of Languages Common Room. Lecture Room 8 is situated at the very far end of the building. Wheelchair accessible from carpark at rear of building, and from the main reception at 7 Woodland Road.