You are warmly welcomed to the next in our workshops for the Migrating Rocks project, taking place this Friday 12th July, 10:00 -13:00 in Bristol (Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol and City Museum). Click here if you would like to attend. During this workshop we will continue discussions about colonial histories, co-creation of knowledge […]

‘People migrate from one place to another, and as they move, their bonds of love with the place they come from continue like spider webs.’ Mahide Uz, poet and SIM Project member   The SIM Project gives material meaning to personal digital archives and creates new ways to share and value stories of migration. This […]

Please join us to celebrate the publication of Dr Benjamin Barson's Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons (2024), which takes readers on a journey through New Orleans, Haiti, Mexico, and the US South at large to show how African American musicians shaped social movements to free both the land and the people. Dr Barson […]

MMB and the Bristol Poverty Institute (BPI) are delighted to co-host a roundtable event that invites researchers from across the University of Bristol to explore how issues relating to poverty, migration and social justice intersect, and what we as academics can do to support people on the margins. The event will kick-off with a series […]

The MMB/ACH webinar series continues with this online event bringing together the academic and community sectors to explore the complex moral dimensions of migration. By examining migration from both academic and frontline perspectives, the event aims to address pressing ethical questions such as the rights of migrants, responsibilities of host countries, and the impact on […]

It’s time for some more MMB drinks! Please join us on 11th November – and bring along a colleague who’s new to MMB. We take a broad approach to mobilities so we'll find how their work connects in some way! All details on the card below – let us know if you'd like to come […]

Welcome to a new year of MMB PGR discussion group meetings! This session will focus on critical approaches to migration studies, looking to question and challenge established discourse and practice in the field. Dr Sam Okyere, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and SPAIS Migration Research Group lead, will kick us off with a short keynote speech. […]

Join us for the online launch of Priscilla Solano’s new book Shelter on the Journey: Humanitarianism, Human Rights and Migration (Temple University Press, 2024). This powerful and vividly written book describes life in the very different shelters housing migrants during their journey across Mexico. Through rich description and close attention to those using their services, it complicates […]

‘THIS JUNGO LIFE’ (2024, 78mins) takes us deep inside the hidden lives of young refugees and asylum seekers from Sudan and South Sudan, living and sleeping rough on the streets of Morocco. Forced to flee violence and instability in Libya, they are unable to return home due to ongoing war and conflict. Produced in collaboration […]

'Does Skill Make Us Human? Skill and Political Personhood Around the World' Professor Natasha Iskander (New York University) Organised by the Work Futures Research Group and co-sponsored by Migration Mobilities Bristol, Centre of […]