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  • May 2021
  • Wed 5
    Wednesday 5 May 2021 at 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

    MMB Reading Group – ‘Home Rule’ by Nandita Sharma

    This month the MMB reading group discusses Nandita Sharma’s recent book Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants (2020, Duke University Press). In this book she explores how the current political order of nation-states institutionalises the notion that each ‘people’ has its own place in the world by limiting access to […]

  • Tue 25
    Tuesday 25 May 2021 at 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

    ‘Marriage, Gender and Refugee Migration’ by Natasha Carver: book launch

    Online webinar

    MMB is very pleased to announce the publication of Natasha Carver’s fantastic book Marriage, Gender and Refugee Migration: Spousal Relationships among Somali Muslims in the UK (Rutgers University Press, 2021). We are privileged […]

  • June 2021
  • Tue 15
    Tuesday 15 June 2021 at 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

    Policy, Politics and Research on Migration: A Critical Discussion

    What is the relation between migration research, policy and politics? Is there a role for academics in policy making? Is academic research on migration political, or should it stay away […]

  • Wed 16
    Wednesday 16 June 2021 at 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

    Protest and Violence: The View from the Colombian Community in England

    Three members of the Colombian community in England will talk about how they have experienced the wave of social protest and state violence in Colombia that began with the National […]

  • Fri 18
    Friday 18 June 2021 at 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

    Children as Subjects of Control: Interventions in Children’s Mobilities

    Webinar

    The prevailing global north construction of childhood as a period of innocence and dependence means that the independent mobility of those deemed to be children (whether in search of pleasure, […]

  • Mon 28
    Monday 28 June 2021 at 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm

    (de)Bordering: Building New Thinking on Nation and Movement

    The (de)Bordering team, co-led by MMB Director Bridget Anderson and funded by the Brigstow Institute, are building a unique meeting place and we need help. If you have been around […]

  • Tue 29
    Tuesday 29 June 2021 at 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

    ‘Discrimination and Delegation’ by Lamis Elmy Abdelaaty: book launch

    Online webinar

    Please join us for a book launch and debate of Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees (OUP, 2021) by Lamis Elmy Abdelaaty. This timely new book includes an in-depth analysis […]

  • Wed 30
    Wednesday 30 June 2021 at 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

    MMB Reading Group – ‘Drawing the Global Colour Line’ by Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds

    *** Please note this event has been rescheduled to 30th June*** This month the MMB Reading Group discusses Drawing the Global Colour Line: White Men’s Countries and the International Challenge of […]

  • September 2021
  • Wed 8
    Wednesday 8 September 2021 at 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

    MMB Reading Group – ‘Immigration and Freedom’ by Chandran Kukathas

    The reading group will meet over the summer to discuss the new book by Chandran Kukathas, Immigration and Freedom (Princeton University Press, 2021). To register for the meeting, please fill […]

  • Sat 11
    Saturday 11 September 2021 at 10:00 am to 4:30 pm

    Presence and Movement: A Walk along the Severn Estuary

    After so long meeting only on screen we are very excited to be able to see each other face to face in 3D! Please join MMB and the Centre for […]

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MMB collaborates with Spike Island artists

Spike Island artists joined the creators of our (de)Bordering plots last month to discuss creative research and interdisciplinary collaborations. In return, three MMB members will soon be taking part in a workshop at Spike Island on 'Unstable Ground: Movement, Materiality and Transformation', which will be questioning conventional narratives of place, memory or identity, in relation to Spike's current exhibitions by Nour Jaouda and Dan Lie.

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