‘Burma: Food, Family and Conflict’ – A Talk and Tastings

Stanfords Bookshop 29 Corn Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

MMB Director Bridget Anderson and her brother and co-author Stephen Anderson present their unique hybrid of family memoir and cookbook. Bridget’s family biography and historical research is paired with mouth-watering recipes by Stephen – a chef with two restaurants in Valencia serving Decolonial Asian Food. A discussion of their family’s history in colonial Burma will […]

Tour of ‘Refuge and Renewal: Migration and British Art’

The Royal West of England Academy is holding a private tour for MMB members of its major exhibition, ‘Refuge and Renewal: Migration and British Art’. The exhibition explores the impact of migrant artists on art in Britain, taking a perspective across the past 150 years. It looks back at the crucial influence of émigrés who […]

‘in motion’ film screening: ‘Styx’ (Wolfgang Fischer, 2018) – CANCELLED

The Cinema, Department of Film and Television 5th Floor, Richmond Building, Bristol

N.B. This screening has been cancelled due to the UCU strike action taking place during this week. 'in motion' is the MMB film group bringing together students and researchers interested in the subject of migration in film and cinema. It comprises of monthly screenings (on the final Tuesday of the month) followed by informal conversations about the […]

IdeasLab: Securing Britain’s Seas

As a nation of islands, maritime security is of critical importance to the UK. It comprises a range of important issues, including fisheries management, the migration of people, the fight against narcotics and people trafficking, marine environmental protection, the protection of critical infrastructure and counterterrorism at sea. While the UK remains a major naval power, […]

Slavery, Criminalisation, Citizenship and Mobility – Talk, Film and Book Launch

Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building Queens Road, Bristol

In the Atlantic World, the enslaved were simultaneously constructed as objects of property and criminally culpable persons. Following slavery’s legal abolition, criminalisation remained central to the exclusion of formerly enslaved people and their descendants from rights, freedom and citizenship, and so to the continued coding of freedom as white. This event through talks, discussion and […]

*POSTPONED* MMB Research Seminar

Meeting Room 1 1 Priory Road, Bristol

The MMB Research Seminars run twice a term and offer an opportunity for members to present work they are intending to publish and receive feedback from colleagues. For this seminar, the second in the new series, Christalla Pithara will be presenting the paper ‘Understanding work-based experiences of sexual violence against female migrant domestic workers in […]

*CANCELLED* Unpacking Fieldwork in Challenging Settings (2)

Power relations and gender during fieldwork: Yup, issues are still there! Identifying and managing power relations is a constant struggle in research and often magnified during fieldwork. The second seminar in this series will focus on discussing effective approaches in negotiating and navigating power relations in the field – with a special focus on gender […]

*CANCELLED* ‘Dangerous Liaisons: Sea and Desert in Antiquity’

Room G10 43 Woodland Road.

A talk by Professor Gil Gambash, University of Haifa. Significant stretches of the Mediterranean coastline lie in proximity to arid or semi-arid micro-regions, particularly along the shores of Africa and the Levant. The intense connectivity produced during antiquity by Mediterranean networks generated the circulation of knowledge, influence and wealth, as well as the mobility of motivated […]

*POSTPONED* MMB Drop-in

The Brambles Back of the Hawthorns

Need to talk through a new research idea? Looking for advice on increasing the impact of your work? Want to disseminate your research more widely or run an event? MMB Director Bridget Anderson and Manager Emma Newcombe will be available for a second drop-in session to discuss any area in which MMB members need support, […]

*POSTPONED* ‘in motion’ film screening: ‘Blackboards’ (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000)

The Cinema, Department of Film and Television 5th Floor, Richmond Building, Bristol

'in motion' is the MMB film group bringing together students and researchers interested in the subject of migration in film and cinema. It comprises of monthly screenings (NB this one is not, as usual, on the final Tuesday of the month) followed by informal conversations about the issues raised by the films. The film group is […]