Divisive Solidarities: An MMB Workshop

University of Bristol Micro-campus Wellspring Settlement, 43 Ducie Road, Barton Hill, Bristol, United Kingdom

How do we respond to government policy and media coverage that presents some people's lives as more important than others? All those fleeing violence should be granted safe passage and […]

‘Dear Home Office’: short film + Q&A

Watershed Cinema 1 Canons Road, Harbourside, Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Dear Home Office is a short film produced as part of Subject to Scrutiny, a collaborative project between Migration Mobilities Bristol, University of Bristol and Bristol Refugee Rights. Structured in the form […]

Are Immigration Controls Racist? Lessons from History

G.09 Lecture Theatre, Fry Building, Woodland Road, Bristol

A public lecture by Professor Nandita Sharma on racism, nationalist ideologies and the creation of controls over cross-border movement. Following the Second World War imperial states were largely replaced by nation […]

Working Up a Large Grant Idea: An MMB Workshop

Ground Floor Meeting Room, 1 Priory Road 1 Priory Road, Bristol, United Kingdom

This workshop will be a face-to-face session for UoB staff interested in discussing migration and mobilities bid ideas (at any stage). Refreshments and lunch will be provided. If you are interested […]

‘How not to think like a state: non-exclusion as the basis of political community’ – An MMB PGR workshop with Nandita Sharma

Verdon Smith Room, Royal Fort House, Bristol, United Kingdom

Ten places are available for this exclusive workshop with activist scholar Professor Nandita Sharma, hosted by MMB during her Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professorship. Postgraduates at all stages of their PhD are invited to explore and debate ways of thinking outside the nation state with Nandita, whose work addresses the production of categories of […]

‘African Apocalypse’ (2020) – Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Arnolfini 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, United Kingdom

A film by Rob Lemkin, featuring Femi Nylander. Music by Tunde Jegede and Sunara Begum. UK Premiere of the Hausa dub (with English subtitles).   ‘A people’s history of colonialism in the form of an epic journey.’   British Nigerian activist Femi Nylander brings attention to the forgotten victims of colonial atrocity in a new […]

The MMB Summer Walk

Severn Beach Station Severn Beach Road, Bristol, United Kingdom

A walk and picnic on the banks of the River Severn - a chance to catch up, get to know each other and build the MMB community! Following the success of last year's MMB walk we are keen to do it again! Join us for an open-air meet up with other MMB members and a […]

Migration and Climate Change

Webinar

Our second joint webinar of the year examines the links between climate change and migration, bridging the gap between research and delivery. Climate change is the biggest threat our planet faces, and could re-shape global patterns of migration and displacement. The climate crisis is likely to reinforce pre-existing inequalities, both internationally, nationally and locally. Since […]