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 welcome, but some lives are given more value than others by governments and the media. This can further inequalities and place people in hierarchies of […]

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 of a letter, the film combines views and experiences of the asylum system expressed by asylum seekers and refugees who participated in the project. The […]

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 states, leading to a proliferation of immigration and border controls around the globe. Nationalist ideologies became not only legitimate but practically mandatory in politics, resulting […]

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 in coming along please complete this form by Thursday 16th June. We hope to see you there! This follows on from our recent, very useful […]

Professor Nandita Sharma gives a SPAIS departmental seminar about decentring the 'foreign' and liberating movement. This seminar for UoB staff and students will explore how class relations are sidelined when anti-colonial struggles come to be seen as largely about the achievement of national territorial sovereignty. By making ‘home rule’ the accepted vehicle for decolonisation, the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

We are very excited to welcome Irene Peano (University of Lisbon) to give a seminar on modern marronage in contemporary Italy. Irene holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge (2011). She held post-doc positions at the University of Bologna (under a Marie Curie Intra-European scholarship) and at the University of Bucharest. […]