‘In This World’: MMB Film Group screening
The Cinema, Department of Film and Television 5th Floor, Richmond Building, BristolA screening and discussion of Michael Winterbottom's renowned 2002 film about Afghan refugees. . In This World (Michael Winterbottom, 2002) Shot on digital video camcorders, with non-professional actors, this drama documentary follows two young Afghan boys, Jamal Udin Torabi and his cousin Enayatullah, as they embark on an arduous journey from Shamshatoo refugee camp in […]
MMB Reading Group – ‘Worldmaking after Empire’ by Adom Getachew
Online meetingThis month the MMB Reading Group will meet to discuss Adom Getachew's award-winning book Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination (Princeton University Press, 2019). About the book: Decolonization revolutionized the international order during the twentieth century. Yet standard histories that present the end of colonialism as an inevitable transition from a […]
Reparations – Meeting Bristol’s Responsibilities
WebinarA webinar contextualising Bristol's response to its role in the transatlantic slave trade. On 2 March 2021 Bristol City Council passed a resolution on the need for 'Atonement and Reparations […]
MMB 2021 AGM
The online AGM is a chance to tell MMB members about our activities over the past year, listen to their feedback and discuss our draft annual report. We will also […]
No Recourse to Public Funds – Manufacturing Destitution
WebinarThe ACH/MMB Seminar Series 2021 continues with a focus on the issue of no recourse to public funds faced by tens of thousands of migrants to the UK. In 2020, […]
Citizenship in Myanmar: Past and Future
Online symposiumA roundtable bringing together researchers working on issues of citizenship, statelessness and civil documentation among minority communities in Myanmar. Myanmar's 'unofficial minorities' - or those not recognized as belonging to […]
‘Hold Back the Dawn’ (1941) – ‘in motion’ MMB Film Group screening
The Cinema, Department of Film and Television 5th Floor, Richmond Building, BristolScreening and discussion on a forgotten Hollywood classic about love at the border: Hold Back the Dawn (Mitchell Leisen, 1941). Directed by underrated Hollywood director Mitchell Leisen, and co-written by […]
MMB Reading Group – ‘No Refuge: Ethics and the Global Refugee Crisis’ by Serena Parekh
Online meetingThis month the MMB Reading Group will meet to discuss No Refuge: Ethics and the Global Refugee Crisis by Serena Parekh (Oxford University Press, 2020). Details from the publisher: 'This […]
Vigil for Those Who Have Died at Borders
Royal Fort GardensMore unnecessary deaths at the border, loss, pain and shameful injustice. On 29th November we are asking those of you who can to set aside 15 minutes at 5pm to […]
Migrant Workers of Ethnic Minority Labour Force? What’s the Difference, What’s the Same?
Webinar*** Postponed due to industrial action *** A lunchtime symposium bringing together academic experts with a background in sociology, migration studies, law and critical race theory to discuss their […]