*** Please note the new date for this meeting*** The MMB Reading Group will meet to discuss Western Privilege: Work, Intimacy, and Postcolonial Hierarchies in Dubai (Stanford University Press, 2021) by Amélie Le Renard. Nearly 90 per cent of residents in Dubai are foreigners with no Emirati nationality. As in many global cities, those who hold Western […]

Join MMB's Representation, Belonging, Futures research challenge for a group tour of Spike Island's new exhibitions: 'Pigs and Poison' by Candice Lin and 'Nosferasta', a film by Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer. Both exhibitions focus on colonial encounters and legacies, using different mediums to explore experiences of race, diaspora, citizenship and imperial conquest. In 'Pigs […]

*** Please note the change of date *** A lunchtime symposium bringing together academic experts with a background in sociology, migration studies, law and critical race theory to discuss their research on the experience of migrants and minority ethnic groups in the UK labour market. The symposium is co-hosted by Migration Mobilities Bristol and the […]

The Department of Film and Television (FTV) invite you to a screening and talks about ‘African Apocalypse’, a new film about Africa’s colonial past. The event is co-organised with Migration Mobilities Bristol, the Perivoli Africa Research Centre and Afrika Eye. ‘African Apocalypse’ is the story of a young man’s epic journey across Africa in search of a […]

Join Brigstow and Migration Mobilities Bristol for lunch at the (de)Bordering hearth to meet others, enjoy an interdisciplinary conversation or three, and think about future uses of the (de)Bordering spaces. For those of you not aware, (de)Bordering is a joint project between Brigstow and Migration Mobilities Bristol. The plots have already hosted rich and varied […]

Members of the new MMB PGR network will meet to introduce their projects to each other, share ideas about migration and mobilities research, and make connections to help build a community of postgraduates working in this field at Bristol. If you would like to take part, please get in touch.

Join us for this online event where Hannah Jones will discuss her book Violent Ignorance: Confronting Racism and Migration Control with Chloe Peacock from the University of Bristol.   About the book An elected politician is assassinated in the street by a terrorist associated with extreme political groups, and the national response is to encourage picnics. Thousands of […]

The ACH/MMB webinar series continues with a focus on the role of housing in integration and resettlement for refugee and migrant communities in the UK. The event aims to bridge the gap between housing research, policy development and delivery around migration issues, bringing together a wide range of stakeholders from the housing sector and beyond. […]

In April we will meet to discuss Justice, Migration, and Mercy by Michael Blake (Oxford University Press, 2020). Justice, Migration, and Mercy provides a vision of how we can understand the political morality of migration. It offers a novel, and plausible, account of the right to exclude on which that right is grounded on a […]

A recording of this workshop can be viewed here. Join us for an informative, trouble-shooting session to help you improve your UKRI applications! This session is open to University of Bristol researchers at all levels. Hosted by Migration Mobilities Bristol (MMB) and the Bristol Poverty Institute (BPI), the one-hour online session will be delivered by our fantastic colleagues in […]