‘African Apocalypse’ (2020) screening

Winston Theatre First Floor, Richmond Building, 105 Queens Road, Bristol

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 […]

Plotting at the (de)Bordering Hearth

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. […]

MMB PGR Network Workshop

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 […]

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 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’: 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 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 […]

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 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 […]