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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]