Are Immigration Controls Racist? Lessons from History
G.09 Lecture Theatre, Fry Building, Woodland Road, BristolA 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 […]
Working Up a Large Grant Idea: An MMB Workshop
Ground Floor Meeting Room, 1 Priory Road 1 Priory Road, Bristol, United KingdomThis 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 […]
‘Decolonising and Mobility’: A Seminar with Nandita Sharma
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 […]
‘How not to think like a state: non-exclusion as the basis of political community’ – An MMB PGR workshop with Nandita Sharma
Verdon Smith Room, Royal Fort House, Bristol, United KingdomTen 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 […]
‘African Apocalypse’ (2020) – Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Arnolfini 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, United KingdomA 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 […]
The MMB Summer Walk
Severn Beach Station Severn Beach Road, Bristol, United KingdomA 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 […]
Migration and Climate Change
WebinarOur 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 […]
‘New Slavery,’ modern marronage and the multiple afterlives of plantations in contemporary Italy – seminar with Irene Peano
PRIORY RD COMPLEX E BLK 2E4 Priory Road, BristolWe 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 […]
Autumn Composting
(de)Bordering Plot Royal Fort Gardens, Bristol, United KingdomBuilding on our (de)Bordering collaboration, Brigstow and MMB have launched a new joint initiative, Seasons and Cycles. This will start conversations that explore connections between plant, animal and human movements/migrations and develop research […]
MMB Reading Group – Altenreid and Bojadzijev (2017)
The MMB Reading Group is back! This year we will be discussing articles as well as books that encourage new ways of thinking about migration and mobilities. The meetings are […]