An online launch bringing together the editors and authors of a ground-breaking new collection. . Stealing Time draws together empirical contributions that focus on conceptualising the lived realities of time and temporality in migrant lives and journeys. The book uncovers the ways in which human existence is often overshadowed by legislative interpretations of legal and […]

A 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 […]

This 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 […]

A 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 for Bristol’s Role in the Transatlantic Traffic of Enslaved Afrikans'. This issue has been taken up by the University of Bristol and many of those […]

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 be introducing the new version of our Research Challenges. In the second part of the meeting we will break into smaller groups to give members […]