March 2nd: Second Migration Studies Symposium

Dear everyone,

We invite you to join us for the 2nd Migration Studies Symposium at The Ohio State University on March 2nd (9.45am-5pm), organized by The Migration Studies Working Group. This interdisciplinary event brings together scholars and community organizations working on migration-related issues and with migrant communities.

The symposium will be held at Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, Eisner Seminar Room, 1813 N High St, Columbus, OH 43210, and our event includes a tour of the current exhibition on political cartoons about immigration.

This event is free and open to all.

 

See the program here: flyer announcement symposium 2018-24apqyc

To RSVP please click here: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e3fx50dzpmTlPRX

 

The Migration Studies Working Group is a graduate student-led and founded organization which aims to create an inspiring and productive interdisciplinary environment for a range of migration studies scholarship at The Ohio State University.

Please find the program attached. Also, please forward this invitation to your colleagues, students and friends.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Kindly,

Carolin, Eleanor, Natalie, Erik and Johanna

https://u.osu.edu/mswg/
@osu_mswg

 

Narratives of Syrian Refugees in Germany

Please join us for our next event on October 20th 1.30pm-2.30pm, (160 Enarson) on which we will have the opportunity to talk to Dr. Isis Nusair (Denison University) about Syrian Refugees in Germany. How Syrian immigrants navigate the dominant narratives about their community?  She will take a close look at gendered narratives, and how women especially respond to these.

This roundtable discussion is sponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies at Ohio State. Please RSVP for the event by October, 18th by emailing migrationstudiesworkinggroup@gmail.com

Migration and Health

We invite you to join us Friday Oct 6 1.30-3pm in the Research Commons Room 350A for our next reading discussion on Migration and Health. In this session we will be discussing and critiquing one of our group members, Kelly Yotebieng, recently published agenda paper on urban migration and health – with a focus on asylum seekers and refugees):

 “Health, well-being, and urban refugees and asylum seekers: an agenda paper.”

Health and well-being have been historically uncommon areas of focus in studies of forced migration within the social sciences, where the focus has more often been focused broadly on identity, liminality, and social suffering. Urban refugees have also been largely excluded from the narrative. Yet, urban refugees represent the majority of the worlds refugees, which means we are effectively excluding the majority of the refugee experience from our research. Health is often a central marker of inequality and marginalization. Understanding the entanglement of forced migration to urban areas and health bears enormous potential for policy and practice. The papers we are discussing during this meeting will outline what we know, and set an agenda for the study of urban refugee health. Many of the areas we cover will also bear resonance for others studying different types of migration.

If you are interested in this topic, you might read:

  • Castaneda, H., Holmes, S. M., Madrigal, D. S., Young, M. D., Beyeler, N., & Quesada, J. (2015). Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health. Annual Review of Public Health36, 375–92. http://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032013-182419
  • Venkataramani, A.S., Shah, S.J., O’Brien, R.; Kawachi, I., & Tsai, A.C. (2017). Health consequences of the US Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration programme: a quasi-experimental study. Lancet Public Health, 2: e175-181.

This event is free and open to all. Refreshments and cookies will be provided. If you plan to join us, please RSVP by Oct 4 by emailing migrationstudiesworkinggroup@gmail.com.

Ethics of Research

Our first reading discussion is coming up on 11/28, and we’d love for you to join. We’ve chosen a few chapters on ethics in migration studies from the book Values and Vulnerabilities: the Ethics of Research with Refugees and Asylum Seekers for this first discussion. We’ve chosen this text with the hope that it appeals to people using a range of methods and working in different regions. 

We will gather from 3:30-5:00 on Monday, 11/28, in the 18th Street Library, Room 350A.