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Weatherhead Migration Research Cluster Seminar: Migration Doctoral Fellows’ Presentations
September 14th, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Register for the first virtual seminar of the 2023-2024 Academic Year organized by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Research Cluster on Migration to hear from the Migration Doctoral Fellows as they introduce their fascinating work on migration and solidarity.
Date and time: Thursday, September 14, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET
Location: Zoom. Please register here.
Speakers and topics:
- Ahmet Akbiyik, Migration Doctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Migration; PhD Candidate in Political Economy and Government, Harvard Kennedy School.
- “Debunking Misinformation to Foster Economic Inclusion of Refugees: A Comprehensive Approach towards Integration and Empowerment”
- Seokweon Jeon, Graduate Student Associate; Migration Doctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Migration. PhD Candidate, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University.
- “Sacred Borders, Divine Hierarchies:American Liberal Protestants, US Immigration Policymaking, and the Fashioning of Asians as ‘Undesirables,’ 1882-1924”
About the Weatherhead Migration Cluster: The Harvard Weatherhead Center for International Affairs awarded a “research cluster” award to FXB Center Director of Research Jacqueline Bhabha and Harvard Graduate School of Education Associate Professor Sarah Dryden-Peterson for a 3-year seminar series on migration. Dr. Vasileia Digidiki, an FXB Health and Human Rights fellow, is also a core member of the cluster. The title of the research cluster is “Building Inclusion, Sustaining Solidarity: Frontline Host Communities, Distress Migrants and the Role of the State.” It is construed to include work that covers both government and non-government practice and how it impacts the well-being or rights of refugees and other distress migrants. The funding supports a group of Harvard doctoral students working on topics related to the cluster’s focus, and a regular seminar series open to all members of the Harvard community. More information about the Migration Cluster in general can be found here.
