In this series of 'down to earth' online conversations, researchers present findings from their research work and discuss the relevance of these findings to the life and wellbeing of refugees.
Syrian Experiences of ‘Making Home Away’
A conversation with Professor Vicki Squire
In English with Arabic translation
In this episode of the series, Professor Squire draws on a book chapter that she co-authored, that examines the narrative recollections of people on the move who have survived the Syrian war. The chapter draws on a series of in-depth interviews with Syrians who have been resettled in the UK and Canada.
Professor Squire will also reflect on how experiences of loss are exacerbated by state policies and social conditions, which create barriers and generate additional emotional and practical burden for displaced Syrians trying to create home ‘away’ from home.
The Zoom link to attend the session is below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83329562257?pwd=NUZ4b0hyR0o2ZWtMUy9FR3RrS2NIZz09
Meeting ID: 833 2956 2257
Passcode: 009314
Professor Vicki Squire
Vicki Squire is Professor of International Politics at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK. Her research explores the politics of migration, displacement, asylum and solidarity activism across various contexts.
She has been Principal Investigator on a range of projects, including Crossing the Mediterranean Sea by Boat (2015-2019) and Data and Displacement (2020-2023). Vicki is author of six books, and over fifty journal articles and book chapters. Her publications include Reclaiming Migration (co-author, 2021), Europe’s Migration Crisis (2020), Post/Humanitarian Border Politics Between Mexico and the US (2015), The Contested Politics of Mobility (Editor, 2011) and The Exclusionary Politics of Asylum (2009).
Picture by, and after permission from, cartoonist Ahmad Rahma
You can listen to Vicki's interview on BBC Radio 4's 'Thinking Allowed' below (Vicki's interview starts at minute 17) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001kqdv
