Dear all
Winter Short Courses January 2011
The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) at the American
University in Cairo (AUC) is offering three winter short courses in
January 2011, (see below for details).
The deadline for receiving course applications is November 30, 2010.
For more details, please see:
http://www.aucegypt.edu/GAPP/cmrs/outreach/Pages/ShortCourses.aspx
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Maysa Ayoub, MA Sociology
Manager, Center for Migration and Refugee Studies
Adjunct Faculty, Sociology Unit, SAPE Department
The American University in Cairo
Research Center Building - Room # 2034
New Cairo 11835, Egypt.P.O. Box 74.
1. Introduction to Refugee Law (January 9-13, 2011)
Course Description: The course will provide post-graduate students,
international agency staff, NGO workers, lawyers and others working with
refugees or interested in refugee issues with an introduction to the
international legal framework which governs the protection of refugees.
Through lectures, case studies and small group sessions, course
participants will learn about the basic features of international
refugee law including the components of the international refugee
protection regime; the elements of the definition(s) of "refugee"
contained in international instruments; the ethical and professional
obligations of those representing refugees; the basic elements of the
process by which refugee status is determined; and, the rights of
refugees under international law. A background in law is useful but not
required. The course will include a simulated refugee hearing in which
course participants will be assigned roles to carry out in mock refugee
status determination proceedings.
2. Migration/Displacement, Development and Gender (January 16-20, 2011):
Course Description: In today’s world, the general perception of
migration and displacement (be it due to economic, social, political,
environmental or other factors) flows is that they are increasing and
are often seen as an emergency in diverse parts of the globe. While
forced displacement is often viewed as having highly negative effect on
the displaced population, migration is also viewed as a remedy to
diverse problems such as underdevelopment and violent conflicts. The
course aims to assess critically the discourses of migration,
displacement and development. In particular, it will discuss the impact
of migration and displacement on the countries and (forced) migrants’
communities of origin. Recently, there has been much focus on migrants
and their contributions to solving the problems of underdevelopment in
their communities of origin. This view is often supported by the figures
of financial contributions that migrants remit to their communities
which is supposed to be double the size of the official development aid.
Refugees on the other hand are still mainly perceived as ‘victims’ with
little contribution to their places of origin. Some current research
disputes these views and shows the impact of remittances from and to
conflict areas.
The course will aim to familiarize students with the current debates and
research on these critical areas. One part of the course will focus
first on deconstructing the issue of ‘development’. The second goal of
the course will be to introduce students to gender and generational
analysis to unpack the links between migration/displacement and
development and their interaction with gender and age. It will explore
different contributions that migrant women and men, young and old make
to their communities – social, economic, political, etc. Through case
studies, students will be introduced to the debates at international,
national and local levels and the current policy thinking on migration,
displacement and development in sending and receiving countries.
The course is intended for graduate level students or professionals who
have some basic understanding of migration, refugees, displacement and
development issues.
3. Community Interpretation for Refugee Aid Settings – CCIP Interpreter
Training Short Course (January 23-27, 2011)
*Offered for the first time as a CMRS short course in Winter 2011*
Course Description: Migration and displacement experiences are
frequently characterized by language barriers, which impede
communication between refugees, migrants, service providers, and the
host community. Trained interpreters are essential for communication
accuracy in healthcare and legal aid services, and in RSD hearings, etc.
Misinterpretations can result in erroneous health diagnosis and
treatment, or faulty RSD decisions, frustrating best efforts to provide
refugee and migrant healthcare, legal aid, and protection. Yet many
service entities rely on interpreters with no formal training to perform
their professional and technical role.
This course is specifically for the interpreters who work in refugee and
migrant service organizations and agencies, and will cover the
fundamental components of professional community / public service
interpretation, including: interpreter roles, responsibilities,
interpreted-session protocols and procedures, interpretation techniques,
cognitive skills and memory training, note-taking strategies, glossary
building and reference research strategies, and interpreter ethics,
professional responsibilities versus community expectations, and
interpreter self-care and burnout issues. The course will also review
facilitation strategies for interpreters who conduct new-interpreter
orientation workshops in their organizations. The course format will
include role-plays, exercises, film presentations, and course reader, in
addition to group discussions and presentations.
Requirements for this course: participants should be current
interpreters working with refugee/migration organizations, preferably
sent by their organization to attend. Priority will be given to
interpreters who have had no previous training. Organization staff
responsible for interpreter coordination or supervision are also
welcome, provided they are fully fluent in two or more languages, so to
participate in the multilingual exercises in the course. The language of
instruction is English, but the course is not language-restricted;
participants may be bilingual/multilingual in any language combination.
In addition to the regular course times of 09:00am to 17:00pm daily,
there will be one to two required evening sessions as well.
About the Instructor: Alice Johnson is the director of the Cairo
Community Interpreter Project (CCIP) within the Center for Migration and
Refugee Studies in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at
AUC. CCIP provides training for community interpreters in refugee and
migration settings, as well as technical assistance in language planning
for organizations that use interpretation in working with refugees and
migrants. Alice has over 16 years experience as a conference and
community interpreter and trainer in migration settings in the US,
Egypt, Hong Kong, Brazil, Kenya, and Turkey.
Eligibility for all Courses
The courses are offered for graduate level students, researchers and
practitioners in the field of migration and refugees. All courses are
conducted in English and no translation facilities are provided.
Participants should have a sufficient command of the English language.
The maximum number of participants in each course is between 25-30
participants
Application procedure for all courses:
To apply for the courses, please fill out the online application at:
http://forms.aucegypt.edu/cmrs/applicationForm.html and send an updated
copy of your CV to Kim Hughes at [log in to unmask] with your name
in the subject line. Applicants may apply and be accepted to more than
one course.
The deadline for submitting course applications is November 30, 2010.
Applicants accepted for the course will be notified by e-mail in December.
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