Please find below the advertisement for the 11th Orientation Course on Forced Migration Studies to be held in Kolkata, India (8-14 December, 2013).

Charlotte-Anne Malischewski
Visiting Researcher, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group 
BA (Hons) Earlham, MSc (with Distinction) Oxon 
McGill University, Faculty of Law, B.C.L./L.L.B. Candidate (2015) 
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About the Course

The Course, certified by the UNHCR and the Calcutta Research Group (CRG), will be preceded by a two and a half month long programme of distance education. It will consist of several workshops, lectures on selected themes and other interactive exercises. The workshops will be based on assignments sent to the selected participants two months prior to the programme for necessary preparation. The programme is intended principally for college and university teachers. However, human-rights activists, policymakers, academics, refugee activists and others working in the field of human rights and humanitarian assistance for victims of forced migration are also welcome. The curriculum deals with training in methodology and capacity-building of the participants and grapples specifically with the theme of burgeoning, new public spaces but also related broader themes of nationalism, ethnicity, partition, and partition-refugees, national régimes and the international régime of protection, issues relating to regional patterns of forced migration in South Asia, internal displacement, the gendered nature of forced migration and protection framework, resource politics, climate change and environmental degradation, and several other themes related to the forced displacement of people. Selected candidates will have to complete assignments based on the workshop themes before they join the programme in Kolkata, India.

How to Apply

Applicants must have (a) experience in teaching, research work or policy studies on forced migration OR, 5 years experience in the work of protection of the victims of forced displacement, AND (b) proficiency in English. Besides giving all necessary particulars, application must be accompanied by two appropriate recommendation letters and a 500-1000 word write-up on how the programme is relevant to the applicant's work and may benefit the applicant. The following registration fee will have to be paid by each selected candidate: 1. Candidate from India and other countries of South Asia: INR 8,000 / US$ 150; 2. Candidate from the rest of the world: US$ 1,200. In Kolkata, the CRG will provide accommodation and bear other expenses for all participants. Inquiries relating to the application procedure are welcome. Applications, addressed to the Course Coordinator, should be sent by e-mail to [log in to unmask] or by post to the following address: Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, GC 45 Sector 3, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 106, West Bengal, India. Phone: +91 (33) 2337 0408 All applications must reach us by the June 24, 2013.

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