Dear all, 

As part of a White Rose funded project on 'Understanding Solidarity amid Refugee Crises', I am organising with Kerri Woods (Leeds) and Clara Sandelind (Sheffield) a one-day workshop at the University of York on 10th November. 

The speakers at this workshop are:
  • David Owen (Southampton): ‘Refugees and the Politics of Indignity’
  • Andre Grahle (LMU Munich): ‘How the Movement of Witnesses Fosters Networks of Solidarity in Exile’
  • Clara Sandelind and Luke Ulas (Sheffield): ‘Solidarity with refugees: the need for shared institutions’
  • Marcia Vera Espinoza (Sheffield): 'Limits and Opportunities of Regional Solidarity: Exploring Refugee Resettlement in South America'
  • Mihaela Mihai (Edinburgh): Apprenticeship, Fellow Feeling and Playful World-Travelling:  Towards a Methodological Ethos of Solidarity for Political Theory
  • Violeta Moreno-Lax (QMUL): 'Solidarity as Framework Obligation in the International Legal Order: A Triple Duty of Conduct, Loyalty, and Result'
  • Kerri Woods (Leeds) ‘Solidarity, Agency and Refugees’
  • Alice Nah (York) 'Hierarchies of Deservedness and the Limits of Solidarity'
Papers will be pre-circulated. A limited number of (free) places are available – please email Josh Hobbs ([log in to unmask]) and Alice Nah ([log in to unmask]) to register. PhD students welcome.

See the attached Concept Note for more information.

Warmly
Alice

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Alice M. Nah
Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York 

Research project website: https://securityofdefendersproject.org/ 

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