THE FORCED MIGRATION AND REFUGEE STUDIES PROGRAM

Summer School 2004

**Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Refugees**

6 - 10 June 2004

Course description:
Understanding and meeting the psychosocial needs of refugees is
essential to effective humanitarian intervention.  This course aims to
help psychosocial workers to enhance their knowledge of refugee needs
and increase their ability to meet them appropriately.  Topics will
include cultural concepts of mental health and well being, basic
interviewing and supportive counseling skills, working with translators,
conceptualising and treating refugee trauma, understanding and meeting
children's needs, and managing stress and preventing burnout among
humanitarian workers.  Participants will be assigned to psychosocial
teams to analyse and solve practical and ethical dilemmas that arise in
this line of work.  The course is limited to 30 participants.

Instructor: Dr. Nancy Peterson, American University in Cairo

Dr. Nancy Peterson is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the
American University in Cairo.  She first worked with internally
displaced persons while conducting her dissertation research in Kampala,
Uganda (1990-1993) and received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from
Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1994.  From
1994-1998, Dr. Peterson directed a psychosocial program for children
with life-threatening illness, including some refugee families, in
Washington, D.C.  Dr. Peterson is an active member of the Joint Steering
Committee of the Forced Migration and Refugee Studies diploma program at
AUC and teaches a required course for the diploma entitled,
'Psychosocial Issues in Forced Migration.'  Together with Esther
Dingemans, she completed a research study focused on the psychosocial
needs of Sudanese refugee children living in Cairo.  Dr. Peterson has
visited psychosocial intervention programs for refugees and internally
displaced persons in Uganda, Palestine, Azerbaijan, Nepal, and India.
She has also conducted training sessions on meeting the psychosocial
needs of refugees for professionals in Morocco and Azerbaijan.  In
addition to teaching, Dr. Peterson is a practicing clinical psychologist
with a wealth of experience in psychosocial intervention and program
development.

The course will take place at the American University in Cairo, New
Falaki Building, Room # 801. Between 9 am and 5 pm, every day.

See Below for application procedures.


**International Refugee and Human Rights Law**

13-17 June 2004

Course description:
This course will introduce participants to refugee and international
human rights law, instructing them in the primary elements of the 1951
Geneva Convention as well as its interaction with the 1969 OAU
Convention.  There will be particular attention to some of the more
controversial aspects of the refugee definition, including the internal
flight alternative or "relocation principle" as well as the application
of the exclusion clauses with regard to war crimes and crimes against
humanity. Participants will be taught how to do Country-of-Origin
Research, and to develop legal arguments in defence of asylum seekers
case on first instance and appeals. Case studies will be discussed in
small groups and interviewing, research and advocacy skills will be
practiced. The course will offer simultaneous translation for English
and Arabic.

Instructor: Professor Sharryn Aiken, Queen's University, Canada.

Prof. Sharryn Aiken is a member of the Law Faculty at Queen's University
in Kingston, Canada where she teaches refugee law, international human
rights, and
public international law. She has been practicing refugee and
immigration law and served as pro bono counsel to public interest
organizations intervening in refugee cases before the Canadian Supreme
Court. Prof. Aiken is a former president of the Canadian Council for
Refugees and is currently editor in chief of Refuge, Canada's periodical
on refugees. She has conducted training sessions on refugee law to
decision makers and advocates in Canada, South Africa, Uganda, as well
as the Philippines and is returning to AUC for the third time.

The course will take place at the American University in Cairo, Main
Campus, 6th Floor Lounge, Hill House. Between 9 am and 5 pm, every day.

See Below for application procedures.


**Integrating Immigrant and Refugee Newcomers: Contemporary Theory and
Practice**

20 - 24 June 2004

Course description:
This course examines the theory and practice associated with integrating
immigrant and refugee newcomers and creating 'welcoming' communities and
workplaces. Theory and practice will be drawn from diverse fields,
including anthropology, sociology, social work, and human resources
development. Discussion will involve theoretical and practical
approaches to integrating newcomers who arrive as a result of economic
and forced migration. Current practice in the United States will be
emphasized. In addition, theory and practice in Europe, Australia, and
elsewhere will be discussed during the course. The political and
economic dimensions of integrating newcomers will also be covered by the
course. Participants will be asked to share their own experiences with
the class within the established theoretical and practical context.

Instructor: Dr. Mark Grey, University of Northern Iowa

Dr. Mark Grey is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of
Northern Iowa. His research has focused on communities that experience
rapid influxes of immigrants and refugees. Currently, Dr. Grey is
Director of the UNI New Iowans Program, a campus-wide effort to
encourage accommodation of immigrants and refugees in Iowa communities
and workplaces. He wrote the handbooks Welcoming New Iowans: A Guide for
Citizens and Communities. Building Respect and Tolerance for Immigrant
and Refugee Newcomers and Welcoming New Iowans: A Guide for Managers and
Supervisors. He also co-authored, with Dr. Anne Woodrick, the handbook,
Welcoming New Iowans: A Guide for Christians and Churches. Dr. Grey is
widely regarded as a source of expertise and experience in helping
communities, organizations, and employers as they confront the
challenges associated with reception and accommodation of refugee and
immigrant newcomers.

The course will take place at the American University in Cairo, Main
Campus, 6th Floor Lounge, Hill House. Between 9 am and 5 pm, every day


Tuition

The tuition fee for each course is US $100 for international
participants and LE 170 for Egyptians and Residents of Egypt.  A limited
number of tuition waivers are available upon request (based on need
only).

Application procedures

Please send a letter of application stating:

a) Interest in the Summer School
b) The course(s) you are applying for.
c) Why the course(s) is/are important to your work or academic
interest.
d) State if you are applying for a tuition waiver, and why.

And include your updated curriculum vitae.

Addressed to:

Ms. Alia Arafa
Program Administrator
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies
American University in Cairo
FMRS/AUC, 113
Kar El Aini Street, PO Box 25000, Cairo 11511, Egypt
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: (202) 7976626
Fax (202) 7976629

Deadline for applications is 15 April, 2004

For further information regarding accommodation in Cairo and further
updates on FMRS up-coming events access: www.aucegypt.edu/fmrs (under
Outreach).

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