Refugee Week UK – 14 to 20 June 2004-06-16
Visit http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk for a list of events.
Here are a few specific notices that have been forwarded to me:
1. Films
June 14th marks the beginning of Refugee Week across the UK. A popular
Refugee Week event is the screening of films about the circumstances and
experiences of migration. As a contribution to this activity, ICAR has
compiled a SIGNPOST TO FILMS ABOUT REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND FORCED
MIGRATION. View the signpost at: http://www.icar.org.uk/pdf/sign006.pdf
2. IRC Annual Lecture:
The International Rescue Committee would like to invite you to our Third
Annual Lecture on *Thursday 17 June* as part of our celebrations for
Refugee Week 2004.
Far from Home: Readings and discussion for Refugee Week with *Hari
Kunzru, Monica Ali* and *Dave Eggers*
Chair: Polly Toynbee
Church House Conference Centre, Dean's Yard, Westminster, SW1P 3NZ
Doors: 6.30pm (for 6.45), with drinks reception at 8.15.pm
£25 lecture and reception,
£10 lecture only
£6 concessions (NGO staff, students, pensioners, unemployed, low waged)
For further information or to purchase tickets, call:
*020 7692 2737*
or email
*[log in to unmask]*
All proceeds from the event will go towards IRC's work with refugees and
displaced communities around the world.
The IRC is delighted to be welcoming three critically acclaimed authors
who will be discussing the work of other writers and exploring the
themes of conflict, refuge and identity.
*Hari Kunzru* is a freelance journalist and editor. He courted
controversy when he famously rejected the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize as a
protest against hostile rhetoric about immigrants and asylum seekers
published in the media. His first novel, /The Impressionist/, won the
2002 Betty Trask Prize and the 2003 Somerset Maugham award.
/Transmission/, his second novel, has just been published.
*Monica Ali's* first novel, /Brick Lane/, explored the themes of exile
and identity within the Bangladeshi community in London's East End. It
was short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize for Fiction and the
Guardian First Book Award.
*Dave Eggers* has won critical acclaim for his debut novel, /A
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius/. Recently his work has focused
on the 'lost boys of Sudan', a group of refugees who spent most of their
childhoods on the move in South Sudan trying to escape capture by
Sudanese armed forces.
The event will be chaired by *Polly Toynbee* of /The Guardian/
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is among the world's leading
humanitarian agencies providing relief, rehabilitation, protection,
resettlement services, and advocacy for refugees, displaced persons and
victims of oppression and violent conflict. See www.ircuk.org
<http://www.ircuk.org/> for more information.
3. Art Exhibition for Refugee Week
In Between - An Art Exhibition to celebrate Refugee Week 2004
The exhibition marks a joint celebration by the British Red Cross Refugee
Unit and Refugee Women's Association. The work of refugee artists and those
working around issues of forced exile will be shown to celebrate creativity
and diversity in the context of Refugee Week 2004.
In Between is an eclectic show of works which deal with the appropriation of
cultural identity. It connects places and peoples through sounds and images
and raises questions around categories and meaning.
The participating artists are:
Stefan Gec
Frances Hegarty
Dijana Rakovic
Alia Syed
Suzana Tamamovic
Mare Tralla
Raymond Yap
In Between will run 16 to 19 June 2004.
Private View: Wednesday 16 June 2004, 6 - 9pm.
The exhibition continues Thursday 17 June - Saturday 19 June 2004, 10 - 4pm.
Admission Free.
Venue: British Red Cross, Aztec Row, 5 Berners Road, London N1 0PW (nearest
underground station: Angel)
For more information, contact the British Red Cross Refugee Unit on 020 7704
5670 or the Refugee Women's Association on 020 7923 2412.
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