Dear Students,
We are excited to send out the call for papers (below) for Volume 4, Issue 1, of the Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration (OxMo), the student journal dedicated to protecting and advancing the human rights of refugees and forced migrants.
More details on OxMo and how to submit can be found here: http://oxmofm.com/call-for-papers/
Deadline: Friday, 28th March 2014
Please disseminate this call for papers widely to any audience that may be interested in contributing. In particular, we are hoping to extend this call to students outside of Europe and North America; to this end we would be grateful for this to also be passed on to wider networks you may be a part of.
We welcome your questions, comments, and submissions! Please feel free to contact us at: [log in to unmask]
All the best,
Evan Elise Easton-Calabria
Nina Weaver
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, Vol. 4, No. 1
Deadline: 28th March 2014
OxMo, the student journal dedicated to protecting and advancing the human rights of refugees and forced migrants, is accepting submissions for our sixth issue. We welcome articles fitting within the following sections. For further information and to read the latest edition of OxMo, please visit www.oxmofm.com.
OXMO MONITORS
Policy Monitor: critically examines policies and practices implemented by governments, (I)NGOs and UN agencies in all phases of forced migration. Please submit to [log in to unmask]
Law Monitor: critically analyses national and international laws, rulings and governmental policies as well as legal developments taking shape and their possible implications for the rights of forced migrants. Please submit to [log in to unmask]
Field Monitor: critically explores direct experiences of working with forced migrants, including in field work or research in camps, or engagements with forced migrants in your local community. Please submit to [log in to unmask]
Submissions to Monitor sections should be no longer than 1,500 words.
ACADEMIC ARTICLES
This section provides a forum for students to explore practical and conceptual issues pertaining to forced migration. Submissions must engage with and interrogate existing literature on forced migration, present in-depth research in a given area, and offer original insights into a situation or trend. As OxMo recognises and values the multidisciplinary nature of Forced Migration Studies, we encourage submissions from across academic disciplines, including but not limited to: political science, law, anthropology, ethics and philosophy, sociology, economics and media studies.
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Submissions to the Academic Articles must not exceed 6,000 words (including footnotes).
FIRST HAND
This section encourages individuals to share personal reflections on experience(s) of displacement, presenting the opportunity to those directly affected by the laws, policies and activities of governments and agencies we monitor to give expression to their insights and perspectives. We seek critical, balanced
analyses that allow the reader to gain an understanding of the context in which the report is written and that engages with wider implications of the situation described.
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Articles for First Hand should be no longer than 1,500 words.
Closing date for submissions is Friday, 28th March 2014.
For any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us at [log in to unmask]
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