Hello again everyone!
This announcement is to provide some follow-up details on the resources and events mentioned in today’s class.
As Queen Mary is part of the University of London (UoL) federation, you will have access to (new window) libraries and resources across the city. You may have already heard about (New Window) Senate House Library and the (New Window) Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, both located around Russell Square. You will also be able to access the libraries of the other 17 universities in this federation (King’s, LSE, SOAS, UCL, Goldsmiths, Birkbeck); the process for obtaining a library card will be specific to each university.
Within the UoL School of Advanced Study, the (New Window) Refugee Law Initiative is a centre that will be of particular relevance to this course. The centre organises events throughout the year and produces a newsletter, blog and podcast. You can subscribe to their (New Window) mailing list for updates. I also mentioned today the (New Window) Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, which offers various resources specific to the UK context.
At Queen Mary, the (New Window) (B)OrderS: Centre for the Legal Study of Borders, Migration and Displacement runs events throughout the year on the role of law in making and unmaking borders. Last year, we held several workshops, panels, book forums and roundtables with practitioners, academics and advocates. As mentioned in today’s class, this Thursday (B)OrderS will host a Book Forum on Emeritus Professor Engin Isin's latest publication, (New Window) Citizenship: New Trajectories in Law. The forum will be held in Room 313 of the Laws Building, from 17.00-19.00. Following the author's introduction to this critical scholarship on citizenship, there will be comments from panellists Professor (New Window) Gargi Bhattacharyya (UCL) and (New Window) Dr Sivamohan Valluvan (Warwick). Make sure to register (New Window) here and attend in person!
Opening next Wednesday 09 October and running until 15 October, Adrift: Irregular Migration to the Canary Islands is an Art Exhibition by Corina Lacatus from the School of Politics and International Relations. The photographs tell the visual story of migrants who cross the Atlantic from the north-eastern coast of Africa to the Canary Islands. The exhibition will be held in BLOC Cinema or ArtsOne, open between 16.30-19.30. Read more about the exhibition (New window) here.
Below are some further resources that you may want to visit throughout the course.
- Non-governmental organisations: UNHCR, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Refugee Council, Médecins Sans Frontières, European Council on Refugees and Exiles, European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, International Rescue Committee, Refugees International
- Journals: Journal of Refugee Studies, International Journal of Refugee Law, Journal of Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Law, Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, Refugee Survey Quarterly, Forced Migration Review, European Journal of Migration and Law, Journal of African Law (in particular the special issue on refugees, returnees, and internally displaced persons)
- Blogs: Border Criminologies Blog, Refugee Law Initiative Blog, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association Blog, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law, Verfassungsblog
Additional research and module resources can be found under the General tab and the ‘Where to get help’ tab of the QMplus page for this module.
Let me know if you find any great resources you would like to share with the class.
See you soon
Ellen
