Migration and Mobility: Views from Past and Present

Cross-Faculty postgraduate and early career researcher workshop

On Wednesday 20th November a cross-faculty workshop on ‘Migration and Mobility: Views from Past and Present’ will take place at the University of Sheffield. The event is open to PhD and Postgraduate students as well as early career researchers. It follows the success of the cross-faculty workshop ‘Conceptions of migration’ earlier this year, which led to the formation of an interdisciplinary PhD committee who have organised this event with the aim of bringing together young researchers working on migration and mobility related topics. The workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss these issues across disciplinary boundaries, thereby exploring if and how we can understand migration differently.

The impacts of migration and mobility are some of contemporary society’s most pressing topics. This cutting edge workshop will bring together researchers from different disciplines to explore how we can better understand the current historical moment in which discussions and debates surrounding migration appear so important. The event will explore the following themes in-depth: the lived experiences of migrants in different parts of the globe and at different moments in history; the complex links between migration and empire; and contemporary experiences of migration.

We are pleased to announce that Professor Louise Ryan of the University of Sheffield will be joining us. Professor Ryan has extensive research expertise in the area of migration, social networks, gender and religion which she will draw on in her session ‘A funny feeling of deja vu: learning lessons from migration history’.