Honored to be part of this important seminar series by SOAS Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies this Thursday at 5pm!

In our new article “Theorising the migration fix” Davide Schmid & I continue thinking about how to develop the concept of the “migration fix” as a tool for understanding the complex often contradictory relationship between political & economic logics & the the role of borders.

Join us tomorrow at 5pm to hear Sanaa Alimia discuss Afghan Precarity in Pakistan: From legal exclusion to ethnic cleansing. Part of our ongoing Homemaking in Fragile Environements seminar series. RG01, SOAS Main Building. No registration required.

Fantastic piece written by one of my favourite people, Dr Iris Lim: AI was supposed to make the UK benefits system more efficient. Instead it’s brought bias and hunger. theconversation.com/ai-was-suppose… via The Conversation

📢 Updated call for papers! I'm delighted that we have Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh confirmed as a keynote for 'Displaced Arts: Creative Practices and Geographies of Asylum' hosted by IASH, Edinburgh 24th June 2025. CFP below and more details here: iash.ed.ac.uk/news/call-pape…

Paul Gilroy, one of the foremost theorists of race and racism, has very generously donated several hundred books from his university office library. We will be selling these books, priced mostly from £1-5, from the 18th of January onwards. Come find a hidden treasure!

Our stories have always leapt off the page. Soon, they’ll leap off the wall. ‘Stories of Migration’, the exhibition, launches 16th January SOAS University of London #Storiesofmigration #SOAS

I have created a searchable list of 80+ migration-related movies, offering various perspectives on human movement, identity, and mobility. What movies would you add? #Migration #MigrationStudies #MigrationStories datawrapper.dwcdn.net/aiSfx/6/

📢 SOAS Event 16 Jan Join us next week SOAS Gallery for the ‘Stories of Migration’ launch and the innovative storytelling and artwork from PositiveNegatives - celebrating and amplifying voices that tell the stories of migration. Find out more bit.ly/3PpDBvb

Our term 2 seminar series kicks off this Thursday 16 January with Omar Al-Ghazzi from LSE. He will be speaking about "Anti-Ottoman meta history and gendered imaginaries of sovereignty in Syria." Join us! 5pm, RG01 in SOAS. paolo novak SOAS Department Of Anthropology SOAS Development Studies

📢 Hassan Ould Moctar (Hassan Ould Moctar) will present his book "After Border Externalization", exploring the EU's border and migration control operations in the Global South, with a focus on Mauritania. Join the discussion, chaired by Paolo Novak (paolo novak), to understand the

I’m presenting my dissertation this Saturday, 18th January, in the lecture series ‘Postcolonial Critique, Decolonial Perspectives’ Goethe-Universität Frankfurt and online, hosted by Encarnacion Gutierrez Rodriguez, at 4 pm CET. DM for Zoom link. fg-dekolonial.com/event/postcolo…

Join us tomorrow to hear Alice Wilson discuss her fantastic book 'Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman.' Part of our term 2 seminar series. 5pm, Thursday 30 January, RG01, SOAS. All welcome. paolo novak SOAS Department Of Anthropology

Our term 2 CMDS seminar series continues with Hassan Ould Moctar who will be presenting his book 'After Border Externalization.' Today! 5pm in SALT, SOAS. paolo novak

Looking forward to this Society for Cultural Anthropology SCA Fridays conversation with @NiksSimpson , Saad Quasem SOAS Department Of Anthropology - alongside the ecological distress collective including Kerry Ryan Chance, Bridget Bradley, and Gerimis Art Project! Friday 11-12 EST, 4pm UK time, or 12am Malaysia time!

CMDS are delighted to be hosting Wendy Pearlman to speak about her wonderful book 'The Home I Worked to Make: Voice from the Syrian Diaspora.' This is not to be missed. Next Monday, 10 March, MBR201, SOAS. All welcome. paolo novak SOAS Department Of Anthropology SOAS Development Studies

If you are in London, please join us for this talk on Monday, March 10th at 5:00 pm!

This evening! Don't miss Wendy Pearlman present her inspiring and ever so timely book 'The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the Syrian Diaspora.' Details below 👇

first proofs sent back ✅ endorsements are trickling in (and I am delighted) ✅ notebookLM autogenerated podcast ... uhmm ok ☑️ ETA 18 June 2025 SOAS Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies SOAS Development Studies SOAS Development for Transformation Centre bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/buildings-of-r…