Until June 10, Manchester University Press is having a 50% off sale, so you have the opportunity to buy these books by two of our editorial team Evan is not really here and @profmworley. Use the code ‘SUN50’ for the discount. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526107343 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526113665

New from our project team member!

A number of additional full scholarships available for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration - starting in October 2024. Please check out all the info via the link below. Do message me if you have any questions!

Check out the praise for this new book co-edited by our team member Carla Sepúlveda !

Immigration and Asylum Policy After Brexit James Hampshire ed @politicalquarterly.bsky.social special collection with @LucyMayblin Thom Davies Tesfalem H. Yemane @Isakjee @michaelacbenson Nando Sigona Mike Slaven Randall Hansen University of Toronto Robert Ford @colinyeo1 politicalquarterly.org.uk/collections/im… #Brexit #immigrationpolicy

Today is #WindrushDay 22nd June marks the anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush in 1948. Here is a link to an article by Mike Slaven about how the individualisation of UK #Immigration control is key to understanding the Windrush Scandal... doi.org/10.1080/014198…

Issue 95 2 out! With James Hampshire @LucyMayblin Thom Davies Tesfalem H. Yemane @Isakjee @michaelacbenson Nando Sigona Mike Slaven University of Toronto Robert Ford Randall Hansen University of Toronto @colinyeo1 Liam Stanley Jon Bloomfield Fred Steward @ProfNJAllen Niles Webb Manès Weisskircher onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1467923x/2…

Smash the gangs - new tagline, same logic. Here’s Nando Sigona reflecting on Labour’s new Channel command and the continuing securitisation narrative underpinning the UK’s approach to asylum birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/carv…

Can't wait for this amazingly rich volume on how 19th c. European imperialism relied both on competition among greater European powers AND on collaboration & exchanges between them & minor imperial actors & states Honored to have contributed an afterword! tinyurl.com/39e2ttbz

Our team member Mike Slaven contributed to this special issue, writing about the Windrush Scandal and hostile environment. Check out the whole thing!

New work from our team member Evan is not really here wearing his no-platforming hat! 📖 taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/…

For the Yale University Press blog, I wrote a bit about "the imperial origins of big data" yalebooks.yale.edu/2024/08/28/the…

This is a truly wonderful opportunity for PhD students working on Indigenous and colonial topics in the Spanish Borderlands of North America. Please share! Western History Association WHA Grad Caucus Conference on Latin American History (CLAH) @NAISA__

We're looking for a tenure-track assistant professor in cultural anthro (focus: environmental anthro, Latin America/US Southwest). Please contact me if you have any questions about the position, uni or living in Vegas. Link for the application site in first comment...

The hostile environment has had an indiscernible effect on meeting immigration control targets, and has generated a significant scandal. So why have the policies proven so durable? #DigestedRead by Mike Slaven politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/the-puzzl… #immigration #UKpolitics #WindrushScandal

Just to be clear, this is the mainstream historiography of British immigration control. It is indisputable given the primary evidence. Officials wrote blatantly about "reducing the volume of coloured immigration to this country." There's no arguing it theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/s…

A very good interview with Jacqueline (Jacqui) Mckenzie. The Home Office history report that was released was developed seemingly to implement Recommendations 6 and 11 of the Windrush Lessons Learned Review. But has anyone in the HO read this report? youtube.com/watch?v=PGu15i…