Keele Refugee Week
8th-14th June
2015
Social
Networks and Belonging
Sociology
Workshop
Wednesday,
10th June 2015
2.00
– 5.30pm
Chancellor’s
Building: CBA1.078/9
‘Refugee Week is a UK-wide programme of
arts, cultural and education events and activities that celebrates the
contribution of refugees to the UK and promotes better understanding of why people
seek sanctuary’ (Refugee Week nd). It involves thousands of people,
institutions, organizations, and individuals throughout the country. Last year
Keele joined Refugee Week for the
first time by hosting
a weeklong photographic exhibition, an opening event with a musical
performance and a poetry open mic night. Placing our university on the map
alongside numerous institutions and cultural hubs across the country and building
on previous success, this year Keele Refugee Week will be hosting an even
richer programme of events.
As part of the national and Keele Refugee Week celebrations,
this year Sociology will be hosting a half-day workshop to highlight research
on the theme of social networks and belonging among refugees and asylum seekers
in the UK. Presentations will examine the politics and performances of asylum
within different domestic contexts, and attempt to unpack some of the complex
relationships that form between ‘host’ and ‘guest’ and within migrant networks.
This free event aims to bring together
academics, students, refugees and asylum seekers and those working with
refugees and asylum seekers, and to encourage lively debate about the
challenges and opportunities facing refugees in the UK.
Programme
2.00:
Welcome and introduction
Dr
Siobhan Holohan, Keele University
2.15:
Presentations
Dr
Jonathan Darling, Manchester University
Dispersal and Disruption:
The Challenges of Isolation within the Asylum Accommodation Model
Natalie
Soleiman, PhD Candidate, Keele University
Seeking Refuge in the UK:
An Iranian Story of Asylum and Living in the ‘In-betweens’
3.30:
Break for refreshments
3.45:
Presentations
Dr
Simon Goodman, Coventry University
The Role of Social Networks for Asylum Seekers in
the Midlands
Dr
Ala Sirriyeh, Keele University
‘This is in a way my birthplace’:
Young Refugee Women, Social Relationships and
Networks
5.00:
Exhibition
Discussion and art exhibition by women from the ‘Women Together’ project
based in Huddersfield
(Refreshments
will be available)
Admission is free; however, please confirm your attendance with
Siobhan Holohan (s.holohan@keele.ac.uk) or Ala Sirriyeh (a.sirriyeh@keele.ac.uk) by Monday, 1st June for catering
purposes.
For
more information about National Refugee Week go to: http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk/
For
information about Keele Refugee Week activities go to: www.keele.ac.uk/refugeeweek/
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