Critical Refugee Studies mounts a humanistic approach to forced migration by centering refugee stories and experiences, rejecting narratives that disavow the role of host countries in the causes of dispossession and displacement, and documenting the world-repairing role of culture, memory, and imagination in the difficult work of resettlement. This panel features two projects that demonstrate the power of working across campuses to support research on refuge.
Anita Casavantes Bradford (UC Irvine), moderator
The Critical Refugee Studies Collective: Yến Lê Espiritu (UC San Diego), Ma Vang (UC Merced), and Victor Bascara (UC Los Angeles)
Queer and Trans Transnational Refugee Storytelling: Debanuj DasGupta (UC Santa Barbara) and Jeanne Scheper (UC Irvine)
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