Check out all events organized in October by the Migration Research Group, University of Sheffield
Living in Sheffield podcast - online launch event
Dr Patricia Nabuco Martuscelli, and journalist Livia Barreira for the launch of the 4 episodes of the podcast that are focused on diversity and showcasing real stories of migrant women from the community, aligned with the work that has been developed by researchers from the Migration Research Group at the University of Sheffield.
Date and Time: 16/10/2024, 6pm to 7pm
Place: Online
More information and link to join the event: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-research-group/events/living-sheffield-podcast-online-launch-event
MRG Webinar: City as the Southern Question
Professor Ranabir Samaddar, Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, India will discuss his research on the Southern Question that makes the city of the South a counter-figure or if you like counter-power to the power of the North. Yet these cities whether on the Mediterranean or on the Arab Sea and Bay of Bengal, inhere the same North-South relationship - in short, the “Southern Question”.
Place: Online
Date and Time: 17/10/2024, from 2pm to 3pm
More information and link to join: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-research-group/events/mrg-webinar-ranabir-samaddar
MRG Seminar: Welcoming Through Languages Group: Politics of welcoming enacted in Brazilian countryside
Verônica Carvalho de Deus will present her research on the challenges, opportunities and next steps of the Grupo de Acolhimento em Línguas (GAL) [Welcoming Through Languages Group] at the University of Campinas, Brazil, considering languages as a politics of welcoming immigrants and providing integration.
Time and date: 21/10/2024, 11h30-12h30
Place: The Wave, Seminar Room 3.
More information and registration: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-research-group/events/mrg-seminar-welcoming-through-languages-group-politics-welcoming
MRG Panel debate: Understanding the 2024 race riots
This panel discuss long-term and structural processes which have laid the ground for the eruption of far-right violence during the 2024 riots. We also want to foreground community responses, and look with hope into the future towards a more tolerant society. We will hear from a mix of academics and practitioners working with migrant communities in the UK, and particularly South Yorkshire.
Time and Place: 31/10/2024, 2pm-3h30 pm
Place: At the University of Sheffield, please register to receive the exact location
More information and registration: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-research-group/events/understanding-2024-race-riots