BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:893@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20260618T090000Z DTEND:20260618T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260527T124734Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/politics-of-displacement-refugee-rights- education-and-global-orders/ SUMMARY:Politics of Displacement: Refugee Rights\, Education and Global Ord ers DESCRIPTION:Thursday 18 June 2026\, 9:00am – 5:30pm BST\nRegister to join in person or online\nIn person at: Homerton College\, University of Cambr idge\nDownload the full programme\nJoin us for this one-day conference\, h eld during Refugee Week\, which brings together researchers\, policymakers \, practitioners and advocates to examine the increasingly complex relatio nship between political discourse\, global policy and the lived educationa l realities of displaced communities.\nSpeakers include:\n\n Muna Abbas — CEO\, Asfari Foundation\n Ali Ahmadi — Doctoral Researcher\, Univers ity of Cambridge\n Zeina Azmi — Lecturer in International Relations and Middle East Politics\, University of Liverpool\n Giorgia Donà — Profess or of Forced Migration and Refugee Studies\, University of East London\n F aiza Hassan — Executive Director\, Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)\n Judith Herbertson — Head of Girls’ Education Dep artment\, FCDO\n Solava Ibrahim — Associate Professor\, Anglia Ruskin Un iversity\n Laila Kadiwal — Associate Professor in Education and Internat ional Development\, University College London (UCL)\n Michelle Pace — Pr ofessor of Global Studies\, Denmark\n Mezna Qato — Director\, Centre for Southwest Asia and North Africa (CSWANA)\, University of Cambridge\n Paul ine Rose — Director\, REAL Centre\, University of Cambridge\n Ruba Salih — Professor of Sociology\, University of Bologna\n Renata Schaeffer — Director of Global Engagement\, Global Engagement Office\n Maha Shuayb — Director\, Centre for Lebanese Studies\, University of Cambridge\n Sha rath Srinivasan —Associate Professor in International Politics &\; Di rector\, Centre of Governance and Human Rights (CGHR)\, University of Camb ridge\n Lord Simon Woolley — Principal of Homerton College\, University of Cambridge\n\nThe conference is structured around two interrelated quest ions:\n\n How have anti-migrant and anti-refugee discourses in the UK\, Eu rope and North America shaped global responses to displacement?\n How far do policy commitments on refugee education translate into meaningful learn ing opportunities on the ground?\n\nDrawing on research from contexts incl uding Sudan\, Ethiopia\, Palestine\, Ukraine\, Lebanon and Myanmar\, the d ay will explore the gap between policy rhetoric and lived educational real ities — and advance more equitable\, justice-oriented approaches.\nThis conference also builds on the University of Cambridge's recent recognition as a University of Sanctuary\, and its commitment to critical scholarship on displacement and asylum.\nOrganised by the Centre for Lebanese Studies \, in collaboration with the REAL Centre\, Homerton College\, and the Cent re for Southwest Asia and North Africa (CSWANA) at the University of Camb ridge. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/0 5/Politics-of-displacement-18-6-26.jpg CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR