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FFVT on point: Forced migration and displacement in and around Israel/Palestine - historical and current dynamics
25. Sept. 2024, 3-4.30 pm
! Event is in German !
Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and Israel's subsequent military offensive in the Gaza Strip resulted in widespread displacement and flight. In the Gaza Strip, over 1.5 million Palestinians were and are fleeing attacks by the Israeli military, while thousands of people in Israel have left their homes for fear of attacks by Hamas and Hezbollah. There is no end in sight to the conflict and the associated refugee movements. The current situation follows on from a long history of flight and displacement in the Middle East, but also in Europe, which has affected and continues to affect countless people in connection with the partition of the British Mandate of Palestine, the founding of the State of Israel and the ongoing conflict since then.
FFVT on point takes a closer look at these historical and current dynamics of flight and displacement. In the current polarised social debate on the Middle East conflict, FVVT on point aims to make a nuanced contribution to a better understanding of the complex context of ongoing forced migration in and around Israel/Palestine. How did flight and expulsion shape the history of Israel and Palestine? What role does this history play in the current conflict and in its political and emotional charge, which extends far beyond the region? How can we talk about these forced migrations and the suffering associated with them without creating and reinforcing polarisation?
We look forward to the expertise of:
- Dr Jan Busse, Institute for Political Science, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich
- Prof. Dr Stephan Grigat, Centre for Antisemitism and Racism Studies (CARS). Catholic University of Applied Sciences North Rhine-Westphalia, Aachen.
Moderation: Prof Dr Christine Lang, Dr Franck Düvell, FFVT, IMIS
FFVT on point will take place in German via Zoom Meeting.
Anmeldung unter: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkde2orTkrGNI58-_0usP9Re00SSo5ZlaB
Online Panel Debate
1 October 2020, 17:00-18:30 (CEST), online
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer (FFVT)
About the Non/Sense of Distinguishing between Migrants and Refugees – a Debate
In policy and public, it is often taken for granted to distinguish between migrants and refugees. However, researchers and practitioners tend to find that matters in the field are more intricate, reject a simple dichotomy, and struggle to assign clear labels to the opalescent realities. Whereas policy and law usually require clear-cut categories in order to manage mobilities, scholars seek to develop more fine-tuned typologies to explain the diversity of human behaviour and mobility. As a consequence, a whole array of concepts and categories has emerged, such as migration, forced migration, mixed migration, internal displacement, refuge, migrants, refugees, climate refugees, people on the move and even economic refugees. However, the labels such as migrants and refugees have significant legal and discursive powers as they determine which opportunities and rights new arrivals have.
In this panel debate, we aim to shed light on the diverse legal, scholarly and discursive practices and carve out lines of controversies to better understand the reasoning behind the different approaches. We have invited three distinguished guests from different disciplines, namely em. Prof Roger Zetter at the Refugee Studies Centre at University of Oxford, Prof Heaven Crawley, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University and Dr Dana Schmalz, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg/Berlin.
The debate is hosted by the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies at Osnabrück University (IMIS) and part of the FFVT-Workshop Series. It will be held online via Zoom Webinar. For registration, please send an email to ffvt@uos.de including name, affiliation and email address by 28 September.
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