Launch of the graphic novel “May God Bless the Hand that Works”
When: Monday, 14 June, 3pm
Drawing on remote ethnographic research, this graphic novel tells the stories of displaced Syrian agricultural workers in the Middle East during the pandemic. It is an output of the Refugee Labour under Lockdown Project, an AHRC and Modern Slavery PEC-funded study led by Dr Ann Zuntz at the University of Edinburgh, with partners Syrian Academic Expertise, Council for At-Risk Academics, and Development Workshop.
Please sign up by emailing ann-christin.zuntz@ed.ac.uk
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Words Without Borders – Refugee Books Reading List
When: 14-20 June 2021
In support of Refugee Week the University Central Library have compiled a resource list of materials about the experiences of refugees, political and organisational responses to refugee crises and causes of forced migration as well as discovering literature highlighting issues around refugees. This list encompasses a range of disciplines and covers issues both in Britain and abroad. All material is available online as e-books and articles and also includes a streamed video.
We hope you find the items here interesting and thought-provoking – there are over 100 items to discover.
View the online resources
EU Students tutoring Syrian refugee teenagers at the EU Chaplaincy – the story over 5 years  (open to UoE colleagues only)
When: Thursday 17 June, 11:00-11:30am
As part of the University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference 2021: Curriculum as a site for Transformation, in this session we will share the story of how this tutoring project has developed and how the refugee teenagers and the EU students have found it a mutually enhancing learning time. The event will be presented by Al Newell, Omar Shabana and Amer Masri.
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Podcast Special: Debora Kayembe for Refugee Week 2021
When: Thursday, 17 June, 12pm
Bilingualism Matters’ Much Language Such Talk Podcast is releasing an episode on 17 June to celebrate Refugee Week 2021. For this, they interview Debora Kayembe about her work as a human rights lawyer, translator and activist, and her experiences arriving in the UK as a refugee. In 2016, Ms Kayembe became the first African woman to join the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and in February 2021, she became the third woman, the first black woman and first African immigrant to be named rector of the University of Edinburgh. Join us in this educational and inspiring interview – you can listen on all platforms, or on the website where you can also view transcripts for each episode.
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