Oxford Department of International Development

The Oxford Department of International Development is the hub for the University of Oxford's work in development and a unit of the University's Social Sciences Division. Its objective is to conduct high level research which advances understanding of the complex economic, social and political processes of change in countries in the poorer parts of the world and to educate students to understand these processes in disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspective. The Department is located at Queen Elizabeth House in Mansfield Road and is often referred to as 'QEH'.

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Title	Description	People	Date
Massinissa, Messali Hadj and the Berber Movement: Diasporic Memories and the Rewriting of History in Contemporary Algeria	'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011).	Judith Scheele	12 April, 2011
Spanish Refugees and the Construction of a Memory of Spanish Immigration in France	'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011).	Evelyn Ribert	12 April, 2011
The Politics of "Travelling Memories"; Sahrawi Youth Remembering and Memorialising Home-land and Home-camp	'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011).	Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh	12 April, 2011
Diasporic Memories and Narratives of Belonging: Cubans in Spain	'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011).	Mette Louise Berg	12 April, 2011
Forgotten Histories: The Memories of South Vietnamese Female Veterans	'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011).	Nathalie Nguyen	12 April, 2011
Welcome Speech	'Refugees' Diasporic Memories and the Politics of Democratisation' (organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute as part of the Oxford Diasporas Programme in February 2011).	Thomas Lacroix	12 April, 2011
RSC Wednesday Seminars 2011: Citizenship, autochthony and the question of forced migration	This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's second Wednesday Public Seminar of Hilary Term 2011.	Nira Yuval-Davis	28 January, 2011
RSC Astor Lecture: Gendered Violence and the Politics of Memory in Sudan's Conflict Zones	This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's 2nd Astor Lecture which was on Tuesday 25th January 2011 at The Taylor Institute, University of Oxford.	Sondra Hale	26 January, 2011
RSC Wednesday Seminars 2011: Refugees, Exiles and other Forced Migrants in the late Ottoman Empire	This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's first Wednesday Public Seminar of Hilary Term 2011.	Dawn Chatty	21 January, 2011
Protecting Palestinian children from political violence	This podcast was recorded at a launch event for the fifth Refugee Studies Centre Policy Briefing which was held on Thursday 30th September 2010 at the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, London.	Jason Hart, Claudia Lo Forte	12 January, 2011
Faith-based humanitarianism: Improving responses: distinctiveness, partnership and professionalism	This podcast was recorded at the evening lecture of the Refugee Studies Centre's workshop on faith-based humanitarianism in the context of forced migration which was on Tuesday 22th September 2010 at The Vaults, University Church of St Marys, Oxford.	Elizabeth Ferris	23 September, 2010
Rwanda and the Great Lakes: A personal view from the Oxfam Archive	This podcast is the second part of a recording made on 25 August 2005 as part of the Oxfam Archive Oral History project and is an interview with Maurice Herson, he had many interesting and challenging times with Oxfam including in the Great Lakes crisis.	John Magrath, Maurice Herson	11 August, 2010
Sudan in the late 1980s: A personal view from the Oxfam Archive	This podcast is the first part of a recording made on 25 August 2005 as part of the Oxfam Archive Oral History project and is an interview with Maurice Herson, he had many interesting and challenging times with Oxfam including working in Sudan in the 80s.	John Magrath, Maurice Herson	4 August, 2010
International Summer School in Forced Migration 2010: Endnote Lecture	This podcast was recorded at the Endnote Lecture of the Refugee Studies Centre's International Summer School in Forced Migration which was on Friday 23rd July 2010 at Wadham College, University of Oxford.	Dennis McNamara	26 July, 2010
US Government Illegally Deporting US Citizens	Dr Jacqueline Stevens gives a talk on the United States' practice of illegally deporting its citizens as part of the Theory and Practice of Immigration Detention Workshop.	Jacqueline Stevens	19 July, 2010
Human rights and the Elusive Universal Subject: Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Entrants under IHRL and EU Law	Cathryn Costello, Fellow and Tutor in EU and Public Law gives a talk for the Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Immigration Detention.	Cathryn Costello	12 July, 2010
Rules of engagement: Governmentality, 'technologies of citizenship' and everyday protest in asylum detention facilities	Nicholas Gill, Environment Centre, University of Lancaster gives a talk for the fourth session of the workshop; Citizenship and Government Technologies.	Nicholas Gill	22 June, 2010
How do former immigration detainees integrate into local communities post-release?	Axel Klein, Centre for Health Services Studies, Kent and Lucy Williams, Social Policy, Sociology, and Social Research, Kent give a talk for the third session of the workshop; Conditions of Immigration Detention.	Axel Kein, Lucy Williams	22 June, 2010
The Criminalisation of Asylum Seekers in a British Immigration Detention Centre	Melanie Griffiths (Oxford) gives a talk entitled; 'I'm not a criminal but I've been here 11 months' - The Criminalisation of Asylum Seekers in a British Immigration Detention Centre for the third session of the Workshop.	Melanie Griffiths	22 June, 2010
Medical Implications of Immigration Detention in the UK	Frank Arnold, Medical Justice Network, gives a talk for the third session of the workshop; Conditions of Immigration Detention.	Frank Arnold	22 June, 2010
The law's approach to detention of asylum seekers: help or hindrance?	Dallal Stevens, Faculty of Law, University of Warwick gives a talk for the first session of the worksh op; Legal Approaches to Immigration Detention.	Dallal Stevens	22 June, 2010
Immigration Detention and the Aesthetics of Incarceration	Michael Flynn, Global Detention Project, Graduate Institute of Geneva gives a talk for the first session of the workshop; Legal Approaches.	Michael Flynn	22 June, 2010
Iraq's refugees - beyond tolerance: Keynote address	This podcast was recorded at the Regional Presentation of the Forced Migration Policy Briefing on 'Iraq's refugees - beyond tolerance', which was held on 13th April 2010 in Amman, Jordan.	Prince El-Hassan bin Talal	5 May, 2010
The Relocation of Young Uyghur Women in China	In this podcast the issue of the transfer of young Uyghur women in China is discussed.	Michael Dillon, Omer Kanat, Amy Reger, Enver Tohti	15 April, 2010
Protecting People in Conflict and Crisis: Plenary 3	This podcast was recorded at the third plenary session of the Protecting People in Conflict and Crisis conference.	David Keen, Marc DuBois	11 January, 2010
Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2009 : Beyond Blankets: in search of political deals and durable solutions for the displaced	This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture which was on Wednesday 18th November 2009 at the Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford.	Jan Egeland	27 November, 2009
IASFM 12 Conference: Boundaries of Community	This podcast was recorded at the fourth plenary event of the 12th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) conference.	Paula Banjerjee, Peter Schatzer, Helen Muggeridge, Anneliese Baldaccini, Patricia Coelho	19 August, 2009
IASFM 12 Conference: State of Forced Migration Address Podcast	This podcast was recorded at opening address of the 12th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) conference.	Nicholas Van Hear	29 July, 2009
IGS Kaberry Lecture: Peace and Reconstruction in the Middle East: Where are the Women?	This podcast was recorded at the International Gender Studies Centre's Kaberry Commemorative Lecture which was on Thursday 27th May 2009 at St Anne's College, University of Oxford.	Maria Jaschok, Haleh Afshar	1 June, 2009
Sahrawi Disappeared: Dr Dawn Chatty: The Sahrawis	Dr Dawn Chatty, University of Oxford. The Sahrawis.	Dawn Chatty	30 April, 2009
Sahrawi Disappeared	This podcast was recorded between September 2002 and October 2007 in Algeria, Switzerland and the UK.	Philip Luther, Christian Viret, Sidi Omar	30 April, 2009
Escaping North Korea	This podcast was recorded at a talk and book signing by the author Mike Kim which was on Tuesday 10th March 2009 at St Antony's College, University of Oxford.	Mike Kim	27 March, 2009
RSC Astor Lecture : Obama's policy challenges and the future of US immigration	This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's Astor Lecture which was on Thursday 5th March 2009 at Rewley House, University of Oxford.	Dawn Chatty, Audrey Singer	10 March, 2009
Kurdish Forced Migration in Turkey	This podcast was recorded in May 2008 and presents an overview of Kurdish forced migration in Turkey with a particular focus on forced migration in the 1990s.	Simon James, Joost Jongerden, David Cuthell, Mustafa Gündoğdu	20 February, 2009
Interview with Oscar F. Gil-Garcaa	In this podcast Oscar F. Gil-Garcia is interviewed about his work on the photographic project 'Guatemalan forced migration: the politics of care in representing refugees'.	Sean Loughna, Oscar F. Gil-Garcia	3 July, 2008
Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2008	The Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture was on Wednesday 21st May 2008 at Somerville College, University of Oxford. Professor James C. Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science, Yale University gave the lecture on the subject of Zomia, Southeast Asia.	Roger Zetter, James C. Scott	27 May, 2008
Human Displacement and Climate Change in International Law	The first of The Hague Debates entitled "When home gets too hot: Human Displacement and Climate Change in International Law." The debate features Professor Roger Zetter, Director of the Refugee Studies Centre.	Yvo de Boer, Etienne Piguet, M.J. Mace, Roger Zetter, Barry Thorne	23 May, 2008
Iraqis in Jordan	Interviews with a number of Iraqi refugees now living in Jordan from a range of backgrounds and current situations.	Simon James	20 May, 2008
Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2007: HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan	HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan gave the 2007 Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture on the subject of human rights and refugees.	Prince El-Hassan bin Talal	30 November, 2007
Interview with Professor Elizabeth Colson	In this podcast Professor Elizabeth Colson is in conversation with Dr Anna Schmidt. Elizabeth Florence Colson is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.	Elizabeth Colson, Anna Schmidt	23 October, 2007
Interview with Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond	Professor Roger Zetter, Director of the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford interviews Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond, the founder and former Director of the Centre.	Roger Zetter, Barbara Harrell-Bond	8 August, 2007

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