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International Summer School in Forced Migration
Currently millions of people are suffering the trauma of being driven from their homes by a range of factors, including war, repressive regimes and natural disasters. Many have been forced to take refuge across national borders, whilst others are displaced within their own countries. The scale of forced migration is of growing concern, not least because its burden falls most heavily on the world's poorest nations.
Understanding the causes and consequences of forced migration, and possessing the practical skills to deal effectively with its challenges, is essential both to the development of effective programmes to assist refugees, and to addressing the root causes of human displacement. The complex nature of the refugee experience demands an independent, interdisciplinary approach by those who work with refugees.
The Refugee Studies Centre's International Summer School, 7 - 25 July 2003, aims to provide participants with a deeper and broader understanding of the forces and institutions that generate, maintain, and influence responses to displaced people. Participants examine: different views of the nature of forced migration; the historical context of forced migration and its location within broader regional and global processes; the multifaceted realities faced by forced migrants; and the character of current responses to displacement. Through lectures, group discussions, case studies, simulations and individual study, the School offers those involved in humanitarian assistance the opportunity to study, learn, and reflect upon their own and others' experiences in a setting removed from the day-to-day pressures of work. Participants have ready access to the RSC Library, which holds the world's largest collection of unpublished literature in the area of forced migration. The Summer School is an intensive, full-time course of study requiring participation throughout. It is residential and is held at Wadham College. The Summer School has 15 working days and is divided into three blocks, covering: Nature of Forced Migration; Causes, Patterns and Consequences of Forced Migration; and Contemporary responses to displacement at institutional and ground levels.
For More Information
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/main_summer.html
category: Upcoming Events : Educational Programs
contributed by Andrea Welch on 13 January 2003
Global : United Kingdom
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