The Center on Forced Displacement fosters interdisciplinary research and engagement with the global challenge of forced displacement. We bring together multidisciplinary teams of researchers, practitioners, and artists from across schools and colleges at Boston University, around the country, and around the world.
CFD’s Annual Conferences bring together interdisciplinary scholars, researchers, artists, practitioners, students and engaged community members from around the world to discuss, debate and learn about the myriad challenges faced by forcibly displaced communities and ethical, practical, evidence-based and rigorous approaches to address these challenges.
Critical Forced Displacement (CFD) Magazine is an interdisciplinary, international, open-access magazine published by Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement and featuring articles, essays, art, and argument concerned with forced displacement.
The Boston University Center on Forced Displacement (CFD) invites applications for the 2026 Summer Program on Migration and Borders, a two-week intensive program designed for graduate students (MA, MPhil, PhD) whose research focuses on migration and/or displacement in any regional or thematic context. The submission deadline is December 30, 2025. The Summer Program on Migration […]
CFD has partnered with Save the Children, an international NGO championing the rights of children across the globe. Newsletter Director Autumn Bachofen interviewed Amy Karageorgos, Senior Advisor for Disability Rights and Inclusion at Save the Children US to learn more about Save the Children's history, projects, aspirations, and partnership with CFD. CFD Team: Tell us […]
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our post-baccalaureate research fellows, Maryam Khalil, for an interview about her work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD Team: Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? What are you studying or researching? A lot of places […]
Critical Forced Displacement (CFD) Magazine is an interdisciplinary, international, open-access magazine published by Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement and featuring articles, essays, art, and argument concerned with forced displacement. Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement invites contributions to our interdisciplinary, multi-genre magazine. The magazine, published quarterly, will bring together a variety of original works […]
The Center on Forced Displacement invites submissions for posters for our 2025 annual conference, to be held April 13th and 14th, 2026 on our campus in Boston, MA. Our poster session will be held one of the two days of the conference. The hybrid conference will bring together interdisciplinary researchers, scholars, artists, practitioners, students, and […]
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our undergraduate fellows, Gianna Boria Roman, for an interview about her work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD Team: Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? What are you studying? My name is Gianna Boria, and […]
Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement invites applications for a two-year post-doctoral scholar position developing projects with a focus on displacement and disability. To apply, please submit 1) a cover letter that describes how your teaching and research/creative interests fit within the mission of the Center on Forced Displacement and how you will contribute to […]
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our undergraduate fellows, Ninel Petrosyan, for an interview about her work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD Team: Tell us a bit about yourself. I am originally from Los Angeles, California, but my family moved to Sacramento when I […]