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 Newsletter Team sat down for an interview with one of our postdoctoral associates, Yanina Nahum, 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'm originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, but I moved to the U.S. […]
Maureen Lothrop Magnan works at Sharon Elementary School, and participated in CFD's Summer Workshop on Forced Displacement for K-12 Teachers. Read her reflections about the week below. In education, there is undeniable power in listening to the stories of others—stories that challenge our perspectives, evoke empathy, and transform the way we teach and learn. During […]
The Newsletter Team sat down for an interview with one of our graduate fellows, Noah Veloz, for an interview about their work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD Team: Tell us a bit about yourself. I’m originally from Southern California. I have moved around a lot including […]
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 Summer Fellows Program offers graduate students (enrolled in master’s or doctoral programs) from across Boston University an opportunity to engage in expanding their research skills and designing and organizing qualitative research workshops, training materials, and contributing to the Center's overall research program development. The 10-week fellowship (June 2024 – August […]
The Newsletter Team sat down for an interview with one of our student researchers, Pranjal Kumar, for an interview about his work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD Team: Tell us a bit about yourself. My name is Pranjal Kumar, I am a Kilachand Honors College student […]
Our presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Conference in San Francisco was very well received, and we learned a ton that will advance this research. Participants in our panel were particularly interested in how we reframed our work away from “experiential learning” or “field work” (the term most often used in International Studies) to […]
The Newsletter Team sat down for an interview with one of our student researchers, Liam Reynolds, for an interview about his work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD Team: Tell us a bit about yourself. I am from Long Island, New York. I am a history major […]