Venezuelan Migrants Face Diminishing Aid Amid Election Uncertainty
by Shandra Back
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 with one of our undergraduate fellows, Souhaila Nassar, 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 the wounded land of olives, martyrs, resistance, and return. My grandparents […]
The deadline for contributions has been extended through February 21st, 2025. 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 […]
The Center on Forced Displacement (CFD) is pleased to announce funding opportunities for innovative and interdisciplinary research projects focused on forced displacement. Funding is available on a rolling basis for both individual researchers and collaborative, interdisciplinary teams. Proposals should align with one or more of CFD's four research pillars: Healthy Lives and Meaningful Livelihoods Investigating the intersection […]
The Center on Forced Displacement is inviting calls for presentations for our 2025 annual conference, to be held April 7th and 8th, 2025 on our campus in Boston, MA. The conference will bring together interdisciplinary researchers, scholars, artists, practitioners, students, and engaged community members from around the world to discuss, debate and learn about the […]
The Newsletter Team sat down for an interview with one of our undergraduate fellows, Ben Nguyen, 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 Benjamin Nguyen. I am currently a sophomore at Boston […]
The Newsletter Team sat down for an interview with one of our research associates, Helen Lindsay, 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 grew up in Minnesota, and I moved to Boston for college. […]
CFD is currently accepting interest forms for the 2025 iteration of the Border Studies Program. Please submit the below interest form by November 29th, 2024. Interest form Why is the US-Mexico border so crucial to the national imaginary and political scene? How can we at Boston University make sense of challenges at the border and […]
Center on Forced Displacement (CFD) opens a call for applications for its third Summer School on Forced Displacement to be held May 24 – June 8, 2025 in Belgrade, Serbia. This program is created in partnership with the Faculty of Political Science in Belgrade. Please apply using this form. Applications are due November 29th, 2024. […]