CFD Team Spotlight: Ninel Petrosyan, Undergraduate Fellow
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 […]
CFD Team Spotlight: Ece Celikkol, Graduate Fellow
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our graduate fellows, Ece Celikkol, 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 from Turkiye and I will be graduating in May, finishing my master’s in […]
CFD Team Spotlight: Cemile Dincer, Postdoctoral Associate
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our postdoctoral associates, Cemile Dincer, 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 from Turkey, Ankara. I am a feminist researcher working at the intersections of […]
CFD Team Spotlight: Dorsa Ghazanfari, Undergraduate Fellow
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our undergraduate fellows, Dorsa Ghazanfari, 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. My name is Dorsa Ghazanfari and I am from Scottsdale, Arizona (very different climate than […]
CFD Team Spotlight: Rashmina Sayeeda, Research Associate
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our research associates, Rashmina Sayeeda, 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 from Albany, NY –home to the biggest Walmart in the U.S. (admittedly, not the […]
CFD Team Spotlight: Souhaila Nassar, Graduate Fellow
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our graduate 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 […]
Call for Contributions: Critical Forced Displacement Volume 3
The deadline for contributions has been extended through February 28th, 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 […]
Funding Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research on Forced Displacement
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 […]
Call For Presentations: 2025 Annual Conference
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 […]
CFD Team Spotlight: Ben Nguyen, Undergraduate Fellow
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 […]