CFD Team Spotlight: Cat Abou-Khalil, Graduate Fellow
The Newsletter Team sat down for an interview with one of our graduate fellows, Catherine Abou-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. I’m born and raised in Massachusetts! I will talk about this in […]
Cross-Disciplinary Conversation Must Be Our Priority – Reflections on Climate Displacement and Migration from CFD Director of Programs Marina Lazetic
Boston University’s Initiative on Cities and the University of Toronto’s School of Cities organized a workshop on climate displacement in Toronto on September 28th. I traveled to present the Center on Forced Displacement’s research on climate-related migrations and displacement. The goal of this workshop was to bring scholars from different disciplines together to share their […]
CFD Team Spotlight: Micah Trautmann, Graduate Fellow
The Newsletter Team sat down for an interview with one of our graduate fellows, Micah Trautmann, 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 was born and bred in New England, which always comes home […]
Amal Walks Across America, First Steps in Boston by Carrie J. Preston
My family and I walked for a few blocks in East Boston with Little Amal, a twelve-foot-tall puppet of a ten-year old Syrian refugee child, just as she was beginning a 6,000-mile journey from Boston, MA to San Diego, CA. “I want to get closer, but I’m a little scared of her,” said my seven-year-old […]
CFD Team Spotlight: Shandra Back, Podcast Director and Student Fellow
The Newsletter Team sat down for an interview with our Podcast Director, Shandra Back, 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 Portland, Oregon. I am a journalism major and political science minor […]
Reflections from 2023 Summer Program on Forced Migration and Borders
From July 17 through July 29 2023, CFD held a Summer Program on Forced Migration and Borders at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Science in Belgrade, Serbia. This project was designed and spearheaded by the CFD Director of Programs, Marina Lazetic, in partnership with the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, Faculty […]