Engineering a Holistic Response to the Global Crisis of Forced Displacement
The Center on Forced Displacement Announces CFD Annual Conference Keynote Speaker: Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Center on Forced Displacement is excited to announce that the keynote speaker for the inaugural CFD Annual Conference is Nobel Laureate, Abdulrazak Gurnah. Gurnah is the celebrated author of novels, as well as critical studies of postcolonial literature. He grew up on the island of Zanzibar but was forcibly displaced when, in the 1960s, the […]
Call for Applications – Summer Program on Forced Migration and Borders
Center on Forced Displacement (CFD) opens a call for applications for its first Summer Program on Forced Migration and Borders to be held July 17 – 29, 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia. Program Background and Objectives Long before the beginning of the migration “crisis” in 2015, the US and the European Union began working on establishing […]
CFD Awarded 2023 Seed Grants
Center on Forced Displacement team is delighted to share that our committee has selected five projects to be awarded inaugural CFD seed grants. The Center supports research and engagement with forced displacement and humanitarian emergencies that is truly interdisciplinary and of the highest scholarly and ethical standards. CFD is interested in new ideas, technologies, scholarship, […]
BU Center for Innovation in Social Science discuss CFD with Professors Zaman and Preston
CFD’s directors, Professor Zaman and Professor Preston talks about their vision for the Center on Forced Displacement in an interview with Boston University’s Center for Innovation in Social Science. Learn more about Professors Zaman and Preston in a Q&A interview with CISS communications intern Lily Belisle. Read the full article here.
Preston and Zaman Speak on Panel on Forced Displacement Crisis
Carrie Preston and Muhammad Zaman, Faculty Research Fellows at the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and co-founders of the new University-wide Center on Forced Displacement (CFD), recently participated in a panel discussion on forced displacement. The event, which was hosted by Boston University Global Programs as part of its 2022 International Education Week, featured an interdisciplinary panel […]
CFD Interview With Anne Merewood and Farzana Hakimi from CHEER in Greece
CHEERing is an international NGO based in Athens, Greece, dedicated to improving maternal child health and promoting preventive health in refugee populations. [CHEERing] provides direct support in refugee camps and communities, training for students, medical professionals and volunteers who work daily with refugee populations, and evaluation and monitoring. Their Grow Clinics support mothers and babies […]
After Meeting Five of the Migrants Sent to Martha’s Vineyard: Sanctuary and Hospitality by Carrie Preston
They couldn’t know they are famous as they stepped into our seminar room, where twelve students had gathered for a volunteer orientation with the resettlement agency and welcome dinner. They are not famous as individuals; they are among the more than seven million Venezuelans who have fled political disfunction and economic disaster in their country […]
Center on Forced Displacement Seed Grants – Call for Applications
The Center on Forced Displacement (CFD) serves as a platform for educators, students, researchers, activists, and policymakers to engage in interdisciplinary research, discussion, and education about forced displacement. Through interdisciplinary, international collaboration, we identify, research, and work to resolve challenges of forced displacement, one of the major moral imperatives of our time. By connecting with […]
An Interview With CFD Advisory Board Member Margareta Matache
Dr. Margareta (Magda) Matache is an activist and scholar who has long been involved in the Roma movement. She has a PhD in Political Science from the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Bucharest, and a Master in Public Administration from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Currently, she is […]