Programme: British Academy funded workshop at Sussex

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Challenging the us and them: Rethinking Experiences of Outward Migration and Public Attitudes towards Immigration in Europe 

16-17 January 2023, University of Sussex 

 

Monday 16 January: Setting the scene 

9.00-9.30 

Arrival + tea/coffee 

9.30-9.45 

Welcome & introductions – chaired by Charlotte Taylor 

9.45-11.00 

Panel 1: Sharing and shaping migration narratives 

  • The Migration Museum - Liberty Melly [online] 
  • The In Limbo Project - Elena Remigi [online] 
  • Chaired by Kristian Shaw 

11.00-11.30 

Coffee 

11.30-13.00 

Panel 2: Migration and the Work of Film Curation  

  • bi’bak - Esra Akkaya
  • London Migration Collective - Lily Parrot/Laura Stahnke
  • Chaired by Gozde Naibolgu 

13.00-14.00 

Lunch 

14.00-14.45 

Position paper: Migration by other names: expatriates, migrants and the politics of mobility categories - Sarah Kunz (University of Essex - Sociology)

Chaired by Tabea Scharrer 

14.45-16.00 

Small-group discussion: (Mediated) experiences of outward migration and dominant migration narratives


 

Day 1 is open to all and free to attend but registration is required due to space limitations. Please email charlotte.taylor@sussex.ac.uk to register.  


 

Tuesday 17 January: Interdisciplinary discussion and future directions 

9.30-11.00 

PANEL 1 

  • Charlotte Taylor (University of Sussex - Linguistics) 

  • Kristian Shaw (University of Lincoln - Literature) 

  • Gozde Naiboglu (University of Leicester – Film Studies) 

  • Tabea Scharrer (Leipzig University – Social Anthropology) 


11.00-11.30 

Coffee 

11.30-13.00 

PANEL 2  

  • Sofia Lampropoulou (University of Liverpool – English Language) & Sam Bennett (Adam Mickiewicz University – Discourse Studies) 

  • Simon Goodman (De Montford University – Psychology) 

  • Sawsan Abdelghany (University of Glasgow – Heritage Language) 


13.00-14.00 

Lunch 

14.00-16.00 

Project design  

 

Day 2 is by invitation only. Please email charlotte.taylor@sussex.ac.uk for more information. 

 

 

With thanks to the British Academy for funding this workshop. 


NB this version is a draft and subject to change

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