Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies; the Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program; and Madison College.
In coming decades, we are likely to see rising numbers of refugees worldwide, reaching up to 1.2 billion people in motion by 2050. This workshop will offer ideas and information useful to teaching current students in the context of past and impending global transformations. Experts on international migration will discuss the processes that dehumanize refugees, along with ways to re-humanize them and counter dangerous trends that can lead to indifference, fear or violence. The workshop continues conversations from The Growing Crisis of Refugees and Statelessness workshop of 2020, while offering new insights on unfolding events and optimistic perspectives on possibilities for the future.
Featured speakers:
Tyrell Haberkorn (Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at UW-Madison)
Sara McKinnon (Professor of Rhetoric, Politics & Culture at UW-Madison)
Ingrid Jordt (Associate Professor of Anthropology at UW-Milwaukee)
Participants will have the chance to work directly with the workshop’s speakers to develop new material for their courses.
All participants will be eligible to receive a professional development digital badge from Madison College.
Up to 15 participants traveling an hour or more are eligible for a free night at The Edgewater Hotel on November 3rd. Send an email as soon as possible to secure this opportunity, but at the latest by October 1.
In addition, the first 10 registrants will receive a FREE copy of Gendered Asylum: Race and Violence in U.S. Law and Politics, a fascinating book by one of our featured speakers, Professor Sara McKinnon.
Registration is now open, and is capped at 35. There is a nominal registration fee of $35.
Find out more on the official ~ Workshop website ~