Migration – Darwin College Lecture Series 2018

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Created: 2018-01-18 17:27
Institution: Darwin College
Description: In the second term of every academic year since 1986 Darwin College has organised a series of eight public lectures. Each series has been built around a single theme, approached in a multi-disciplinary way, and with each lecture prepared for a general audience by a leading authority on his or her subject. The theme of the 2018 lecture series is "Migration".
Website: http://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/lectures
 

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Animal Migration

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The extraordinary synchrony of motion exhibited as a flock of birds arcs overhead, or a school of fish turns, as a ripple of light, is captivating. Like some animate fluid the...

Collection: Migration – Darwin College Lecture Series 2018

Institution: Darwin College

Created: Tue 13 Mar 2018


Art and Migration

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This lecture performance will present art by and about the migrant, created in workshops run for detainees awaiting deportation from the UK. Documentary photography, drawings,...

Collection: Migration – Darwin College Lecture Series 2018

Institution: Darwin College

Created: Wed 21 Feb 2018


Black and British Migration

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David Olusoga:

Migration is the most controversial political topic in the Britain of 2018. Issues around migration underpinned and informed much of the BREXIT debate and infuse...

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Institution: Darwin College

Created: Tue 23 Jan 2018


Disease Migration

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Dr. Eva Harris: Dengue and Zika are mosquito-borne viral diseases that consitute major public health and medical problems worldwide. Dengue has been a scourge for decades and only...

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Created: Mon 19 Feb 2018


Immigration and Freedom

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Chandran Kukatha:
Restrictions on the movement of people to the countries developed west are often defended on the grounds that it is necessary to protect the liberal democratic...

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Institution: Darwin College

Created: Mon 29 Jan 2018


Migration in Science

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Progress in science depends on a rapid exchange of ideas and exposure to new approaches and viewpoints. Historically, this progress has been accelerated by the movement of people....

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Institution: Darwin College

Created: Tue 6 Mar 2018


Refugees and Migration

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How, in a world of modern nation states, shared prosperity, and boundless capabilities can refugees and migrants on the move today find themselves exposed to kidnapping for...

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Institution: Darwin College

Created: Mon 12 Feb 2018


The Partition of India and Migration

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The Partition of the Indian subcontinent 70 years ago along religious lines, saw the largest migration in human history, outside war and famine. Millions were on the move in both...

Collection: Migration – Darwin College Lecture Series 2018

Institution: Darwin College

Created: Thu 1 Mar 2018