The conference will be Wednesday 8th – Friday 10th July 2020, St Andrews, Scotland Check out the conference website here. The 3rd International Conference on Migration and Mobilities (iMigMob) is being hosted by the University of St Andrews 8th-10th July 2020. This three-day conference builds on the successes of the first two iMigMob conferences (in … Read more
*** this blog post is translated into English below *** Da luta à melodia Bem vindo ao nosso blog! Esta é a primeira publicação do blog do projeto Novos modelos de educação escolar entre indígenas e quilombolas no Brasil, feito em parceria pelo CMR e a FaE/UFMG. Aqui você pode acompanhar os trabalhos recentes da … Read more
Director and Founder of CMR, Dr. Stavroula Pipyrou, has been invited to give the keynote lecture at a workshop tomorrow, held by the Conflict and Security Cluster of the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), called “Insecurity from Below: Minorities, Security and Securitisation of Group Relations”, in Flensburg, Germany. Stavroula Pipyrou’s talk will be “On … Read more
CMR is pleased to announce a new collaborative project which focuses on Minority Education in Brazil. We will capture education models among Indigenous and Quilombola minorities in Brazil, in a time when minorities and minority education is under explicit threat from the Brazilian government. These will form the basis for a unique interactive online archive … Read more
You’re invited! The St Andrews Fair Saturday International Ceilidh is organised by the Centre for Minorities Research of the University of St Andrews and the Fife Centre for Equalities (FCE) for people from all nationalities and ethnicities and celebrate St Andrews Day on the principles of social inclusion, fairness and sharing. Join us for some food … Read more
The Fife Centre for Equalities is hosting an event on human trafficking and modern day slavery. 10:30am-12:30pm Friday, November 8th, 2019 Gillespie Centre in Dunfermline. The event is free, however requires registration. This event is particularly targeted at local professionals, although all are welcome. CMR’s Kathryn Fredricks will be attending, representing CMR. ~~~~ Event Description: … Read more
Thursday 31st October at 4 pm at St Mary’s College, Lecture Room 1. Igiaba Scego, born in Rome to a family of Somali origins, is a well-known writer, journalist and activist. She will be discussing race in Italian society today as well as her recent non-fiction title, Al Roma Negata: Percorsi postcoloniali nella città (Ediesse), about Italy’s negated colonial … Read more
We are very happy to announce the Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG), and the Centre for Minorities Research, University of St Andrews. The general purpose is to acknowledge a mutual desire to establish specific educational relations and cooperation between the two Institutions in … Read more
We are very happy to announce the Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Messina, Department of Cognitive Science, Psychology, Pedagogy and Cultural Studies (Dipartimento di Scienze cognitive, psicologiche, pedagogiche e degli studi culturali), and the Centre for Minorities Research, University of St Andrews. The general purpose is to acknowledge a mutual desire to establish … Read more
The 2019/20 Young Women Lead (YWL) Project The Project is aimed at recruiting young women (30yrs and under) and seeks to increase the political participation of young women. The 2019/20 project is aimed specifically at young women from minority ethnic communities. The first half of Young Women Lead will consist of training workshops on topics such as … Read more