Are you a member of a minority group residing in Cornwall or Scotland? Do you enjoy creativity? The project ‘“How Home Feels”: Inclusivity and Community-Making in the Celtic Promontories of Scotland and Cornwall’ is seeking multi-media contributions from minority residents of Cornwall and Scotland which explore and express what Cornwall and Scotland mean to you … Read more
The CMR Podcast is back with its third season! We are so proud of all involved in the last two seasons and can’t wait to hear a new group of talented students ready to share their research interests. Please join us in our latest and first episode of the third season. Environmental Justice and Persons … Read more
CMR is pleased to announce the second edition of the Centre-led online course. A 2-week intensive and bespoke professional development course on Humanitarian Intervention and Displacement, delivered by an interdisciplinary network of leading University of St Andrews experts. For more information about the course visit the Short Course page
The Borderworlds Conference happened in June 6th to 9th at the Monday 24th at the Charles University. It was an exciting three days of presentations and discussions with our colleagues in Prague, expanding the notion of borderworlds. From the University of St. Andrews, Dr Stavroula Pipyrou and PhD Candidates Camila Ferreira Marinelli, Rory Cassie, and Christina … Read more
The Erasures in Iraq will be an online event on the 15th of April 2024. The objective is to highlight under-researched, under-assisted, and under-recognised communities in contemporary Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. We are open to presentations or discussions surrounding any communities and any themes. ‘Communities’ and ‘erasure’ can be broadly defined. Please send any queries … Read more
We are pleased to share the success of its first Centre-led interdisciplinary online course for professional development. Displacement and Humanitarian Intervention ran for two weeks in collaboration with Graduate School for Interdisciplinary Studies, offering bespoke sessions delivered by twelve experts from the University of St Andrews. Sixteen participants from four countries attended praxis-based workshops, lectures, group … Read more
Join us for the “Borderworlds” roundtable this Monday 24th at the Hebdomadar’s Room, St Salvator’s Quad, University of St Andrews, from 10pm to 1pm. This roundtable discussion is part of the broader “Borderworlds” project in collaboration with Charles University. This roundtable will be followed by a Conference in Prague in June 6th to 9th . Both events … Read more
We are thrilled to invite you to the launch of “Minoritarian Liberalism: A Travesti Life in a Brazilian Favela,” a book by Moisés Lino e Silva (Universidade Federal da Bahia). The book examines the lives of residents in a favela in Brazil and their encounters with the state and law, and how minoritarian liberalism plays a role … Read more
You are welcome to attend the latest CMR seminar series. The event will bring together scholars working across disciplines on migration, colonialism, othering, diversity, and indigeneity beyond conventional text-centred interpretations, to explore the social, experiential, affective and relational dimensions of performative approaches. Focusing on the senses, new technologies, disability, dance, music, theatre, martial arts, sports … Read more
We are very happy to share a new series “Routledge Advances in Minority Studies” which Stavroula Pypirou is co-editing with Kyriaki Topidi of the European Centre for Minority Issues. The series will be home to interdisciplinary approaches to intersectional understandings of minorities.