FASoS workshop with Amitav Ghosh, on 24 January 2019

GTD will host a workshop on Thursday 24 January with the acclaimed Indian writer Amitav Ghosh, who will visit FASoS to receive an honorary doctorate during the Dies Natalis.

The first part of the workshop consists of a presentation by Amitav Ghosh on migration in the age of climate change, followed by an interactive workshop on storytelling in migration research.

If you would like to participate in either/both parts of the workshop, please read more below.

When: Thursday 24 January, 11.00 – 14.30
Where: Spiegelzaal, Grote Gracht 80-82

Workshop Programme

Part 1: 11.00 – 12.15 Presentation by Amitav Ghosh and Q&A

The Great Uprooting: Migration and Movement in the Age of Climate Change
It has long been predicted that climate change will lead to large-scale displacements of population and mass migration. Is it possible to look at the European ‘migrant crisis’ of recent years through this prism? This, and many other related questions, prompted me to travel to migrant camps in Italy in 2017, to interview migrants whose languages I am familiar with: that is to say speakers of Bengali, Hindi, Urdu and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. This talk is an attempt to identify some of the underlying patterns in the stories I was told by the migrants, in their own languages.

Please register before 11 January to attend this presentation. Limited places available.

12.15 – 12.45 Lunch

Part 2: 13.00- 14.30 workshop (only for selected participants)

Storytelling in historical and contemporary migration research
Research is about telling stories that are grounded in empirical and theoretical work. In this workshop early career researchers will discuss with Amitav Ghosh how to tell better stories, be it in their scientific writings or for wider audiences such as policy makers or teachers. We will discuss the challenges we face and exchange on questions such as how he deals with choices in his own work when developing his novels, where the main characters are often very idiosyncratic individuals with unique personalities, but their stories do feed into a larger narrative about historical periods. We would like to ask participants to prepare a brief (500-600 word) written reflection; details can be found in the attachment.

If you would like to participate in part 2 of the workshop, send your written reflection to Karlijn Haagsman (r.haagsman@maastrichtuniversity.nl) and Bilisuma Dito (bilisuma.dito@maastrichtuniversity.nl) by noon, 11 January the latest.

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