Critical Global Politics Talk - Dr Amira Halperin
| Dates: | 20 March 2024 |
|---|
| Times: | 15:00 - 16:00 |
|---|
| What is it: | Seminar |
|---|
| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
|---|
|
|
The Critical Global Politics Cluster will be hosting a talk by Dr Amira Halperin on the topic of ’The Palestinian Refugees- from Gaza & the West Bank to the UK - Past, Present and Future Perspectives’. It will be held on Wednesday 20th of March 3.00-4.00pm. Please see below for more information about this talk. This will be a hybrid event so you will also find details of the zoom link that you need if you are joining us online for this talk as well as the room details (for those joining us in person). Please also fee free to share with students who you believe may be interested.
Time and Date: Wednesday 20 March 3-4pm
Room: ALB boardroom
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94598599902
Meeting ID: 945 9859 9902
Abstract:
'Following the outbreak of Israel - Hamas War, a new refugee crisis in the Middle East erupted, with the displacement of millions of Palestinians in Gaza. The UK Government potential support became an issue of a political debate. Dr Amira Halperin’s talk focuses on her pioneering research of the Palestinian community in the UK, a community in which many of the members define themselves as refugees. Her work is based on first sources of information, as she achieved unprecedented access to the Palestinian community in the United Kingdom. The talk would shed a light on the Palestinians political aspirations and activism in the online sphere, and the refugee status of the Palestinians. Amira would engage the audience with the challenges she encountered being an outsider researcher, interviewing the other side of the vicious ongoing Israeli - Palestinian conflict.’
Bio
Dr Amira Halperin (Collaborator, The University of British Columbia Centre for Migration Studies) is a media scholar who specializes in migration and communication technology. In the last decade, she has been working in Europe, North America, East Asia and the Middle East. During this period, she has been collaborating with Nongovernmental Organizations, and the UK and the Canadian Governments. Her book, ‘The Use of New Media by the Palestinian Diaspora in the United Kingdom’ (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018), is based on pioneering research of the Palestinian community in the UK. Amira has been interviewed in the international media as an expert of migration policy, Middle Eastern refugee integration, policy and emerging technologies. Her recent media article was published in China Daily Global Edition: “Tech can help address refugee crisis beyond Ukraine”, March 2022. Previously, Amira worked as an Investigative Broadcast Journalist for large media organisations, including BBC Television. Dr Amira Halperin holds an MA in International Journalism and a PhD in Communication and Media from the University of Westminster.
Travel and Contact Information
Find event
Hanson Room
Humanities Bridgeford Street
Manchester
