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The View from Other Shores: The Global Refugee

Hosted by the Department of International History

Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE, United Kingdom

Speaker

Professor Joya Chatterji

Professor Joya Chatterji

Professor of South Asian History, University of Cambridge

Chair

Professor Matthew Jones

Professor Matthew Jones

Professor of International History and Head of Department

Department of International History Annual Public Lecture

Since World War II, 95% percent of the world’s refugees have stayed in the global south, close to their regions of origin. This lecture examined how the ‘global refugee’ was constituted by international conventions, national laws and the practices of humanitarianism of international aid agencies. Drawing on decades of research, it offered an anti-Eurocentric critique of these policies, which have enabled cruelty and inaction to pass for rehabilitation.

Joya Chatterji is Professor of South Asian History at the University of Cambridge.

Matthew Jones is Professor of International History at LSE and Head of Department.

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The Department of International History (@lsehistory) teaches and conducts research on the international history of Britain, Europe and the world from the early modern era up to the present day.

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