Welcoming Strangers

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Description

An international, interdisciplinary postgraduate conference. This unique event drew together cutting-edge research from a wide spectrum of disciplines including Film Studies, Music, English, German and Diaspora Studies. It aimed to promote interdisciplinary dialogue, catalyse debate, bring new perspectives, and pose new questions to some of the most pressing and exciting issues surrounding migration, mobility, identity, and globalisation.
The event was organised by a team of postgraduate students at Royal Holloway under the leadership of Daniela Berghahn and was part of her HARC Fellowship. The Keynote speakers were: Professor Robin Cohen (University of Oxford) and Professor Stephanie Donald (RMIT Melbourne, Australia).
Period27 Apr 2012
Event typeOther
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