Fwd: Courses: Application deadline approaching! International Summer School in Forced Migration, Refugee Studies Centre

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN FORCED MIGRATION
Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
4-22 July 2016
Venue: Oxford Department of International Development/Wadham College, Oxford

Closing date for applications: 1 May 2016.
Closing date for receipt of all course fees: 15 May 2016

Now in its 27th year!

The Summer School offers an intensive, interdisciplinary and participative approach to the study of forced migration. It aims to enable people working with refugees and forced migrants to examine critically the forces and institutions that dominate the world of the displaced.

The Summer School is principally designed for policymakers and practitioners working on refugee and related issues, normally with several years' work experience. Participants typically include staff of the main refugee, migration and humanitarian international organisations; staff from refugee, human rights and humanitarian NGOs; government officials working on refugee protection and related issues; scholars and researchers working directly on refugee and forced migration issues; practicing lawyers and advocates working on refugee and human rights law pertaining to forced migrants; journalists, commentators and activists working on refugee protection and the human rights of forced migrants.

Summer School Tutors 2016:

We are delighted to announce yet another year of excellent tutors. Joining the Summer School as a tutor is Catherine Briddick. Ms Briddick has ten years' experience providing legal advice and engaging in legal advocacy on issues relating to forced migration and human rights law in the UK. Catherine is a barrister and has been involved in the management and delivery of legal services in the not-for-profit sector, as well as advising and representing individuals directly before courts and tribunals. She is currently Chair of Asylum Aid, an independent, national charity working to secure protection for people seeking refuge in the UK from persecution and human rights abuses. Catherine received her LLM in Human Rights Law from the LSE with Distinction. She is currently reading for a DPhil in Law at the University of Oxford. She teaches at the Refugee Studies Centre and has previously taught Public International Law and International Human Rights Law at the LSE.

Returning to the Summer School having previously tutored:

•       Dr Jeff Crisp has served as Head of Policy Development and Evaluation at UNHCR, as Director of Policy and Research in the Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM) and as Senior Director for Policy and Advocacy with Refugees International. He has first-hand experience of humanitarian programmes and UN operations in more than 60 countries throughout the world and has published and lectured extensively on refugee, migration and humanitarian issues. He has a PhD in African Studies from the University of Birmingham.
•       Dr Cathryn Costello is Andrew W. Mellon Associate Professor in International Human Rights and Refugee Law, at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford and Summer School Director.
•       Dr Tom Scott-Smith is Associate Professor of Refugee Studies and Forced, Course Director for the MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration and Deputy Director of the Summer School.
•       Dr Maryanne Loughry is a psychologist who has been associated with Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) since 1988 when she commenced work in the Indochinese refugee camps in the Philippines and Vietnamese Detention Centres in Hong Kong. Presently Dr Loughry is Associate Director of JRS Australia and a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Human Rights and International Justice and the School of Social Work at Boston College and a Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Prior to this she was the Pedro Arrupe tutor at the University of Oxford, Refugee Studies Centre.
•       Ms Liesbeth Schockhaert is a Legal Advisor and Trainer specialised in humanitarian and refugee law. She holds an LL.M. with honours from the University of Ghent and an M.Sc. in International Politics from the University of Edinburgh. She also studied European Law at the Universidad de León. Liesbeth has over fourteen years of field experience in displacement settings and has both conducted fact-finding missions, participatory assessments and evaluations. Liesbeth has both worked for non-governmental organisations like MSF, ECRE and the UN (UNHCR).

Closing Lecture 2016:

We are pleased to announce that the closing lecture this year will be given by Emeritus Professor Guy S Goodwin-Gill.

Full details of the Summer School including how to apply, entry requirements, dates and fees can be found at: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/summer-school

For all Summer School enquiries, please contact summer.school@qeh.ox.ac.uk

As the Summer School is typically oversubscribed, we recommend that you apply early.

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