Jane Freedman: Intersectional Vulnerabilities and the Boundaries of Forced Migration

Lecture Series: FORCED MIGRATION
20 January 2027, 4.15–5.45 pm

online

Jane Freedman (Université Paris 8)
Intersectional Vulnerabilities and the Boundaries of Forced Migration [EN]

 

This lecture examines how gender, age, nationality, religion, class, legal status and other social positions intersect in shaping experiences of displacement, vulnerability, violence and resilience.

It asks how particular differences and protection needs are identified, governed and prioritised within asylum and humanitarian systems. It also critically examines the distinction between forced and voluntary migration and considers how gendered and structural inequalities complicate this binary.

 

Moderators: Marija Grujić/Kira Kosnick (Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION)

Please register here once for all online events in the ‘Forced Migration’ lecture series:
https://forms.europa-uni.de/form/alias/EUV/forced-migration-lecture-series/

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FORCED MIGRATION – Lecture Series, Winter Semester 2026/2027

The lecture series is organised by the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION and brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on forced migration, borders, asylum and the reception of refugees. It examines how experiences of displacement are shaped by immigration and asylum regimes, legal insecurity, racialisation, gendered and intersectional inequalities, and changing infrastructures of border control and reception.

Combining theoretical debate with empirical research and perspectives from policy, activism and practice, the series addresses border externalisation and violence, differentiated forms of vulnerability and protection, refugee agency and collective action, and the everyday negotiation of institutional constraints. It also considers questions of local reception, participation and support, linking wider debates on European migration governance with experiences and practices in specific national and local contexts.