Lecture Series: FORCED MIGRATION, winter term 2026/27
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, different forms of vulnerability and protection, refugee agency and collective action, and the everyday negotiation of institutional constraints. It also examines issues of local reception, participation and support, linking broader debates on European migration governance with experiences and practices in specific national and local contexts.
European University Viadrina | Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION
Start date: 21 October 2026
End date: 3 February 2027
Time: Wednesdays, 4–6 pm (except 25 November, 2–4 pm)
Format: Online, except for the final on-site hybrid round-table discussion
Please register here once for all lectures of the “Forced Migration” series:
https://forms.europa-uni.de/form/alias/EUV/forced-migration-lecture-series/
Please register here separately for the round table discussion on February 3rd: https://forms.europa-uni.de/form/alias/EUV/roundtable
Please find more information about the events in the lecture series on the homepage of the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION: www.borders-in-motion.de
Preliminary report on the lecture series on the Viadrina news portal:
https://www.europa-uni.de/de/universitaet/kommunikation/newsportal/2026/20261013-ringvorlesung-forced-migration/index.html
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