Dialogues in Refugee Studies

In this monograph, scholar, composer, and musician Jessie Cox highlights the experiences of Black Swiss individuals through the mediums of sound and music. Being a Black Swiss himself, Cox affirms the importance of Black life expressed through sound while also critiquing the anti-Blackness that results in erasure, silence, and limitations. Through his analyses, Cox delves into the complexities of...

In her groundbreaking research, Magdalena Slavkova combines historical and ethnographic viewpoints, making a notable contribution to our understanding of Romani evangelicalism. This phenomenon emerged in Bulgaria at the beginning of the 20th century, well before many other European nations, with various missionaries, such as Methodists, Baptists, and later Pentecostals, engaging with the Roma. The...

This scholarly monograph investigates a relatively unexamined diaspora that traces its roots back to the Greek Aegean Island of Ikaria. Ikaria is a small, isolated island located close to the Turkish coastline. It has a rich and independent history, characterized by times of autonomy and self-rule, including the short-lived Free State of Ikaria in 1912, which arose from the Ikarian Revolution agai...

This book features twelve short stories and novellas that delve into immigrant narratives and dislocations that are both deeply personal and universally significant. These tales recount past lives and loves, memories that are both delicate and sometimes unreliable, and our connections to larger historical narratives. They also reflect the Soviet Jewish experience during what was perceived as &apos...

This ethnography examines the experiences of Bhutanese refugees who fled their homeland, spent time in camps in Nepal, and eventually settled in the markedly different culture of Australia. During this process, they come to understand how humanitarian compassion can be manipulated to oppress, restrict, and diminish human rights. However, they also discover that this charitable system has small ope...

For the sixty thousand German Jews who fled Nazi Germany and found refuge in Mandatory Palestine from 1933 to 1940, migration signified radical transformations: it altered their professional and cultural lives and confronted them with a new language, climate, and society. This book intertwines German-Jewish and Israeli history, narrating the story of German-Jewish migration to Mandatory Palestine/...

The Hazaras of Afghanistan have faced the consequences of many destructive forces that began with the formation of the Afghan monarchy in 1747. Their relationship with the Afghan state has been characterized by numerous episodes of ethnic cleansing, mass dispossession, forced displacement, enslavement, and social and economic marginalization.  Mainly Shia in a country that is predominantly Sunni M...

In contrast to most theoretical discussions on immigration that commence with philosophical ideas and subsequently derive conclusions from them, this book adopts a distinct approach. It starts with actual cases and immigration policies from the United States, Mexico, Central America, and Colombia to assess immigration control and prepare us to confront it. Each chapter begins with particular immig...