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CFD Conversations
by Boston University Center on Forced Displacement
As forced displacement numbers continue to rise worldwide, new minds are needed to enter the solution sphere. Join us monthly for conversations about the complexities of forced displacement with researchers, practitioners and artists from across the globe. This podcast is produced by Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement. For more information about research and events, check out our website: https://www.bu.edu/cfd/
Episodes
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Technology-Facilitated Labor Trafficking: Challenges and Progress in Human Rights Law with Julie Dahlstrom
Professor Julie Dahlstrom, Director of the Immigrant Rights and Human Trafficking Program at BU School of Law, discusses the progression and regression of human trafficking law in the United States. From an aspiring neurosurgeon to a humanitarian advocate in Thai detention centers, Dahlstrom…
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The Fulbright Experience: Questioning the Purpose of Academia with Maryam Khalil
Maryam Khalil, a CFD research fellow and Fulbright recipient, joins Kate and Sabrina in the studio. She shares how her firsthand experience of the Libyan Revolution informed her research on migration in Southern Europe. From personal anecdotes to academic debates, Khalil offers her fresh takes on...
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Never Belonging Can Be Belonging: A Song of Earthroot by Kinh Vu and Aaron Hwang
Joining Kate and Sabrina in the studio, Kinh Vu and Aaron Hwang discuss the behind-the-scenes of their 2023 documentary Song of Earthroot. The film follows Vu as he rediscovers himself in Vietnam, the place he was born but evacuated from during the American War. Vu, a BU music education…
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Seven Months in Captivity: Colombian History with Maria Antonia Blandon
Kate and Sabrina sit down with Maria Antonia Blandon, a graduate student fellow at the CFD, to discuss her father’s kidnapping. With his diary in hand, Maria shares her father’s accounts of the grueling guerrilla warfare tactics and her research into this often-avoided, multifaceted history of...
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An Inquisitive Dialogue of Border Lives and Works with Muhummad Zaman, Carrie Preston, and Marina Lažetić
In this episode, Kate and Sabrina sit down with editors Muhammad Zaman, Carrie Preston, and Marina Lažetić to discuss their newest volume, Mexico-US, Serbia-EU: Border Lives and Works. They reflect on the interdisciplinary exploration of how migrants, artists, activists, and researchers navigate,...
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An Interrupted Border Crossing: A Story of Courage and Hope with Dorsa Ghazanfari
Join Kate and Sabrina as they step in the studio for the first time with Dorsa Ghazanfari, a CFD Undergraduate Fellow. Dorsa opens up about her mom’s experience as Baháʼí Post-Iranian Revolution and how it led to an unsuccessful border crossing, which impacts their thought processes today. They...
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Collaborative Solutions through Academia-Practitioner Partnership
In this episode, Shandra sits down with Marina Lazetic, Director of Programs at CFD, and Alexandra 'Xan' Weber, Chief Advancement Officer and Senior Vice President of the International Institute of New England. They discuss the timely importance of academic and practitioner collaborations in the...
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Understanding Literary Translation with Ibrahim Fawzy
In this episode, Shandra chats with CFD Graduate Fellow Ibrahim Fawzy about the ins and outs of translating Arabic literary texts into English. They dive into how this process intersects with Ibrahim's own experience of moving to the United States, tackling the world of translations on many…
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The Home I Worked To Make: Interview with Author Dr. Wendy Pearlman
In this episode, Shandra sits down with author and scholar Dr. Wendy Pearlman, to chat about her latest book "The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora." This powerful book, based on hundreds of interviews conducted over a decade, explores the profound question of what home...
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Academia to Activism: Redefining Research in Afghanistan’s Crisis
In this episode, we hear the story of Ahmed, a 24-year-old Afghan man whose life was at risk during the Taliban's 2021 takeover. Dr. Neelam Raina and Sobia Kapadia share their firsthand experiences as their UK-funded research project, focused on gender, justice and security, took a dangerous turn...
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From College to Career: Navigating a Path in Forced Displacement Work
In this episode of CFD Conversations, Aidan Kaminer, a former BU Center on Forced Displacement fellow and now Senior Economic Mobility Coordinator at La Colaborativa, shares how his passion for helping migrants shaped his career. From navigating an unclear college path to finding his place in...
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Mapping Displacement: The Power of Remote Sensing in Conflict Zones
In this episode, we are joined by Jamon Van Den Hoek, an Associate Professor of Geography at Oregon State University, to explore how satellite remote sensing and geospatial data are used to track and understand the complex causes and effects of forced displacement. He also shares how his lab at…
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Impacts of the Pakistan Floods
In this interview, associate director Carrie Preston, research associate Rana Hussein and student research fellow Janki Bhatt are joined by Naween Mangi, founder of the Ali Hasan Memorial Trust, to discuss the impacts of the 2022 Pakistan floods on communities in rural Sindh. For more information...
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Measuring Impact with CFD Postdoc Selma Hedlund
In this episode we sit down with Selma Hedlund, a CFD postdoc, to discuss her journey into the field of forced displacement, both as a researcher and community organizer, and what it means to have an impact in the field. For more information on research and CFD events, check out our website:...
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Belgrade Summer School Reflections
In this episode CFD Events and Communications Specialist Baiden Wright sits down with students from the Interdisciplinary Summer School on Forced Displacement held in Belgrade, Serbia to reflect on the experience. To learn about the upcoming 2024 program click here. For more information on…
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Language Barriers in Fieldwork
Today Shandra is joined with Rachel Nolan, an assistant professor of international relations at Boston University, to discuss her experience working with language barriers while doing research in Guatemala.
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Border Studies Reflections
In this episode, Shandra is joined with fellow participants of the Border Studies Program. The BSP is a collaboration with the CFD, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and many local non-profit organizations. The students reflect on the preparation course, the spring break trip to the Rio...
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Understanding Secondary Trauma
In this episode, Shandra is joined with Kaitlin Roberson, CEO of Cacti Therapeutics. Together they sit down to discuss secondary trauma as well as how to recognize and approach it. Check out Kaitlins talk from our March Sawyer Seminar hosted with The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley here:...
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Bringing New Brains to the Table
In the first episode of the CFD Conversations podcast, director of the Boston University Center on Forced Displacement, Professor Muhammed Zaman and assistant director Professor Carrie Preston sit down with host Shandra Back to chat about the CFD's creation and why bringing together brains from a...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
As forced displacement numbers continue to rise worldwide, new minds are needed to enter the solution sphere. Join us monthly for conversations about the complexities of forced displacement with researchers, practitioners and artists from across the globe. This podcast is produced by Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement. For more information about research and events, check out our website: https://www.bu.edu/cfd/
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