Past Belonging Talks
Recent Talks
Home and Belonging: The Predicament of Arriving and Returning
April 11, 2025 | Featuring John Nassari, forced migration scholar and award-winning photographer, author and filmmaker based in London
Post-Conference Webinar: “Innovative Approaches to Belonging in Urban Spaces: Reframing the Debate on Integration, Migration, and Inclusion from a Multidisciplinary Perspective”
April 16, 2025 | Featuring Anita Fábos, Leora Kahn, Craig Mortley, Adam Saltsman, Akino Tahir, and Tunggul Lestari
Co-hosted by the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) and the Resilience Development Initiative – Urban Refugee Research Group (RDI | UREF)

The Oakland Bloom Kitchen: Nurturing Seeds of Memory and Resistance through Food and Culture
November 20, 2024 | Featuring Claudia Luz Suarez and Nicole Garcia, Oakland Bloom
From Memories to the Table: My Pontic Greek Family Journey
November 13, 2024 | Featuring Chef Panagiotis Karafoulidis, Founder of Gastro Routes in Thessaloniki, Greece
Culinary Sustainability as a Belonging and Resilience Practice for Syrian Refugees
October 9, 2024 | Featuring Susan Beth Rottmann, Zeynep Yılmaz Hava, and Nour Zanjer of the Food and Migration Research Team at Özyeğin University in Istanbul, Türkiye
Share the Platform: Collaborative Strategies for Refugee Integration in Academia
May 9, 2024 | Featuring Alfred Babo and Anita Fábos, Co-Founders of Share the Platform
Liberating Language Skills: Critical Pedagogy for Refugee Empowerment in Employment
April 17, 2024 | Featuring Eliana Stanislawski, Newcomer Refugee ESOL Specialist
Pathways to Progress: Enhancing Employment Access and Economic Inclusion for Refugee and Immigrant Women
March 20, 2024 | Featuring Lourena Gboeah and Zuhal Salim, Upwardly Global

Why Belonging Matters: Exploring Local Models of Integration
December 6, 2023 | Featuring Nichole Argo, Founder and Co-Director of the Needham Resilience Network and co-author of the Belonging Barometer Report

Compassion as Integration? Practitioners with Lived Experience
November 15, 2023 | Featuring Graeme Rodgers, Senior Researcher at the International Rescue Committee

The Messiness of Belonging: Experiencing my Multi-faceted Bosnian Refugee Identity
August 9, 2023 | Featuring Sandra Grudić, Doctoral Candidate in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University and Education Outreach Program Administrator at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University

The Refugee Welcome Collective: Refugee Resettlement, Integration, and Community Engagement
April 12, 2023 | Featuring Brianne Casey, Resource and Learning Manager at the Refugee Welcome Collective

The deserving and the undeserving: Ukrainian migrants & Middle Eastern asylum seekers in Poland
March 1, 2023 | Featuring Elzbieta Gozdziak, Migration Scholar at Adam Mickiewicz University

Afghan Refugee Voices: What does belonging look like in host countries?
February 1, 2023 | Featuring Gaisu Yari, Project Director of Afghan Voices of Hope and Visiting Scholar with the Integration and Belonging Hub
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