Iraqi Migrants in Syria: The Crisis before the Storm
About the Speaker: Dr Sophia Hoffmann is a political scientist focused on the international relations of the Middle East. Her current research project “Learning Intelligence: the Exchange of Secret Service Knowledge between Germany and the Arab Middle East” focuses on the role that intelligence agencies play for modern statehood. Previously, she spent ten years studying migration and humanitarian aid in Syria and its neighbouring states. Her book Iraqi Migrants in Syria: The Crisis before the Storm, published in 2016 by Syracuse University Press, draws on several years of ethnographic research in Damascus. Sophia holds a PhD from SOAS, London and previous degrees from the LSE and the University of Sussex.
Date:
9 May 2018, 17:00 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2018)
Venue:
Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details:
Seminar Room 3
Speaker:
Dr Sophia Hoffmann (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient)
Organising department:
Refugee Studies Centre
Part of:
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Tamsin Kelk
